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"I voted in favour of amending the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure with regard to the implementation of the European citizens’ initiative. The citizens’ initiative is a powerful tool which is available to citizens and is intended to grant them powers of political initiative on a par with those already enjoyed by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. The aim of the initiative is to provide citizens with a means of submitting specific problems to the European institutions which they consider important and feel that are being ignored or not given any support. The European Parliament will be able to help achieve these aims by doing all it can to support the citizens’ initiatives considered eligible, in particular, by organising public hearings.
In this regard, the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure need to be amended, especially the article on public hearings on citizens’ initiatives and the article on the citizens’ initiative. At the same time, we think that a point of single contact needs to be established in the European Parliament, to which citizens, representative associations and civil society can refer on matters relating to European citizens’ initiatives. We call for suitable measures to be taken at Parliament level to ensure a high profile for public hearings on citizens’ initiatives."@en1
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