Lobby organisation
Association for the European Citizens' Initiative e.V.
NGO or non-profit · Technology & digital · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Association for the European Citizens' Initiative e.V. appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.
In their own words
“Our organization has its origins in the Constitutional Convention on the Future of Europe (2002/03) in which we successfully campaigned for the legal introduction of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) – the world’s first and only tool of transnational, participatory and digital democracy. Today we work on the successful introduction of the ECI.”
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“We closely monitor ECI implementation and support individual ECIs with online collection software, campaigning, fundraising and legal advice. In particular, we provide the only independent ECI Help Desk. We consist of former and ongoing ECI organizers, IT-coders and EU-lawyers who provide their expertise for the sake of democratic development in the EU. As of 2016 the organisation works for the combination of the ECI with other democratic innovations such as sortition (randomly selcted citizens' panels).”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (3 in 2021). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 11 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 2026 | Lukas Sieper | Meeting |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Catarina Vieira | Double Standards |
| 18 Jul 2025 | René Repasi | Exchange on the use of Article 122 TFEU |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Krzysztof Śmiszek | Democracy and European Citizens Initiative |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle | European Citizens Initiative |
| 17 Jul 2024 | Tilly Metz | Citizen Participation |
| 19 Apr 2023 | Gabriele Bischoff | ECI Review |
| 17 Nov 2021 | Daniel Freund | European Citizens Initiative |
| 23 Oct 2021 | Daniel Freund | Exchange on the Conference on the Future of Europe |
| 10 Jan 2021 | Daniel Freund | Panel Discussion on perspectives for the Conference on the Future of Europe |
| 17 Oct 2019 | Daniel Freund | Consultation about the future of the European Citizens' Initiative |
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