My Voice, My Choice: When Local Activism Becomes European Policy Debate

The initiative was launched by the Ljubljana-based Institute 8. March, and subsequently supported by a wide network of civil society organisations, collectives, and activists across the European Union — transforming a local initiative into a pan-European political process. With more than 1.12 million verified signatures from EU citizens, the initiative met the formal threshold required under the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) mechanism. Nika Povž from