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Anti-austerity protest - the first subject of a pan-EU petition? (Photo: CGTP-IN)

Online petitions to put EU under public scrutiny

With just weeks until to go until the EU dips its toe into the unpredictable world of participatory democracy, internet giants are warning the European Commission it had better be prepared for scrutiny by a critical and highly-wired public.

On 1 April, over 10 years since EU leaders publicly declared that they need to make the union more democratic, a system giving citizens the chance to shape European debate and potentially its legislation will go live.

The so-called Citizens Ini...

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Anti-austerity protest - the first subject of a pan-EU petition? (Photo: CGTP-IN)

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