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Decommissioning Direct Democracy? A Critical Analysis of Commission Decision-Making on the Legal Admissibility of European Citizens Initiative Proposals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

James Organ
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Abstract

European Citizens' Initiative – Direct democracy: power to the people? – Legal framework of the Citizen's Initiative – Review and critical analysis of Commission Registration decisions for European Citizens' Initiative proposals – Admissibility criteria – Inconsistency in registration decisions – Increased legal burden on European citizens' initiative organisers – Institutional mediation or direct democracy?

Keywords

European UnionEuropean Citizens' InitiativeRegulation 211/2011European CommissionDirect democracyDemocratic legitimacy
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Articles
Information
European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , December 2014 , pp. 422 - 443
Copyright
Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press and the Authors 2014 

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