Introductions:

• Rebecca Harms, Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group of the European Parliament

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Prof. Jürgen Meyer, Former member of the German Bundestag as well as of the Convention on the Future of Europe and the Convention on the Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration
• Bruno Kaufmann, Director of the Initiative & Referendum Institute Europe (IRI)
• Gerald Häfner,Coordinator of the Green/EFA group in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and member of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament

OPEN DISCUSSION

Introduction of the questions by Gerald Häfner

• How representative shall a European Citizens' Initiative be and what should be the minimum number of Member States? (Art.7)
• Which rules and procedures should be established for the collection and verification of signatures? (Art. 5, 6, 9, 12, 14)
• Which rules shall apply for checking the admissibility of an ECI?(Art. 4, 8)
• How should European institutions respond to a successful ECI? (Art. 11)
• Do ECI organisers need support for setting up an initiative?

CONCLUSIONS AND FOLLOW-UP

• Eva Lichtenberger, Vice-President of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
• Isabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Member of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
• Gerald Häfner, Coordinator of the Green/EFA group in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and member of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament