Semi-direct participation of European Union citizens in law-making at supranational level . Cover Image

Semibezpośredni udział obywateli Unii Europejskiej w stanowieniu prawa na poziomie ponadnarodowym.
Semi-direct participation of European Union citizens in law-making at supranational level .

Ten years of the European Citizens’ Initiative

Author(s): Izabela Wróbel
Subject(s): EU-Legislation
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: EU law; participatory democracy in the EU; European Citizens’ Initiative; Regulation (EU) 211/2011; Regulation (EU) 2019/788

Summary/Abstract: The European Citizens' Initiative as an element of participatory democracy in the EU has been in force for ten years, but thr Treaty provisions establishing it required the adoption of a secondary legislation -Regulation (EU) 211/2011 and Regulation (EU) 2019?788, which replaced it. Therefore, the history of using theis new instrument of covic participation at a supranational level is shorter. The subject of the article is an attempt to describe and assess the qualitative dimension of the new EU law institution, understood as an instrument for the participation of EU citizens in the supranational legislative process, on the example of the first four "successful initiatives". Unlike the European Commission, however, a successful initiative is defined as an initiative that has led to a normative change in the EU legal order.

  • Issue Year: 374/2020
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 159-181
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English, Polish
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