ECI Revision Documents

The European Citizens’ Initiative reform process is ongoing. Over the past few months both EU institutions and several NGOs have produced a number of documents which will serve as the content basis for the current/proposed revision of the ECI. In order to bring everyone up-to-date with the ongoing ECI discussions, we are publishing in one place all the relevant documents (reports, recommendations, notes etc.). This should give you a good overview of the ongoing ECI reform process.

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European Commission

• Follow up to the European Parliament resolution on the European Citizens’ Initiative, adopted by the Commission on 2 February 2016
• Report on the application of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative
• Comments of the Commission on the European Ombudsman’s own initiative inquiry – Ref. OI/9/2013/TN

• Assessment of ICT impacts of the Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the citizens’ initiative

European Parliament  

• Joint Motion For a Resolution pursuant to Rule 37(3) of the Rules of Procedure and the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission
• European Parliament – Report on the European Citizens’ Initiative (2014/2257(INI))
• Compromise Amendments on the ECI AFCO Report I
• Compromise Amendments on the ECI AFCO Report II
• Committee on Constitutional Affairs – Draft report on the European Citizens’ Initiative (2014/2257(INI))
• Committee on Constitutional Affairs – Ammendments to the draft report on the European Citizens’ Initiative (2014/2257(INI))
• Opinion of the Committee on Petitions for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on the European Citizens’ Initiative (2014/2257(INI))
• Opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on the European Citizens’ Initiative (2014/2257(INI))
• DG for Internal Policies – “Towards a revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative?”
• European Parliamentary Research Service – “The European Citizens’ Initiative: the experience of the first three years”

EU Council

• I/A Item Note on the Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative

Member States Views

• German Government opinion on the ECI, supporting it’s revision

European Ombudsman

• Decision of the European Ombudsman closing her own-initiative inquiry OI/9/2013/TN concerning the European Commission

Committee of the Regions

• Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs – Opinion on the European Citizens’ Initiative

Conference Reports

• ECI Day 2015 – General Report
• “The European Citizens’ Initiative and the Promise of Participatory Democracy” – Final Report

The ECI Campaign

• 12 Ways to Build An ECI That Works
• 12 Reasons Why Europe Needs “An ECI That Works”
• An ECI That Works. Learning from the first two years of the European Citizens’ Initiative.
• Open Letter to the European Commission

European Citizens’ Action Service

• The European Citizens’ Initiative Registration: Falling at the First Hurdle? Analysis of the registration requirements and the “subject matters” of the rejected ECIs