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"The European citizens’ initiative is one of the most important measures featuring in the Lisbon Treaty, which grants citizens the power to amend the agenda for debates in EU institutions. In future, this action may result in a change to EU law in the relevant policy areas. The European Parliament plays a major role in supporting citizens’ initiatives by being able to organise public debates on topics regarded as eligible, in cooperation with the relevant committees, and which also involve the participation of representatives from the other European institutions. I welcome the proposal for the Vice-President responsible for matters relating to citizens’ initiatives to attend these hearings with the aim of giving this citizens’ procedure greater legitimacy, especially as Parliament is the only institution directly elected by citizens. I think that these debates will enable us to increase the chances of these citizens’ proposals being turned into legislation through having contact with the members of the specialist committees, which play a key role in devising European policies. I also welcome the fact that the role of Parliament’s Committee on Petitions is being reviewed in terms of examining the initiatives which were unable to be submitted to the European Commission due to procedural issues, but which are worthy of consideration."@en1
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