The European Citizens Initiative

From 1 April onwards, EU citizens can ask the European Union to introduce new legislation.

• Treaty basis: Article 11
• preparation: a citizens commitee 7people/7 Member States
• signiture gathering: paper & online

the Commission will make available a Free Software for online collection systems !!!

minimum numbers of signatures/Member State in the EP’s Q&A

• time frame: 1 year to collect the 1 million signatures

To find out more: EP- Q&A on the European Citizens’ Initiative