Political identity and participation: the european citizens’ initiative

  • Leyre Burguera Ameave
Keywords: Europe, citizen, participatory democracy and legislative initiative

Abstract

The European Union is aware of the need to create active way of participation that returned to the citizens for their role as agents of change and legitimization of the European construction process. The institutional redesign articulated thanks to the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, has set a new tool of transnational participatory democracy, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which could allow some movement in the horizontal Europeanization, able to integrate all citizens under an inclusive conception of European identity. From this perspective, it is analyze his regulation and implementation as creative potential of political community.

Published online: 23 December 2014

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Published
2014-12-23
How to Cite
Burguera Ameave, Leyre. 2014. “Political Identity and Participation: The European citizens’ Initiative”. Estudios De Deusto 62 (2), 391-403. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-62(2)-2014pp391-403.
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