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Title / Your claim (max. 100 characters)

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Who can decide on your claim?

What do you want to change and how can it be implemented? (max. 5.000 characters)

Why is the requirement important to yourself and others? (max. 5.000 characters) Please substantiate statistical statements with a source (link).

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How long should the petition collection run? During the term, you can shorten or extend this.

How many signatures do you want to collect? The collection target can be adjusted during the runtime.

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Tips & Guidance

Title

The title is the first thing others will see of you petition. It should state clearly, what your concern is and invite to read on. Without a striking title your concern may go unnoticed.

Recipient of the petition

Set up your political concern to Parliament that it can make a decision. On state and federal levels of the respective Petitions Committee is responsible.

Requirement & justification

Clarify the problem. Why does it have to be done NOW? Is a decision coming up? Are facts being created? Make a concrete claim! How do supporters contribute to the solution?

Meaningful picture

The perfect picture sums up your petition at the first sight. A picture can underline your issue, attract attention and motivate people to sign the petition. Petitions with pictures are more spreaded by people than without a picture. Royalty-free images can be found here and here
Make sure you have the rights of use necessary for using the picture.

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Use the advantages of openPetition

Create your petition in the EU

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Publish petition

Tips & Guidance

Title

Recipient of the petition

Requirement & justification

Meaningful picture

Questions & Answers

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