4 Amendments of Jana TOOM related to 2017/2089(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that an increasing number of petitions submitted to Parliament after the entry into force of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in December 2009 invoke the Charter as the legal basis for the alleged violation of their fundamental rights as EU citizens; notes that these petitions are evidence of a serious structural lack of a fundamental rights- based approach in the drafting of legislation and policymaking both at EU level and in the implementation of legislation in Member States;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that the Charter of Fundamental Rights only applies in Member States when implementing EU law; reiterates that many citizepersons have found its implementation to be unclear and unsatisfactory;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the expectations of most EU citizens submitting petitioners in relation to the rights conferred on them by the Charter go far beyond their current scope of application; stresses that an excessively narrow or incoherent interpretation of Article 51 alienates citizens from the EU; urges the Commission to take steps to ensure that the interpretation of the scope of Article 51 is as coherent and wide as possible;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that it is of paramount importance in the interests of EU citizens to guarantee the effectiveness of the protection granted them under the current system, particularly in the field of social rights, but also with regard to civil liberties and democratic participation, by broadening the application of the Charter; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to introduce a fundamental rights impact assessment in all relevant new legislative proposals for the purposes of mainstreaming fundamental rights in all relevant policy areas;