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"The citizens’ initiative 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. This is an important tool that European citizens can use to identify issues to place on the EU’s agenda. The citizens’ initiative enhances the direct link between citizens and the EU institutions, ensuring that the institutions address specific issues. Parliament adopted the report on the proposal for a regulation on the citizens’ initiative by a very large majority, illustrating the broad consensus surrounding this new tool for participatory democracy at European level.
In this context, I think it would be appropriate to set up a ‘one-stop shop’ as a channel for the practical aspects of the citizens’ initiative, exchanging views and engaging in dialogue with citizens, representative associations and civil society. Parliament is called on to help achieve these goals by doing all it can to support the citizens’ initiatives, in particular, by organising public hearings. I therefore hope that Parliament’s Rules of Procedure can be amended quickly so that the necessary measures can be taken in terms of organising and conducting the public hearings concerned."@en1
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