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8 September 2025A heavy blow to direct democracy: EU Commission rejects the Citizens’ Initiative to protect national regions
In 13 years since the mechanism came into effect, not a single direct legislative act has followed the European citizens’ proposals Yesterday, the European Commission communicated its decision to disregard, once again, another European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). This time, the European executive refused to accept the ECI for National Regions, a proposal that aims to protect…