Electoral Rights under the Review of the European Court of Justice: Judicial Trends and Constitutional Weaknesses

Adam, Stanislas

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“…Despite of some initiatives and second European legislation drafted and adopted by the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, among which "Towards a Europe for Citizens 2 "; the 1976 Decision and Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage by the citizens (Adam, 2007) 3 and "The road to European citizenship" (Chalmers, Davies and Monti, 2007), "no consensus was reached [among the European leaders until] the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht (Adam, 2007)". As it can be seen, the important improvement made by the 1976 documents was not accompanied until the Treaty of Maastricht by a consistent European legislation in the field of political rights because "[at that time] there was no real freedom of movement of voters in European elections (Adam, 2007)".…”

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Strengthening the Political Rights of the EU Citizens in the Framework of the European Citizens' Initiative: Brief Analyse of Certain Citizens’ Initiatives

Petrescu

2013

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Regulation (EU)No.211/16th February 2011 on the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), as one of the major innovations of the Treaty of Lisbon, represents the first supranational instrument of direct democracy that took effect on April 1, 2012, creating the direct legal link between the European Union citizens and the European institutions.Within the present paper we will try to analyse briefly certain citizens' initiatives that have been already published on the official website of the European Commission where the online collection of a million signatures is still running, bearing in mind the important role of the citizens as "coauthors" of the law within the European decision-making process, without forgetting to make a short overview of the European Citizens' Initiative instrument.Even though it is too early to give an opinion whether this new instrument will become or not a useful tool for citizens and their democratic participation into the European political life, from our point of view this participation will increase the responsibility of the citizens to be more active by submitting proposals that concern their current life in all the subject matters which are under the Commission's legislative competence. The citizens' efforts will be doubled by the EU institutions and the civil society organizations that can play a significant role in providing the infrastructure and assistance to the ECI organizers to ensure that the EU citizens are afforded to use their new right in the best conditions and without no obstacles in a more inclusive and democratic Europe.

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Strengthening the Political Rights of the EU Citizens in the Framework of the European Citizens' Initiative: Brief Analyse of Certain Citizens’ Initiatives

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Institutional Instruments for Citizen Involvement and Participation: Their Impact on the EU’s Political Processes and Institutional Legitimacy

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2016

Democratic Legitimacy in the European Union and Global Governance

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The European Citizens' Initiative: A Useful Instrument for Society and for Citizens?

Petrescu

2014

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Electoral Rights under the Review of the European Court of Justice: Judicial Trends and Constitutional Weaknesses

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Strengthening the Political Rights of the EU Citizens in the Framework of the European Citizens' Initiative: Brief Analyse of Certain Citizens’ Initiatives

Strengthening the Political Rights of the EU Citizens in the Framework of the European Citizens' Initiative: Brief Analyse of Certain Citizens’ Initiatives

Institutional Instruments for Citizen Involvement and Participation: Their Impact on the EU’s Political Processes and Institutional Legitimacy

The European Citizens' Initiative: A Useful Instrument for Society and for Citizens?

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