9 Amendments of Virginie ROZIÈRE related to 2018/2280(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Committee on Petitions considers the European Citizens’ Initiative an utmost instrument of direct and participatory democracy, enabling citizens to become actively involved in the framing of European legislation;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas petitions represent an extra guarantee for EU citizens and residents compared to complaints directly to the Commission, as Parliament is involved in the process which allows to better scrutinise the performance and provides for transparent debates on the matter with the presence of petitioners, Members of the European Parliament and the Commission as well as any other concerned authority where appropriate;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the Resolution on the adverse effects of the US Foreign Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on EU citizens and in particular ‘accidental Americans’ (2018/2646(RSP)) adopted on 26 June 2018 called on the Commission and the Council to present a joint EU approach to FATCA in order to adequately protect the rights of European citizens (in particular ‘accidental Americans’) and improve equal reciprocity in the automatic exchange of information by the US;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas petitions are useful tools for detecting breaches of Union law and enable Parliament and other EU institutions to assess the trans position and application of EU law and its impact on EU citizens and residents;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the need for a continuous public debate about the Union’s fields of activity in order to inform citizens about different levels of decision-making, its limits and its future in order to ensure that citizens are well informed about the levels at which decisions are taken and to prevent the “blame Brussels” phenomenon used by some irresponsible Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the Commission to properly use its powers stemming from its role as Guardian of the Treaties as such role is of utmost importance in the functioning of the EU with regard to the citizens and to the European legislators; calls for a timely handling of the infringement procedures in order to put an end with no delay to situations where EU law is not respected;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reminds the Commission that petitions offer a unique means to identify situations in which EU law is not upheld and to investigate such situations by means of political scrutiny of the European Parliament;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the lack of response from the Member States to solve the problems reported by citizens affected by FATCANotes that the FATCA framework of the United State is implemented within the Union through bilateral intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) negotiated between the United States and each Member State; Regrets the lack of response from the Member States to solve the problems reported by citizens affected by FATCA; emphasises the role of the Union to guarantee effective implementation of data protection rules in order to ensure high level of protection of EU citizens in terms of related fundamental rights; asks the Commission to work closely with the national data protection authorities in order to promote a fact-finding exercise to clarify the situation in the Member States concerning possible breaches of EU law on the protection of personal data; furthermore calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Data Protection Board, to launch a country based study in order to assess whether and to what extent IGAs concerning FATCA respect the right to privacy of EU citizens; calls on the Member States to prevent discrimination against consumers legally resident in the Union, regardless of whether they are considered or not as ‘US persons’ and, if they are of the importance of their economic and personal ties with the United States;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Stresses the important role of the SOLVIT network, which provides a means for citizens and enterprises to address concerns about possible breaches of EU law by public authorities in other Member States; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to promote SOLVIT in order to make it more helpful and visible to citizens; welcomes, in this regard, the Action Plan to reinforce the SOLVIT network published by the Commission in May 2017; calls on the Commission to report back to the European Parliament on the results of the Action Plan to reinforce the SOLVIT network published by the Commission in May 2017;