Last July 8, the European Commission registered the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Food is a Human Right for All! Guaranteeing healthy, just and sustainable food systems’. This initiative calls ‘on the EU to make the right to food a reality’ and integrate it into the EU legal framework. The organisers consider that the ‘EU […]
Commission decides to register initiative on taxing great wealth in the EU
The Commission decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Taxing great wealth to finance the ecological and social transition’. The organisers of the initiative call on the Commission to establish a European tax on great wealth for the benefit of the ecological and social transition. The aim of the initiative is to contribute […]
European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register a new initiative on safeguarding fundamental rights at the EU’s borders
Today, the Commission decided to register a European citizens’ initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Article 4: Stop torture and inhuman treatment at Europe’s borders’. The Initiative calls for a framework ensuring compliance with the prohibition of violence and inhuman and degrading treatments enshrined in Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in relation to the EU […]