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The ECI Campaign
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The ECI Campaign is a fully independent, non-profit organisation supporting European Citizens' Initiatives. Our aim is to make the ECI work and revitalise modern democracy. Find out more at www.citizens-initiative.eu
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💡 Ongoing ECIs at the beginning of November 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹 HouseEurope: 48.9K signatures
🔹 PsychedeliCare: 43.3K signatures
🔹 Air-Quotas: 6.9K signatures
🔹 Save your flight: 3.5K signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of October 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹 HouseEurope: 43.9k signatures
🔹 Psychedelicare: 38.9k signatures
🔹 Air-quotas: 6.3k signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
October 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🔔Congrats to the Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter campaign for reaching over 1️⃣.3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures! This makes them the 15th ECI to pass the 1 million threshold. 👏

The signature period collection ended on 24/09/2025.

🔜Next step:
The Commission has until 24/12/2025 to verify the statements of support.
September 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of September 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹 Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter: 1224.9k signatures
🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL: 799.3k signatures
🔹 HouseEurope: 39.6k signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
September 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of August 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹 Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter: 1068.2k signatures
🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL: 747.4k signatures
🔹 PsychedeliCare: 34.3k signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
August 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🔔New ECI registered: Right to Food

🍽️The new Right to Food ECI aims to fight food insecurity in the EU by granting access to adequate, safe, sustainable and nutritious food which is a fundamental human right.
The collection period will start at the end of 2025.

🔗Read more: www.goodfoodforall.eu
July 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🔔Congrats to @stopkillinggames.bsky.social for reaching over 1️⃣.2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures! This makes "Stop Destroying Videogames" the 14th ECI to pass the 1 million threshold. 👏

The signature period collection runs until 31/07/2025 so you can still sign it: citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
July 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
Congrats to the HouseEurope! campaign for winning the 2025 OBEL Award! 👏

🚧You can support the HouseEurope! Power To Renovation initiative here: www.houseeurope.eu

📌Check out the other ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

#yestorenovation #renovatedontspeculate #houseeurope
From waste to worth: the award-winning vision of HouseEurope now needs one million citizens to succeed!
HouseEurope! has won one of architecture’s highest global honours for 2025 - now its organisers are rallying Europeans to sign the European citizens’ initiative that could turn building renovation int...
citizens-initiative-forum.europa.eu
July 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of July 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter – 909k signatures
🔹 Stop Destroying Videogames – 703k signatures
🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL – 634k signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
July 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
This is the last month to sign the ECI "Stop Destroying Videogames" | heise online www.heise.de/en/news/Citi...

✒️You can sign the initiative here: citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...

@stopkillinggames.bsky.social
Citizens' initiative from "Stop Killing Games" threatens to fail
EU citizens only have until the end of July 2025 to sign a petition to ban the shutdown of games.
www.heise.de
July 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of June 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter – 818k signatures
🔹 Stop Destroying Videogames – 450k signatures
🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL – 426k signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
June 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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What's the best way to promote European Citizens Initiatives? The @eci-in-action.bsky.social's Carsten Berg believes it would be that a successful ECI that has truly been adopted has impact on legislation.
June 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
Last reminder to register to the "How Can European Citizen Initiatives Make a Difference for Civil Society?" event co-organised by @thegoodlobby.bsky.social and @ciwf.eu.

📆 3 June 2025
🕦 10:30–13:30 CEST
📍 Brussels & Online

👉 www.thegoodlobby.eu/how-can-euro...
June 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🎤Our Director Carsten Berg will be speaking at the How Can Citizen Initiatives Make a Difference for Civil Society? co-organised by the @thegoodlobby.bsky.social and @ciwf.eu

📆 3 June 2025
🕦 10:30–13:30 CEST
📍 Brussels & Online

Don't forget to register! Link in comment.
May 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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🚨 Just 7 days to go!

One week remains until our high-level event on European Citizens’ Initiatives.

🇪🇺 Join activists, legal experts, and policymakers for an in-depth discussion on participatory democracy in the EU.

🗓️ 03 June |🕦 10:30 - 13:30 |📍Brussels & Online

🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3YIAW4Q
May 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🎤You want to know the story behind these statistics?
Our Director Carsten Berg will be speaking at the How Can Citizen Initiatives Make a Difference for Civil Society? co-organised by the @thegoodlobby.bsky.social and @ciwf.eu

📆 3 June 2025
🕦 10:30–13:30 CEST
📍 Brussels & Online

Link in comment.
May 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🔔Big congratulations to ACT for reaching over 1️⃣.2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures! This makes the "Ban on conversion practices in the EU" the 13th ECI to pass the 1 million threshold. 👏👏👏

The signatures are being verified.

📌Check out other ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
May 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration and also the 13th birthday of the European Citizens' Initiative. Why not celebrate Europe Day by signing an ECI? 😁

citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/

Happy Europe Day and Happy Birthday to the ECI! 🇪🇺🎂
May 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of May 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter – 645k signatures
🔹 Stop Destroying Videogames – 440k signatures
🔹 STOP FAKE FOOD: ORIGIN ON LABEL – 284k signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
May 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🎉Big congratulations to the “Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures” which is the 11th successful ECI! 👏
www.nationalregions.eu/en/

✍️Read about the ongoing initiatives here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci

#NationalRegions
April 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
💡 The top-3 ECIs at the beginning of April 2025! Each signature counts:

🔹 My Voice, My Choice – 1.205k signatures
🔹 Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter – 611k signatures
🔹 Stop Destroying Videogames – 424k signatures

Check out the updated list of ongoing ECIs here: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
April 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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🚀 Last Workshop Before ECI Day Conclusions!

Join An Impact Strategy for ECIs with @eci-in-action.bsky.social to explore how to engage policymakers & boost the impact of participatory democracy tools.

📢 Let’s make ECIs more effective at #CivSocWeek!

🔴 Follow live: europa.eu/!3qwk8C
March 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
🔔Big congratulations to @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social for reaching 1️⃣.2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣.0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures, making them the 11th ECI to pass the 1 million threshold. 🤞

They will continue collecting signatures until 24/04/2025.

📌And check out the other ongoing ECIs: citizens-initiative.eu/ongoing-eci/
March 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
⭐ ECI Day 2025 - 1 day left to register ⭐

📍 Brussels, EESC #CivSocWeek
📅 March 18 | ⏰9:00–19:00

Join us for the Impact Strategy for ECIs workshop with @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social!
🗓️ 16:45–17:45 | ROOM JDE 62
🔗https://citizens-initiative.eu/news/eci-day-2025/
📌 Secure your spot: europa.eu/!T9cV7P
March 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
eci-in-action.bsky.social
New ECI and Conference Invitation: HouseEurope! 🚧

Did you know that the construction sector accounts for
3️⃣7️⃣% of total CO2 emissions worldwide?

HouseEurope! advocates for EU laws to make building #renovation more affordable and socially inclusive over demolition.

✒️Read more www.houseeurope.eu
March 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM