@alberto_cottica@mastodon.green
Post #1258130
2026-04-08 08:17 UTC
An ECI is a "very official" form of petition, run by the European Union itself. If it is successful, the @EUCommission has a legal obligation to respond with an official act. Additionally, the European Parliament organizes a hearing centered on the petition, and might (but it is far from certain) also discuss it in plenary.
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works_en
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@alberto_cottica@mastodon.green 2026-04-08 08:22
There are two success conditions. First, petitions need to gather at least one million signatures within a year of starting collection. Second, in at least seven different member states certain minimum thresholds must be reached in the number of signatures collected nationally. Most ECIs fail, but this particular petition is doing VERY well. It started collection in January; the second condition is already exceeded, with ten member states achieving over 100% of their thresholds. 4/