European Commission Registers 100th Citizens’ Initiative for High-Speed Train Network Connecting European Capitals

The European Commission has registered the 100th European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) titled ‘Connecting all European capitals and people through a high-speed train network’. The initiative calls on the Commission to propose a legally binding act aimed at connecting all European capitals through high-speed railway lines. ECIs allow one million citizens from at least seven EU Member States to invite the European Commission to propose legal acts in areas where it has the power to act. The Commission will now have six months to open the signature collection, and if the initiative receives one million statements of support within one year from at least seven different Member States, the Commission will have to react.