# European citizens' initiative

European Parliament procedure 2014/2257(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee AFCO / JURI / PETI). Stage: Procedure completed. 270 committee amendments tabled by 55 Members between 2015-05-18 and 2015-06-25.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlene MIZZI | Malta | S&D | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/118858.md |
| Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS | Spain | Verts/ALE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124932.md |
| Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ | Spain | S&D | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125041.md |
| Jude KIRTON-DARLING | United Kingdom | S&D | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124953.md |
| Andrea COZZOLINO | Italy | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96880.md |
| Kostas CHRYSOGONOS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125061.md |
| Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN | Germany | S&D | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1849.md |
| Enrique GUERRERO SALOM | Spain | S&D | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96768.md |
| Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO | Spain | S&D | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97078.md |
| Fabio Massimo CASTALDO | Italy | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124812.md |
| Barbara SPINELLI | Italy | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124810.md |
| Helmut SCHOLZ | Germany | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96646.md |
| Siôn SIMON | United Kingdom | S&D | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124948.md |
| Jiří MAŠTÁLKA | Czechia | GUE/NGL | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23704.md |
| Kateřina KONEČNÁ | Czechia | NI | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23699.md |

## Official source documents

- PE554.962: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PETI-AM-554962_EN.pdf
- PE555.247: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-557247_EN.pdf
- PE560.859: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-560859_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2014-2257-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2014-2257-INI.json

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