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Garot, Marie-José --- "The European citizens’ initiative: an effective tool to promote a digital European democracy?" [2017] ELECD 1215; in Prins, Corien; Cuijpers, Colette; Lindseth, L. Peter; Rosina, Mônica (eds), "Digital Democracy in a Globalized World" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 229

Book Title: Digital Democracy in a Globalized World

Editor(s): Prins, Corien; Cuijpers, Colette; Lindseth, L. Peter; Rosina, Mônica

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785363955

Section: Chapter 11

Section Title: The European citizens’ initiative: an effective tool to promote a digital European democracy?

Author(s): Garot, Marie-José

Number of pages: 20

Abstract/Description:

It is well known that the Lisbon Treaty introduced the European Citizens’ Initiative as a new right for European Union citizens. If supported by at least 1 million citizens, an initiative can invite ‘the European Commission, within the framework of its powers, to submit any appropriate proposal on matters where citizens consider that a legal act of the Union is required for the purpose of implementing the Treaties’. The objective of this chapter is to analyse to what extent the European Citizens’ Initiative fosters participatory democracy in the European space and promotes the emergence of a digital European democracy, thanks particularly to the internet.