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"Commissioner, thank you for providing an outline of the next steps. We have progressed from conceptual goals and several lines of text in the Treaty of Lisbon to a directive through which the EU will be regulated.
The citizens’ initiative shows the citizens of the EU a further means of European integration. Member State citizens will have the opportunity to lobby European institutions. It should be pointed out, however, that the right to a citizens’ initiative may be a democratic instrument, but it also opens the door to a federalised EU. I support the citizens’ initiative, but it will be necessary to integrate the competent Member State authorities into it as much as possible. The protection of national constitutions must be given precedence and guaranteed.
As the Commissioner said, this initiative must be balanced, and I might add that in no case should it be allowed to serve as a pretext which might threaten the principle of subsidiarity. The framework for the application of this measure must be clearly defined, so that we can avoid unrealistic expectations on the part of some institutions, and particularly on the part of EU citizens."@en1
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