Thu, 14 Jan 2010

Eliant campaign close to achieving target

LÖRRACH (NNA) – The Eliant campaign to collect one million signatures to influence European Union legislation with regard to various aspects of applied anthroposophy - including education, nutrition and agriculture, special needs education and social therapy, medicine and therapeutic disciplines - has almost reached its target.

The Lisbon Treaty, the EU’s revised charter which entered into force on 1 December, provides for citizens’ initiatives to influence EU policy-making if they can collect more than one million signatures from a “significant number of member states”.

However, although Eliant crossed the one million signature hurdle at the end of last year, that number also includes signatures collected worldwide from 159 countries. From within the EU, the campaign was still approximately 109,000 signatures short at the end of December.

The Eliant organisers have now appealed for a last push to gather the required number of signatures from within the EU: “We would be very grateful if you can help us do so, and in particular spread this news amongst your friends and acquaintances via email,” they write in an email sent out last week.

Countries where substantial numbers of signatures still need to be mobilised include Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Cyprus.

Eliant hopes to meet the target in the first quarter of the year and is planning a gala evening at the end of March to celebrate the event.

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Item: 100114-02EN Date: 14 January 2010

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