Fraternité and the Swimming Salmon
Decades after the signing of the Schengen Agreement, the EU can boast of having created a space with no internal borders in almost all of its Member States. The agreement’s aim was to improve the...
View ArticleEuropean Citizens Initiatives – one year of challenges
Fraternité 2020 was the very first European Citizens´ Initiative (ECI). Started with great enthusiasm by 50 citizens from all EU member states, without funds or any affiliations to political parties....
View ArticleEuropean Citizens Initiative – The Cinderella of Citizen Government Relations
Naturally, we strive for the ideal, the utopia, the fairy tale. The European Citizens Initiative, in its ideal essence, is a wonderful tool to funnel the voices of citizens to politicians who serve...
View ArticleECI recap at the European Parliament
Last week, on 26th of February 2015, the PETI and AFCO committees at the European Parliament hosted a public hearing on the European Citizens Initiative (ECI). The event brought together...
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