Winning at Brussels: What My Voice My Choice Teaches Campaigners About EU Advocacy
Nika Kovač did not wait for the EU to act—she built a movement that made it act. In this Partisan Deep Dive, the lead of the My Voice My Choice campaign joins Jure Tanko, Parliamentary Assistant at the European Parliament, and the experts who backed the initiative to unpack how a European Citizens' Initiative moved from street organising to a genuine policy win.
The campaign gathered over 1.1 million verified signatures across all 27 member states, won backing from the European Parliament, and pushed the Commission to confirm that EU funds can be used to close the gap on abortion access. Together with Jure, we talk about what it actually took to translate grassroots pressure into an institutional result, where the campaign nearly stalled, and what political organisers working on other causes can lift straight from this playbook.

