EU: TIME FOR PEOPLE-POWERED DEMOCRACY!

EU: TIME FOR PEOPLE-POWERED DEMOCRACY!: "The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) requires the EU commission to act when it receives a request from over 1 million citizens - and Avaaz has launched the first one calling for the GMO freeze. But now, some officials are reluctant to increase citizen participation in governance and are pushing for stringent conditions that would render the ECI inaccessible and toothless."