The European Citizens' Initiative is a unique way for you to help shape the EU by calling on the European Commission to propose new laws. Once an initiative has reached 1 million signatures, the Commission will decide on what action to take. See how it works step by step
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On 4 March, the European Commission registered a European citizens' initiative entitled ‘European Public Social Network’.
The initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legislative act, “a public social media platform at the European level”.
The initiative organisers have six months to open the signature collection.
Today, the European Commission adopted its reply to the twelfth successful European citizens' initiative: 'My Voice My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion’. The initiative collected over 1.1 million valid signatures from citizens across the EU and reached required thresholds in 19 Member States.
Read the Commission communication.
In line with Article 15 of the ECI Regulation, the organisers of 'Stop Destroying Videogames' were given the opportunity to explain the objectives of their initiative in detail. They were received on 23 February 2026 by Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunnen and Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath, accompanied by European Commission officials.
