9 Amendments of Jana TOOM related to 2017/2069(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that the Europe for Citizens programme promotes a better understanding of citizens' rights and duties in the EU;recommends therefore that the next generation of the programme should be adopted with a legal base enabling the Parliament to be involved as a co-legislator on equal footing with the Council, and to be equipped with more human and financial resources to increase the number of projects supported;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that continuous efforts are needed to increase EU citizens’ awareness of their rights and to ensure that those rights are uniformly enforced across the entire EU, highlighting the opportunities brought about by belonging to the EU; underlines the role of educational institutions in raising awareness among young people of their EU rights and in endorsing active citizenship; calls on the Commission, in this context, to provide a common framework for learning about the EU at school; shares the Commission’s view, moreover, that promoting awareness of EU citizenship rights requires cooperation at European, national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Values the importance of culture and art, art and science as integral aspects of active EU citizenship; stresses their role in strengthening citizens’ shared sense of belonging to the Union and stimulating intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to enhance citizens’ political engagement in the democratic life of the EU; encourages the promotion of democratic participation by intensifying citizens’ dialogue, enhancing citizens’ understanding of the role of EU legislation in their daily lives, and underlining their active and passive right to vote in local and European elections wherever they live within the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the hearings organised by the Committee on Petitions in 2016 and 2017, namely to the joint public hearing of 11 May 2017 co-organised by LIBE, PETI and EMPL entitled ‘The situation and rights of EU Citizens in the UK’; the public hearing of 11 October 2016 entitled ‘Obstacles to EU citizens’ freedom to move and work in the Internal Market’; the public hearing of 4 May 2017 entitled ‘Fighting against discrimination and protecting minorities’ and, the joint public hearing of 15 March 2016 organised by the Commission Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers and the European Parliament’s LIBE, PETI, AFCO and JURI Committees entitled ‘Union Citizenship in practice’, and the joint hearing on Statelessness organized by LIBE and PETI Committees on 29 June 2017,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to EU citizenship is gained through nationality of a Member State, which is regulated by national laws; whereas at the same time, rights and duties emerge from this institution which are laid down by EU law and do not depend on the Member States; whereas for the above reason it is equally true that these rights and obligations cannot be limited in an unjustified manner by the Member States; whereas in the context of access to national citizenship, Member States should be governed by the principles of the EU law, such as the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination, both well elaborated in the case law of the ECJ;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the revision of the European Citizens Initiative (ECI), with a view to improving its accessibility and ease of use; highlights the need to enhance the functioning and public awareness of the ECI in order to reach its full potential to foster citizen participation and democratic debate;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the reform of the Electoral Act on the basis of Parliament’s legislative initiative is an unmissable opportunity for the Union to become more democratic; highlights the fact that thousands of Europeans share this view, as evidenced by the ‘Let me Vote’ European Citizens’ Initiative, which aims to allow citizens to vote in their place of residence; commends the Commission for exploring the possibilities for non-national EU citizens who have exercised their right to free movement to vote in national elections in the country in which they reside; urges the Commission to devise a concrete action plan for the introduction of electronic voting with a view to the 2019 European Parliament elections; urges the Member States to provide stateless people permanently legally resident in the Union with access to vote in local and European Parliament election;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses its conviction that free media and access to a plurality of voices in society and in the media are an indispensable part of a healthy democracy; underlines the need for a defined EU policy to tackle anti-European propaganda and false information; proposes that EU institutions proceed with the creation of a European television channel broadcasting in all Member States; underlines in this regard the necessity to provide further support to awareness-raising, additional training and retraining initiatives aimed at European journalists;