ELIANT campaign hands over signatures to EU Commission
ELIANT campaign hands over signatures to EU Commission
The European Alliance of Initiatives for Applied Anthroposophy/ELIANT has handed over more than a million signatures to the European Commission in Brussels as part of its campaign to improve the legal framework for safeguarding the position of anthroposophical services and products.
The 1,001,671 signatures from 27 EU member states were presented to the Commissioner for Health and Consumers, John Dalli, on 13 May, who accepted them on behalf of Commission President José Manuel Barroso, the Alliance said in a statement. At the same time ELIANT handed over a memorandum with 15 specific demands in the fields of agriculture, nutrition, health, education, curative education and research.
“I am committed to look seriously at the request made through this petition on measures in support for various aspects of applied anthroposophy since over one million European citizens have signed it,” Commissioner Dalli said.
ELIANT now intends to start working as a pioneer project for a European citizens’ initiative. According to the Alliance, there will be further specialist meetings with the competent directorates-general of the EU Commission. “It is anticipated that the Commission will respond in detail to the 15 demands in the memorandum,” the campaign said.
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