European Citizens’ Initiative

27.07.2010 EU Politics

See no citizens, hear no citizens, speak to no citizens – the institutional approach to the European citizens’ initiative (ECI)

A friend pointed me to the Working Document on a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative from the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteurs for this are Zita Gurmai

05.04.2010 EU Politics / Technology

European Commission, obsoleted by the lightening pace at which the Internet changes expectations

On 7th January 2009, Tom Steinberg (founder of MySociety in the UK – more about them in a moment) penned a blog entry entitled “Top 5 Internet Priorities for the Next Government (any next Government)“. The whole thing is worth