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Citizen Involvement in EU Policies: Impossible Dream or Work in Progress? EIPAscope 01/2011

Best, Edward and Lambermont, Frank (2011) Citizen Involvement in EU Policies: Impossible Dream or Work in Progress? EIPAscope 01/2011. EIPAScope, 2011 (1). pp. 11-15. ISSN 1025-6253

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    Abstract

    As the European Union has enlarged in terms of its membership, and expanded in terms of its competences, the idea of direct citizen participation in European policy-making has become both more important and more difficult. Given that many decisions are being taken at a level directly affecting over 500 million persons, and that EU institutional arrangements are so complex, is it really possible that citizens can become effectively engaged in EU decision-making? The Lisbon Treaty has introduced the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) as one means to help involve citizens directly in EU issues. This contribution looks at the precise nature of the ECI as finally agreed. It places the ECI in the context of broader political trends, and argues that the new mechanism may not produce the specific results expected by its proponent but, even so, could well have a positive impact on the democratic deepening of the EU in other ways.

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    Item Type: Article
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > democracy/democratic deficit
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Journals > European Institute of Public Administration (Maastricht) > EIPASCOPE
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 20 Feb 2012 22:55
    Number of Pages: 5
    Page Range: pp. 11-15
    Last Modified: 20 Feb 2012 22:55
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/33491

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