{"id":529,"date":"2013-01-21T13:17:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/?p=529"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:17:20","slug":"policy-paper-the-european-citizens-initiative-the-eus-new-instrument-of-participatory-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/2013\/policy-paper-the-european-citizens-initiative-the-eus-new-instrument-of-participatory-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Paper: &#8220;The European Citizens&#8217; Initiative: An early assessment of the European Union\u2019s new participatory democracy instrument&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadaeurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/CETD_Sangsari_ECI_Policy-Paper.pdf\">Policy Paper (January 2013)<\/a><\/strong> by Marcel Sangsari, Publications and Liaison Officer, Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s first transnational, digital right of initiative, the European Citizen\u2019s Initiative (ECI) took effect on April 1, 2012, when the EU Regulation on the citizen\u2019s initiative entered into force. Despite its rocky start, the ECI represents and innovative first step towards a more inclusive and democratic Europe and it could help in the development of a greater solidarity within the Union.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy Paper (January 2013) by Marcel Sangsari, Publications and Liaison Officer, Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue The world\u2019s first transnational, digital right of initiative, the European Citizen\u2019s Initiative (ECI) took effect on April 1, 2012, when the EU Regulation on the citizen\u2019s initiative entered into force. 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