💡 ECIs collecting signatures in May 2026 Part 2: 5️⃣ EU Stars On My Passport (STAR-PASS): 4.3k 6️⃣ EU initiative to protect stray animals: 3.5k 7️⃣ No more double standards on human rights: 3.5k 8️⃣ Ethics, transparency and integrity for European political parties: 2.1k citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

💡 ECIs collecting signatures in May 2026 Part 1: 1️⃣ Justice for Palestine: 1.209.5k 2️⃣ GoodFood4All: 64.9k 3️⃣ Stop Funding Russia’s War: 14.2k 4️⃣ Save your right, save your flight! 6.1k Check out all the ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

💡 ECIs collecting signatures in May 2026 Part 1: 1️⃣ Justice for Palestine: 1.209.5k 2️⃣ GoodFood4All: 64.9 3️⃣ Stop Funding Russia’s War: 14.2 4️⃣ Save your right, save your flight! 6.1 Check out all the ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

🔔Congrats to Justice for Palestine EU for reaching over 1️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures in just 3 months - the fastest ECI ever to reach a million! 🍉👏 This makes them the 16th ECI to pass the 1 million threshold. ✍🏼You can still sign the ECI until 13/01/2027: www.justiceforpalestine.eu

🗓️The Public Hearing on the ECI Ban Conversion Practices will take place on 2 March at 15:00! The ECI with 1,128,063 verified signatures urges the Commission to propose binding legislation banning conversion practices targeting LGBTQ+ people 🏳️‍🌈 www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/d...

Designed to empower citizens, the ECI has struggled to deliver impact—most initiatives never reach one million signatures or lead to legislative follow-up. What’s still standing in the way? Great article published on SWI swissinfo.ch! www.swissinfo.ch/eng/digital-...

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Our event is taking place tomorrow. Don't forget to drop by. See also the statement of Kata Tüttő, President of the European Committee of Regions: citizens-initiative.eu/news/the-pri...

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Join us on 4 February to explore how the EU budget can advance transparency and democratic oversight. 📍INFO HUB, European Parliament// 10:00–13:00 CET. Register here: info-hub.booking.europarl.europa.eu/events/the-p...

Join us on 4 February to explore how the EU budget can advance transparency and democratic oversight. 📍INFO HUB, European Parliament// 10:00–13:00 CET. Register here: info-hub.booking.europarl.europa.eu/events/the-p...

🔔EVENT ALERT: ECI DAY 2026🔔 Join us for a hands-on, interactive workshop at ECI Day 2026 where we will explore how to strengthen the legislative follow-up of European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECIs). 👉You can read more about our workshop and register here: citizens-initiative.eu/eciday2026v

💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of February 2026! Each signature counts: 🔹 Justice for Palestine: 408.9k signatures 🔹 GoodFood4All: 12.8k signatures 🔹 Save your flight: 5.1k signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

New ECI registered: Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights. The collection period runs until January 13, 2027! 🍉 Over 300,000 people already signed. ✍️You can be the next one to sign here: eci.ec.europa.eu/055/public/#...

The collection period for GoodFood4All is now open. 😱The problem: at least 1/5 of the European population has no access to adequate food 👉The solution: The EU must guarantee the right to food and promote healthy, just, humane and sustainable food systems ✍️You can sign here www.goodfoodforall.eu

💡 The top-4 ECIs at the beginning of January 2026! Each signature counts: 🔹 HouseEurope: 60.3k signatures 🔹 Psychedelicare: 56k signatures 🔹 Save your flight: 4.6k signatures 🔹 GoodFood4All: 2k signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

💡 Ongoing ECIs at the beginning of December 2025! Each signature counts: 🔹 HouseEurope: 53.1K signatures 🔹 PsychedeliCare: 44.9K signatures 🔹 Air-Quotas: 7.2K signatures 🔹 Save your flight: 3.7K signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

💡 Ongoing ECIs at the beginning of November 2025! Each signature counts: 🔹 HouseEurope: 48.9K signatures 🔹 PsychedeliCare: 43.3K signatures 🔹 Air-Quotas: 6.9K signatures 🔹 Save your flight: 3.5K signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of October 2025! Each signature counts: 🔹 HouseEurope: 43.9k signatures 🔹 Psychedelicare: 38.9k signatures 🔹 Air-quotas: 6.3k signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

🔔Congrats to the Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter campaign for reaching over 1️⃣.3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures! This makes them the 15th ECI to pass the 1 million threshold. 👏 The signature period collection ended on 24/09/2025. 🔜Next step: The Commission has until 24/12/2025 to verify the statements of support.

💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of September 2025! Each signature counts: 🔹 Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter: 1224.9k signatures 🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL: 799.3k signatures 🔹 HouseEurope: 39.6k signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of August 2025! Each signature counts: 🔹 Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter: 1068.2k signatures 🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL: 747.4k signatures 🔹 PsychedeliCare: 34.3k signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

🔔New ECI registered: Right to Food 🍽️The new Right to Food ECI aims to fight food insecurity in the EU by granting access to adequate, safe, sustainable and nutritious food which is a fundamental human right. The collection period will start at the end of 2025. 🔗Read more: www.goodfoodforall.eu

🔔Congrats to @stopkillinggames.bsky.social for reaching over 1️⃣.2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures! This makes "Stop Destroying Videogames" the 14th ECI to pass the 1 million threshold. 👏 The signature period collection runs until 31/07/2025 so you can still sign it: citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...

Congrats to the HouseEurope! campaign for winning the 2025 OBEL Award! 👏 🚧You can support the HouseEurope! Power To Renovation initiative here: www.houseeurope.eu 📌Check out the other ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/ #yestorenovation #renovatedontspeculate #houseeurope

From waste to worth: the award-winning vision of HouseEurope now needs one million citizens to succeed!

HouseEurope! has won one of architecture’s highest global honours for 2025 - now its organisers are rallying Europeans to sign the European citizens’ initiative that could turn building renovation int...

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💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of July 2025! Each signature counts: 🔹Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter – 909k signatures 🔹 Stop Destroying Videogames – 703k signatures 🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL – 634k signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

This is the last month to sign the ECI "Stop Destroying Videogames" | heise online www.heise.de/en/news/Citi... ✒️You can sign the initiative here: citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/... @stopkillinggames.bsky.social

Citizens' initiative from "Stop Killing Games" threatens to fail

EU citizens only have until the end of July 2025 to sign a petition to ban the shutdown of games.

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💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of June 2025! Each signature counts: 🔹Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter – 818k signatures 🔹 Stop Destroying Videogames – 450k signatures 🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL – 426k signatures Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

What's the best way to promote European Citizens Initiatives? The @eci-in-action.bsky.social's Carsten Berg believes it would be that a successful ECI that has truly been adopted has impact on legislation.

Last reminder to register to the "How Can European Citizen Initiatives Make a Difference for Civil Society?" event co-organised by @thegoodlobby.bsky.social and @ciwf.eu. 📆 3 June 2025 🕦 10:30–13:30 CEST 📍 Brussels & Online 👉 www.thegoodlobby.eu/how-can-euro...

🎤Our Director Carsten Berg will be speaking at the How Can Citizen Initiatives Make a Difference for Civil Society? co-organised by the @thegoodlobby.bsky.social and @ciwf.eu 📆 3 June 2025 🕦 10:30–13:30 CEST 📍 Brussels & Online Don't forget to register! Link in comment.

🚨 Just 7 days to go! One week remains until our high-level event on European Citizens’ Initiatives. 🇪🇺 Join activists, legal experts, and policymakers for an in-depth discussion on participatory democracy in the EU. 🗓️ 03 June |🕦 10:30 - 13:30 |📍Brussels & Online 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3YIAW4Q

🎤You want to know the story behind these statistics? Our Director Carsten Berg will be speaking at the How Can Citizen Initiatives Make a Difference for Civil Society? co-organised by the @thegoodlobby.bsky.social and @ciwf.eu 📆 3 June 2025 🕦 10:30–13:30 CEST 📍 Brussels & Online Link in comment.