The European Citizens’ Initiative: Giving Voice to EU Citizens
Anastasia Karatzia PhD Researcher, School of Law, University of Surrey Introduction The term European or, more precisely, European Union (EU) citizenship finds expression within a web of rights and responsibilities contained in primary and secondary EU legislation. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of EU citizenship and as such an EU campaign entitled ‘The European Year of Citizens 2013’ has been launched to raise awareness of the general public about those rights and responsibilities. The campaign also aims to send the…
Lets have our EU laws? European Citizens’ Initiative is ready to be used
dr. Agne Limante Post-Graduate Diploma candidate in EU Law, King’s College London; PhD in EU law, Vilnius University On 1 April 2012 the Regulation on the European Citizens’ Initiative[i] came into force. It establishes the procedures and conditions required for a citizens’ initiative – the new tool created by the Lisbon Treaty granting EU citizens the right to ask for changes to European law (Article 11 TEU[ii] and Article 24 TFEU[iii])[iv]. Considering that that date chosen for coming into force coincided with April Fool’s day,…
