https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiativ...
" The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is a European Union (EU) mechanism aimed at increasing direct democracy by enabling "EU citizens to participate directly in the development of EU policies",[1] introduced with the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007. This popular initiative enables one million citizens of the European Union,[2] with a minimum number of nationals from at least seven member states, to call directly on the European Commission to propose a legal act (notably a Directive or Regulation) in an area where the member states have conferred powers onto the EU level. This right to request the commission to initiate a legislative proposal puts citizens on the same footing as the European Parliament and the European Council "
I know what it is. The danish government set up a similar thing. It has had zero impact on anything. Hence my scepticism.
I moved to Denmark so hello! :)
I'm curious of your examples actually as I'd like to learn more about the Danish process specifically.
As for ECIs, the wikipedia page does show successes. Of course I have my doubts this will even reach the necessary 1 million signatures (and honestly needs more cause many will be invalidated), but if it does reach 1 million, it does have a shot of doing something!
Welcome to Denmark. Pardon the weather. The danish petition site is here: https://borgerforslag.dk/
Of 1843 petitions, 52 have been presented in the Folketing, and some of those are silly/unrealistic, like removing tax on fuel. Others had very widespread support and a lot of news coverage, like banning genital mutilation of children, but nothing came of that. I think the enthusiasm for this initiative has declined greatly, since only one petition got enough votes (50.000) in 2024 to reach the Folketing. People have realised it's pointless.
Thanks for the context! Unfortunate to hear and curious to do some follow-up reading.
And at least the weather has picked up a bit right now haha! Time to get off the web and take advantage of it as Denmark gets so nice once the weather is good.