The European Citizens’ Initiative: Transnational Democracy in the EU at last?

The European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, in force since December 2009, introduced the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) as a means of strengthening citizen involvement in EU decision making. A minimum of one million citizens from at least seven of the EU’s current 27 member states can request that the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maximilian Conrad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Iceland 2011-06-01
Series:Stjórnmál og Stjórnsýsla
Online Access:http://www.irpa.is/article/view/1113