The newly Treaty of Lisbon provides for a citizens' initiative consisting that whether a project meets one million signatures from a significant number of different states, citizens may ask the Commission to draw up a draft legislation on the subject . With this initiative, the European Union wants to make Europe more democratic and transparent.
Here you have a review for the public about this public consultation.
The low turnout at the public consultation reflects the limited understanding and interest in participating in the European policy for the citizen, and if so, this instrument really pretend to be a way of bringing Europe closer to Citizens have to be painted rather something "pretty", which is either in one or more holders of the press, something that many politicians be filled mouth the next day and as soon as you close the period of participation (31 January 2010), saying that people can actually say ..., and their responses have been heard, but the real truth is they do not want or do not know how to address the City, I think it is this last ... Here you have the Green Paper on the European Citizens Initiative, which are reflected the questions to be answered to participate and take into account our views, I have already done. It is complicated because there is a Word document to download and paste the answers where you have to extract them and then send them to an email enabled it. No matter what we matching difficult, even that has not been released this action among citizens, the initiative and power there too.
This initiative serves to establish a set of basic rules and procedures that resulted in an EU regulation. In early 2011 it is expected that the citizen initiative system becomes operational.
I launched this post like a message in a bottle to try, hoping that someone will read it and take sides like me.
Yolanda Alfonso, a European citizen.
Here you have a review for the public about this public consultation.

This initiative serves to establish a set of basic rules and procedures that resulted in an EU regulation. In early 2011 it is expected that the citizen initiative system becomes operational.
I launched this post like a message in a bottle to try, hoping that someone will read it and take sides like me.
Yolanda Alfonso, a European citizen.