This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission adopted a Communication responding to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union’. This reply comes just four days ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), reiterating the Commission’s commitment to […]Commission replies to the European Citizens Initiative to ban conversion practices
May 14, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission adopted a Communication responding to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union’. This reply comes just four days ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT), reiterating the Commission’s commitment to […]Commission registers European Citizens’ Initiative on air passenger rights
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission registered the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Save your right, save your flight!’. The aim of the initiative is to call for the reversal of changes that undermine passenger’s rights and the preservation of the ‘current compensation eligibility thresholds’ for […]Commission registers European Citizens’ Initiative on the reuse and transformation of buildings
January 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission registered a European Citizens’ Initiative, entitled ‘HouseEurope! Power to Renovation’. The aim of the initiative is to create incentives for the renovation and transformation of existing buildings. The organisers call on the Commission to propose legislation incentivising the reuse of existing […]Commission decides to register two new European Citizens’ Initiatives on closing animal farms and labelling of food
July 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens’ Initiatives, entitled ‘Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter’ and ‘Stop Fake Food: Origin on Label’. The organisers of the ‘Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter’ initiative call for the Commission to introduce incentives for producing plant proteins, including […]European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register initiative on preservation and development of Ukrainian culture and heritage
August 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Preservation and development of Ukrainian culture, education, language, and traditions in EU states’. The organisers of the initiative urge the Commission to step up its actions in supporting the integration of […]European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’ initiative
June 2, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’. The initiative calls on the Commission to propose legislation requiring companies in the garment and footwear sector to carry out due diligence in respect of living wages in […]Future of Europe: final set of European Citizens’ Panel recommendations
March 1, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The final meeting of the Panel on ‘A stronger economy, social justice and jobs / Education, culture, youth and sport / Digital transformation’ took place in Dublin over the weekend. The last remaining set of recommendations from the four European Citizens’ Panels of the […]European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register two citizens’ initiatives
April 21, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECI) entitled ‘Civil Servant Exchange Program (CSEP)’ and ‘Green Garden Roof Tops’. The organisers of the ‘Civil Servant Exchange Program (CSEP)’ initiative call on the Commission to launch an exchange and training programme […]European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register an initiative for ‘a ban on biometric mass surveillance practices’
January 7, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Civil society initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance practices’. The organisers of the ECI urge the Commission to propose a legal act to permanently end indiscriminate and arbitrarily-targeted uses […]EU citizens want more competences for the EU to deal with crises like COVID-19
May 27, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. In a new survey commissioned by the European Parliament, a majority (58 %) state they have experienced financial difficulties since the start of the crisis. Conducted at the end of April 2020, nearly seven out of ten respondents (69%) want a stronger role for […]New Eurobarometer Survey: Protecting the environment and climate is important for over 90% of European citizens
March 4, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. According to a new Eurobarometer survey, 94% of citizens in all EU Member States say that protecting the environment is important to them. In addition, 91% of citizens stated that climate change is a serious problem in the EU. European legislation is necessary to […]Parliament makes it easier to organise a European Citizens’ Initiative
March 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs update Citizens’ Initiative rules to increase chances of requests being successfully tabled. The European Parliament adopted on Tuesday new rules for the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), by 535 votes in favour, 90 against and 41 abstentions. The updated mechanism intends to enable as […]A Europe that delivers: EU citizens expect more EU level action in future
September 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Recent Eurobarometer data confirms that, rather than a declining faith in the EU to deliver, EU citizens expect the EU to do more to address their main concerns. Since 2016 the European Parliament has been measuring citizens’ perceptions and expectations of action taken by […]European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission registers ‘End the Cage Age’ initiative
September 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The College of Commissioners has today decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative entitled ‘End the Cage Age’. The stated objectives of the proposed Citizens’ Initiative are to end “inhumane treatment of farm animals” kept in cages. The organisers are asking the Commission to […]
