Activities of Pedro SILVA PEREIRA related to 2022/2206(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Regulations on the European citizens’ initiative
Amendments (11)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Parliament has been consistently a vocal promoter of making the ECI a strong, user-friendly instrument for the democratic participation of the citizens in EU-agenda setting;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas, the revised ECI Regulation strengthened the political dimension of this instrument, with the introduction of a mandatory plenary debate in Parliament with the possibility to adopt a resolution;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the replies from the Commission to valid ECIs need to be more clear, concrete and timely;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the weak legal impact of valid ECIs; stresses that, for the objectives of the revised ECI Regulation to be achieved and the full potential of this instrument to be realised, the Commission needs to appropriately consider and respond to valid ECIs in a timely manner;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need to continue to raisimprove awareness of this participatory instrument, in particular by promoting it on social media and including it in civic education curriculums, in order to reach as many citizens as possible, especially young people; calls, therefore, on the Commission to launch broad information campaigns to promote the ECI, using all official languages of the EU, involving regional and local authorities; notes, as well, the need to adapt the communication campaigns in order to target specific groups of citizens living in remote areas or with poor access to online tools;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Strongly believes that Parliament should be associated to the information efforts, making full use of all its available tools, including EPLOs;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Invites the Commission to start a reflection process on the usefulness of reintroducing the option for organisers to use individual online collection systems; also calls on the Commission to make efforts to incorporate the possibility to allow citizens of all Member States to use the eID signing tool;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Invites the Commission to consider additional ways to simplify the procedure, namely the possible lowering of the thresholds needed both for signatures and number of Member States;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onSuggests that the Commission toshould consider provideing financial support for ECIs that reach the threshold of one million signaturesto valid ECIs; invites the Commission to conduct an assessment of such possibility;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to establish a proper dialogue with organisers about their goals and the best possible means to achieve them, in order to assess citizens’ input seriously and effectively; points out that such a dialogue cshould already be initiated during the collection periodbe strengthened during the examination procedure and after the Commission's initial reply;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to better communicate the impact of ECIs, by also sharing success stories and achievements with citizens in order to increase the trust in and the use of the ECI tool;