Tag Archives: e-petitions

A modest proposal… for the ECI

Posted on 26 Apr 2016 by Peter Cruickshank

A commonsense proposal for making the EU’s Citizen Initiative (ECI) more lightweight and effective – based on some old research. Continue reading →

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Next challenge for petitioning software: the ECI

Posted on 8 May 2011 by Peter Cruickshank

It is times like this that it is frustrating to live in a city that’s (let’s face it) at the periphery of the EU, and to be working in times of budgetary constraint. There are a lot of exciting developments … Continue reading →

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The 100 day lifespan of the e-petition

Posted on 3 Feb 2011 by Peter Cruickshank

As part of the EuroPetition evaluation process for the report we’ve just issued, one research question we asked was whether there is an optimum time for closing a petition. I thought I’d discuss one finding that came out of playing … Continue reading →

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Petitions to the European Parliament – 2009 report

Posted on 24 Jan 2011 by Peter Cruickshank

I’ve finally been able to write some notes from the European Parliament’s report on petitioning in 2009 – it was approved 7 June 2010, so really I have no excuse for being so late with this piece. Despite the delay, … Continue reading →

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Has e-petitioning been ‘useless’?

Posted on 11 Jan 2011 by Peter Cruickshank

I think I’ll use my first blog post of 2011 (Happy New Year by the way) for a quick refresher on (e)petitioning. One of my favourite quotes on the subject of e-petitions is from a letter to the Telegraph of … Continue reading →

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