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"Mr President, the words ‘citizens’ initiative’ sound brilliant, do they not? The idea, in principle, is of more democracy, more power going from us, the often untrusted politicians, back to the people. But the rapporteur is right: it has not yet worked. Just 3 out of 51 initiatives so far have been declared even admissible. I would love for every Member State to have a proper democratic right for citizens to get new legislation onto their statute books. I had to travel today through Switzerland to get here, and actually outside the European Union Switzerland leads the way. It is not just that public petitions are considered, but the people get to have a proper say in a referendum too. What an incredible example of a proper direct democracy Switzerland shows to us all. I believe that every country of the European Union could learn from the example of Switzerland."@en1
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