Procedure
European citizens' initiative
Subjects: Citizen's rights · EU law
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): SCHÖPFLIN György (PPE)
Summary
The dossier concerns the European citizens' initiative. Amendments revise paragraphs on the initiative as a tool of participatory democracy, the Commission's dual role in registering and verifying initiatives, support and legal advice, the registration and collection period, harmonised statements of support and personal data requirements, legal personality of citizens' committees, the minimum age for support, and cited initiatives such as Right2Water, One of Us and Stop Vivisection.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled18 May 2015 – 25 Jun 2015
- Procedure completed
270
Amendments
distinct, in window
55
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committees
18 May 2015 – 25 Jun 2015
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
55 Members · by amendment count1

























Marlene MIZZI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇲🇹 Malta
31(3 solo)
2
Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS
Greens / EFA · 🇪🇸 Spain
27(23 solo)
3
Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
25
4
Jude KIRTON-DARLING
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
25
5
Andrea COZZOLINO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
23
6
Kostas CHRYSOGONOS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇬🇷 Greece
21(6 solo)
7
Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
21(13 solo)
8
Enrique GUERRERO SALOM
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
16
9
Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
16
10
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO
Renew Europe · 🇮🇹 Italy
16(5 solo)
11
Barbara SPINELLI
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇮🇹 Italy
15
12
Helmut SCHOLZ
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇩🇪 Germany
15
13
Siôn SIMON
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
14(8 solo)
14
Jiří MAŠTÁLKA
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇨🇿 Czechia
12
15
Kateřina KONEČNÁ
Non-attached · 🇨🇿 Czechia
12
16
Pál CSÁKY
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇰 Slovakia
12(1 solo)
17
Peter JAHR
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
12
18
Gabriele PREUSS
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
11(8 solo)
19
Eleonora EVI
Greens / EFA · 🇮🇹 Italy
11
20
Marco AFFRONTE
Greens / EFA · 🇮🇹 Italy
11
21
Laura AGEA
EFDD · 🇮🇹 Italy
11
22
Daniel BUDA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
9(9 solo)
23
Charles GOERENS
Renew Europe · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
9
24
Sylvie GOULARD
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
9
25
Jo LEINEN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
8
The amendments, in full text
270 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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