Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-05-22-Speech-2-343-000"
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"I share the opinion that the citizens’ initiative will be a powerful tool that European citizens can use to identify issues to place on the EU’s agenda. I welcome the fact that it was included in the Treaty of Lisbon with the aim of giving citizens powers of political initiative on a par with those already enjoyed by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. It will be a very important instrument in combating the democracy deficit perceived by many of the Union’s citizens. I hope the initiative will mean that their voice will be better heard and that it will help promote wider cross-border debate throughout the EU. We ought not to be afraid of difficult subjects, so the EU should make it possible for its citizens to refer all kinds of issues to the European institutions."@en1
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