The European Citizens’ Initiative: Begin of a new era of participative democracy on EU-level
Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Chairperson of the Committee of the Europa-Union Berlin, and Julian Plottka, Research Associate at the IEP Berlin, discuss the possibilities and perceived limitations of the ECI, by emphasizing its potential to develop as an instrument of participative democracy in the practical implementation of the new EU citizenship right. In 1/2012 EUD-konkret of the Europa-Union Deutschland, they clarify the progress referring to the benefits and the hurdles that still have to be alleviated.
The EUD-konkret of Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann and Julian Plottka is available on the Europa-Union Deutschland website.