For interviews and any other press inquiries please contact:
Carsten Berg
ECI Campaign Coordinator
+49-761-48806364
[email protected]
ECI Campaign press releases:
First European Citizens’ Initiative in History to Reach 1 Million Supporters Despite Legal and Technical Barriers – 10.02.2013
Europe’s first experiment with transnational participatory democracy – 29.03.2012
ECI Campaign welcomes the approval of the ECI Regulation – 05.12.2010
AVAAZ support the ECI Campaign and launches petition for a usable citizens’ initiative – 25.11.2010
European Parliament can still prevent Member States from weakening the ECI – 29.09.2010
Council retains ID number requirement for ECI despite EDPS objections – Now up to the Parliament to save the ECI – 16.06.2010
ECI Campaign in the media:
“Citizens Initiative risks being strangled by EU commission” – EUobserver – 22.06.12
“IT problems hinder first EU citizen’s petitions” – EurActiv – 15.06.2012
“EU rejects first citizen’s petition, on nuclear power” – EurActiv – 13.06.2012
“(In)Direct Democracy: Giving People a Say in the European Union” – SPIEGEL Online – 04.05.2012
“Hürdenlauf gen Brüssel” – Süddeutsche Zeitung – 01.04.2012
“Von unten nach oben” – Der Tagesspiegel – 30.03.2012
“Hohe Hürden für EU-Bürgerbegehren. Gute Idee, schwierige Umsetzung” – OE1ORF.at – 07.05.2011
“MEPs look to make it easier to launch citizens’ initiatives” – European Voice – 03.11.2010
“Europe Turns Ear Toward Voice of the People” – The New York Times – 22.07.2010