@Ross Scott
Hello, in your (EU citizen's initiative) video around the 5:15 mark you state that if the threshold for a particular country is not reached, none of the signatures will count towards the 1 million requirement. I am not sure that's correct, where did you get that information?
From what I understand, as stated in the official website, there are 2 criteria for the initiative to be successful (to be considered):
The initiative reaches 1000000 valid statements of support across the EU.
The thresholds for at least 7 EU countries are reached.
Which suggests that votes in countries that have not reached the threshold will still count towards the million, which is a good thing. Furthermore, I found that in this official Finnish website, it also states the same with an example:
"The minimum number of signatories in Finland is 9,750. However, even if the statements of support given by Finnish citizens do not reach the minimum national threshold, they will also all be counted to reach the one million target."
https://dvv.fi/en/european-citizens-initiative
https://archive.md/947Mz
