Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-12-15-Speech-3-378"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-12-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20101215.23.3-378"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-12-15-Speech-3-3792
lpv:speaker	lp:Frédérique Ries2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Mouvement Réformateur (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	". Participative democracy has made its triumphant entry into Europe with the adoption of this report on the European citizens’ initiative, one of the major areas of progress brought in by the Treaty of Lisbon. One million European citizens will now be able to approach the Commission and require it to pronounce an opinion on an issue of interest to society, provided that it falls within the framework of the Commission’s powers. One million citizens, who must come from at least a quarter of the Member States and must be of voting age, in other words only 0.2% of the population of the EU. The signatures must be collected in writing or over the Internet and must be verified. The organisers will have to be identified: who they are, what they support, for whom they are working. This is a potential leap forward for the European Union’s democratic legitimacy. It is a step towards bringing citizens closer to an EU which they often see, rightly or wrongly, as being light years away from their day-to-day concerns. However, the risk that the initiative could be exploited by certain non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or by a given sector of industry should not be ignored. For it to be a success, the initiative must genuinely come from citizens. It must help to move the debate forward, to reconcile citizens with the European Union and to contribute towards the development of a European civil society."@en1

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