The European Citizens' Initiative
Toothless Tiger - Or an Open Door for the People?
Wednesday 12 May 2010 14:30-18:00 | |
14:30 | INTRODUCTION |
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14:35 | Prof. Jürgen Meyer, Former member of the German Bundestag as well as of the Convention on the Future of Europe and the Convention on the Charter of Fundamental Rights |
| 14:45 | Maro ef?ovi?, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration |
| 14:45 | Bruno Kaufmann, Director of the Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe (IRI) |
| 15:05 | Gerald Häfner, Coordinator of the Green/EFA group in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and member of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament |
OPEN DISCUSSION | |
| 15:15 | Introduction of the questions by Gerald Häfner |
| 15:20 | How representative shall a European Citizens' Initiative be and what should be the minimum number of Member States? (Art.7) |
| 15:40 | Which rules and procedures should be established for the collection and verification of signatures? (Art. 5, 6, 9, 12, 14) |
| 16:20 | Which rules shall apply for checking the admissibility of an ECI?(Art. 4, 8) |
| 16:40 | How should European institutions respond to a successful ECI? (Art. 11) |
| 17:10 | Do ECI organisers need support for setting up an initiative? |
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| 17:30 | Eva Lichtenberger, Vice-President of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament |
| 17:40 | Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Member of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament |
| 17:50 | Gerald Häfner, Coordinator of the Green/EFA group in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and member of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament |
Background paper: The European Citizens' Initiative Proposal of the European Commission on the European Citizens' Initative Further information:
- Petra Prossliner
email: petra.prossliner@europarl.europa.eu
phone: +32-2-28 43360 - Stefanie Sifft
email: gerald.haefner@europarl.europa.eu
phone: +32-2-28 47372
