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I don't think so. As Frank indicates, it will take a lot of organising power in order to get such an initiative off the ground as I expect some difficult distribution among the 27 Member States, only certified written signatures allowed, etcetera. This means that only the currently already networked civil society and lobbies will be able to use the instrument (or rich folks who'd want to waste some money). Those folks will have a legal affairs department look at it before they launch anything.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 08:47:40 AM EST
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Page 8 of the consultation document discusses on-line collection of signatures.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 08:54:20 AM EST
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I don't know whether the One-Seat campaign to move the European Parliament to Brussels has reached 1 million signatures yet, but it must be closed. In any case, that would be a prime example of something that the Commission cannot do anything about since it is written into the Treaties, but it must be the first EU-wide petition to reach the 1 million mark.

I wouldn't be so sure that there wouldn't be others.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jan 4th, 2010 at 09:44:08 AM EST
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