May 19, 2010

Free Sunday starts the first European Citizens’ Initiative - not the Social Democratic Party!

The CSU- Member of European Parliament Martin Kastler: The first citizens’ initiative has already started in February – for a work-free Sunday!
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May 2, 2010

On the Road to Succes– more than 15.000 signatures for a work-free Sunday

Just two months after the start of the online campaign "Mum and Dad belong to us on Sunday" more than 15,000 supporters from across Europe have registered at www.free-sunday.eu. For the initiator Martin Kastler this means that the campaign is “on the road to success”.
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April 16, 2010

Two MEPs assume as country coordinators for Slovakia and the Netherlands

Alongsinde with Martin Kastler MEP, two more Parliamentarians have assumed as country coordinators of "Mum and Dad belong to us on Sunday" in their home counties. MEP Anna Záborská will coordinate the campaign in Slovakia, while MEP Peter van Dalen will be responsible for bringing forward the campaign in the Netherlands.
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April 15, 2010

A selection: "Mum and Dad belong to us on Sunday" in the media

Different media have extensively reported on the online campaign for the first European Citizens´ Initiative during the last weeks. Here you can find a selection of the different reports.
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April 7, 2010

EU-Citizens´ Initiative: Parliament has to lower the high barriers

Brussels – MEP Martin Kastler has requested "lower barriers" with regard to the EU commission´s proposed regulation for the European Citizens´ Initiative. According to him, even though the Commission´s proposal celebrates the instrument as a "whole new dimension of participatory democracy", the proposal does not fulfill efectively it´s promise to strenghen the citizens.
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March 24, 2010

Already 12.000 online supporters

The number of online supporters on www.freesunday.eu has passed today the barrier of 12.000. The initiatior of the campaign "Mum and Dad belong to us on Sunday, MEP Martin Kastler, is convinced: "This huge echo is a clear sign, that Euoropean citizens are willing to really decide in Europe".
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February 10, 2010

Kastler launches campaign for the first European Citizens´ Initiative

Strasbourg - Launching the first European Citizens´ Initiative, MEP Martin Kastler (EPP-CSU) aspires to protect Sunday as a day of rest in all of Europe. On February 10, he therefore presented the online campaign platform "Mum and dad belong to us on Sunday" in the European Parliament at Strasbourg.
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