European Citizens’ Initiatives for the Protection and Promotion of Rights and Interests of National Minorities - Latest Developments
This paper examines the latest developments in the two minority-related European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECI), the Minority SafePack Initiative and the Cohesion Policy Initiative (ECI on National Minority Regions). A key theoretical question of this paper is whether the ECI can be seen as an effectiv...
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| Format: | Article |
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2020
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| Series: | HUNGARIAN YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND EUROPEAN LAW
8 No. 1 |
| mtmt: | 31643770 |
| Online Access: | https://publikacio.ppke.hu/2175 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the latest developments in the two minority-related European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECI), the Minority SafePack Initiative and the Cohesion Policy Initiative (ECI on National Minority Regions). A key theoretical question of this paper is whether the ECI can be seen as an effective tool for the protection and promotion of the rights and interests of national minorities in the EU. The paper presents the most recent judgments of the General Court and the CJEU related to these ECIs. The Courts made important statements in terms of the admissibility criteria of ECIs, as well the possibility to propose EU legislation aiming to increase the protection of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities. The paper also investigates the experiences of the signature collection campaign of the Cohesion Policy Initiative and the current status of the Minority SafePack Initiative in the examination phase. Finally, the paper aims to set up a prognosis on the future of these ECIs, taking into consideration the Commission’s latest proposal on the extension of the ECI deadlines. |
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| Physical Description: | 299-313 |
| ISSN: | 2666-2701 |