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"en.20101215.23.3-372"2
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member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
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I voted in favour of this report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the citizens’ initiative because, although it only vaguely satisfies my group’s position, because it ignores important issues such as the idea of allowing initiatives proposing changes to the Treaties or that of extending the period for collecting signatures from the proposed 12 months to 18 months, I believe nonetheless that the report is an considerable yet insufficient improvement on the text put forward by the Commission. The citizens’ initiative is a mechanism for public participation laid down in the Treaty of Lisbon to make it possible for citizens and civil society to play a role in the process of drawing up European policies. I have supported the text tabled as it facilitates the creation of the mechanism and its combined procedure. For example, it simplifies the process of registering initiatives and reduces the requirement regarding the number of Member States that must be represented among the citizens (from a third to a quarter). It also represents progress compared with the Commission’s proposal, since it improves transparency regarding the funding of campaigns to collect signatures."@en1
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