On Wednesday 8 November, the European Commission decided to register four new European citizens’ initiatives (ECIs) entitled ‘EU Live Bus Stop Info’, ‘Trust and Freedom’, ‘I’m Going European: An ECI to Connect your National and European Citizenship’ and ‘Creation of a European Environment Authority’.
Given that these four European citizens’ initiatives meet the formal conditions laid down in the applicable legislation, the Commission considers that they are legally admissible. At this stage, the Commission has not analysed the substance of the proposals.
Once registered, the organisers have six months to launch the signature-gathering process. If, within one year, an initiative receives one million declarations of support from at least seven different Member States, the Commission will have to react.
The Commission will have to decide whether or not to grant the request and will have to explain its reasoning.
Since the launch of the European citizens’ initiative, the Commission has registered 107 initiatives.
More information on the 4 ECIs in question: https://aeur.eu/f/9fp; https://aeur.eu/f/9fq; https://aeur.eu/f/9fr; https://aeur.eu/f/9fs (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)