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In its reply to the ‘Fur Free Europe’ initiative, presented in December 2023, the Commission tasked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to provide a scientific opinion on the welfare of animals farmed for fur. The EFSA opinion was published on 30 July 2025. Building further on this scientific input, and on an assessment of economic and social impacts, the Commission will communicate on the most appropriate follow-up action on the initiative by March 2026. 

On 16 July the Commission registered a European citizens' initiative entitled ‘Save your right, Save your flight!’.

It calls for the reversal of changes that undermine passenger's rights and the preservation of the ‘current compensation eligibility thresholds' for air passengers.

The initiative organisers have six months to open the signature collection.

On 8 July the Commission registered a European citizens' initiative entitled ‘Food is a Human Right for All! Guaranteeing healthy, just and sustainable food systems'.

It calls on the Commission to propose or amend legislation in various areas, with the aim of ‘making the right to food a reality’ and integrating it into the EU legal framework that impacts the right to food.

The initiative organisers have six months to open the signature collection.  

As of 1 July 2025, the legal age to sign a European citizens’ initiative in Finland was lowered to 16.  It is now possible to sign an initiative below the age of 18 in 7 EU countries. See data requirements for each country. 

Following the public hearing on the European citizens’ initiative ‘Cohesion Policy for the Equality of the Regions and Sustainability of the Regional Cultures' held on 25 June 2025, the Members of the European Parliament will debate on this eleventh successful initiative in the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on Thursday 10 July morning.

The plenary session is webstreamed and recorded.

Cypriot citizens can now use eID (CyEID) to support European citizens' initiatives online. Cyprus is the 20th EU country enabling the use of a national eID system for signing European citizens' initiatives. Check the status for all EU countries. 

The European Parliament will hold a public hearing on the eleventh successful European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion Policy for the Equality of the Regions and Sustainability of the Regional Cultures’ on 25 June at 2.30 p.m. The organisers will present the initiative's objectives and engage with Members of the European Parliament. European Commission's representatives will also participate.

The meeting is web streamed and recorded.

On 5 June 2025, the Court of Justice dismissed the appeal against the General Court’s judgment of 9 November 2022 (case T-158/21), in which the General Court rejected the request of the organisers of the 'Minority SafePack' initiative to annul the Commission Communication replying to that initiative. The Court of Justice thus upheld the judgment of the General Court.

A new version of the online collection system, used by individual ECIs to collect signatures online, has been released today. It offers a more user-friendly and more secure interface, better adapted for use on a smartphone.  

This new release is part of the European Commission’s efforts to continuously improve the online collection system provided free of charge to all ECIs. 

Check out the look and feel of the interface for any initiative currently collecting signatures. 

The European Commission has launched a tender procedure for the management of the European Citizens’ Initiative Online Collaborative Platform (ECI Forum). The procurement documents, including the tender specifications, are available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. 

Organisations interested in this contract are invited to submit a tender in one of the official languages of the EU by 25 June 2025.