Open AccessCHALLENGES OF CIVIC PARTICIPATION AT EU – LEVEL DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EUROPEAN CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE
Author(s) -
Andreea Ligia DRUGĂU-CONSTANTIN,
Andra Karla ANGHEL-SIENERTH
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
applied research in administrative sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2734-5602
DOI - 10.24818/aras/2022/3/1.01
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , political science , legislation , relevance (law) , mechanism (biology) , public relations , public administration , modernization theory , economic growth , medicine , law , economics , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
One key factor in achieving the modernization both of a country and of a supra-national organization is to havefunctional mechanisms that facilitate the participation of citizens. This paper aims to explore the efficacy of the EuropeanCitizens’ Initiative and its development during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study begins with the theoretical frameworkcovering both several theories on the topic of civic engagement and the legislation ensuring the functioning of the EuropeanCitizens’ Initiative. It continues with an analysis of the initiatives that were submitted to conclude if the mechanism issuccessful. The case study focuses on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on both the functioning of this mechanismand on the characteristics of the proposed initiatives. The article does not study the impact of the approved initiatives orthe relevance of their subject; it only analyses the success rate of this mechanism in terms of approval and the effects ofthe pandemic on the procedure and on the specificity of the initiatives