Talk:European Citizens' Initiative

German Wikipedia
you can copy information from the german wikipedia - it has far more information than the english version —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.106.133.73 (talk) 10:05, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

European Citizens' Initiative is not an initiative: There are no "initiatives" in Europe
I have started a discussion on the "initiative" article under the heading "There are no 'initiatives' in Europe" proposing to remove mention of the European Citizens' Initiative as an "initiative". Quite frankly, I view phrasing of this as an initiative as Newspeak. An initiative results in a plebiscite or vote by the electors; this does not. The only way it could be viewed as such is if votes by the European Commission, Council and/or Parliament could be viewed as some sort of referendum. That may be doubleplusgood, but its a deceitful statement. Int21h (talk) 16:02, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

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OpenECI advertising
I cut this blatant advertising (albeit non-commercial) to here, while leaving OpenECI mentioned in the text:
 * OpenECI is designed by campaigners for campaigners and offers a user-friendly design that includes:


 * One step signature process (vs. the Commission’s OCS four-step process)
 * Signature form easily embedded into campaign websites
 * Inclusion of social media and channel/partner management
 * Ability to use API to consult statistical data
 * Simple method to export/decrypt signatures
 * User-friendly error management
 * Smartphone and tablet friendly design
 * Option to preselect language and country by IP address


 * If you are preparing an ECI campaign and would like to learn more about using OpenECI software for ECI signature collection, please contact The ECI Campaign at contact@citizens-initiative.eu.

Ben Finn (talk) 20:19, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Issues with ECI
To make this page more encyclopedic, it needs to go into more detail on the reasons why at least some campaigners feel the ECI has "failed", perhaps demonstrating this through some stats showing the reduced use of the ECI over time. AndrewRT(Talk) 17:48, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

One Seat Campaign
I think one of the first ever initiatives was the OneSeat.eu Campaign launched by Cecilia Malmström which received 1 million signatures and was one of the first time where the words "citizens initiative" were used. If I am not mistaken it was this campaign which also sewed the seeds for the citizens initiative being enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty. I think this would important to include in the article if someone has the interest to dig up the references and verify my recollection on the issue. 112.134.141.237 (talk) 16:18, 8 February 2024 (UTC)