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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-05-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120522.15.2-337-468"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-05-22-Speech-2-337-4842
lpv:speaker	lp:Vilija Blinkevičiūtė2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; FEMM (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-29--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"I voted in favour of this report because the citizens’ initiative is a powerful tool for hearing the opinions of people living in the EU on various issues. This initiative, which was first introduced in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and then taken over by the Treaty of Lisbon, has the aim of giving citizens powers of political initiative on a par with those already enjoyed by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The main aim of this new instrument of participatory democracy is to provide citizens with a means to be heard by enabling them to refer various issues of interest to the European institutions. Another aim of the citizens’ initiative is to encourage more active cross-border debates. The European citizens’ initiative will enhance the direct link between citizens and the institutions, ensuring that the EU institutions address specific issues that citizens feel are important. The European Parliament will be able to help achieve these aims by doing all it can to support the citizens’ initiatives which it likes."@en1

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