By Carsten Berg and Maarten de Groot
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:16
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is the world’s first and only instrument of transnational participatory democracy that is currently undergoing a much-needed revision.
The EU institutions have arrived at the most critical stage of this revision process: the trilogues, or three-way talks between the main EU bodies – the European Parliament, European Commission, and EU Council.