No, this is the April Fool joke.
In a couple of months the EU starts a experiment with participatory democracy, internet giants are warning the European Commission it had better be prepared for scrutiny by a critical and highly-wired public.
On 1 April, over 10 years since EU leaders publicly declared that they need to make the union more democratic, a system giving citizens the chance to shape European debate and potentially its legislation will go live.
The so-called Citizens Initiative requires the European Commission to consider legislating in an area on the back of at least 1 million signatures from a minimum of seven (or one quarter) of member states.
Critics have warned the initiative could be hijacked by one-horse issues pushed by a particular interest group.
But the commission says this will be countered by the threshold of member states and signatures required. It also has several get-out clauses - initiatives cannot be called for actions which lie "outside" its powers or which are "abusive, frivolous or vexatious." They are also prohibited from being "contrary to EU values."
The success of the EU's foray into participatory democracy is likely to depend on how fairly citizens think the commission applies these criteria.
I reckon the expression "contrary to EU values." will become quite common soon.