12 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2018/2280(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the right of petition enhancesmust be enhanced in order to increase the responsiveness of the European Parliament towards the citizens and residents of the European Union, ensuring full protection of their fundamental rights and effective solutions to all issues raised through petitions;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas each petition ismust be carefully assessed and dealt with; whereas each petitioner has the right to receive awithout delay, in their own language or in the language used in the petition, a comprehensive reply and information on the decision on admissibility taken by the Committee on Petitions within a reasonable period of time in their own language or in the language used in the petitionand on action taken by it in processing and following up the petition; whereas the experience of the petitioners in regard to the processing of their petitions is very influential in determining their perception of the EU institutions and the respect for the right to petition contained in EU law;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the opportunity petitions offer to the European Parliament and other EU institutions to enter into dialogue with EU citizens who are affected by the application of EU law; underlines the need to foster cooperation of EU institutions and bodies with national, regional and local authorities on matters linked to the application of EU lawshortcomings, inconsistencies and loopholes in the EU law and in its implementation in order to fully and effectively protect economic, social and cultural rights of all citizens;
Amendment 19 #
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 ofactivity and its working methods to raise awareness of citizens about the need to introduce a fully democratic EU governance with a view to solving the lack of transparency of the EU decision- making process, conflicts of interests and all ethical issues at EU level affecting the legislative process related to issues raised by petitioners;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that the Commission must swiftly and adequately investigate all citizens' complaints, including individual cases, to promptly detect and address breaches of citizens' rights and understand the existence of violations of systematic nature;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Asks the Commission to ensure full transparency and access to documents and information with regard to the EU Pilot procedures in relation to petitions received, and to the EU Pilot and infringement procedures that have already ended;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Confirms the need to strengthen political and technical dialogue with the relevant committees of the national parliaments; welcomestakes note of the visit of the Petitions Committee of the German Bundestag to the committee meeting of 9 October 2018 to raise issues of common interest and to discuss relevant petitions; highlights the Interparliamentary Committee Meeting with National Parliaments of 27 November 2018 organised together with the Committee on Legal Affairs and in cooperation with the European Network of Ombudsmen which addressed the topic of the implementation and application of Union law;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the aim of the Committee on Petitions to raise awareness on citizens’ concerns in plenary debates; draws attention to the oral question on disenfranchisement of voting rights in the EU, debated in plenary on 2 October 2018, the oral question on the participation of persons with disabilities in the European elections, adopted in committee on 21 March 2018, and the oral question tabled jointly with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on concerns about Natura 2000 protected areas based on petitions received, adopted in committee on 21 November 2018, the oral question on responding to petitions on tackling precariousness and the abusive use of fixed-term contracts adopted in committee on 16 May 2018 and the oral question on the role of the German Administration for Youth (Jugendamt) in cross-border family disputes adopted in committee on 24 September 2018;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to the motions for resolutions pursuant to Rule 128(5) or Rule 216(2) on behalf of the committee adopted in plenary, in particular on protection and non-discrimination with regard to minorities in the EU Member States , on responding to petitions on tackling precariousness and the abusive use of fixed-term contracts , on the adverse effects of the United States’ Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on EU citizens and in particular ‘accidental American’ , and on the role of the German Youth Welfare OfficeAdministration for Youth (Jugendamt) in cross-border family disputes;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses Parliament’s strong collaboration with the European Ombudsman, as well as its involvement in the European Network of Ombudsmen; underlines the excellent relations within the institutional framework between the Ombudsman and the Committee on Petitions; appreciates in particular the Ombudsman’s regular contributions to the work of the committee throughout the year; firmly believes that the Union institutions, bodies and agencies must ensure a consistent and effective follow-up to the recommendations of the Ombudsman and guarantee full transparency of the EU decision-making process and the implementation of the highest ethical and accountability standards;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that, in the context of Parliament’s Human Rights Week, the Committee on Petitions considered several petitions relating to human rights issues and presented an updated study on the Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants; asks the Commission to propose amending Article 1(2) of Council Directive 2002/90/EC of 28 November 2002 in order to define the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence with a view to introducing a mandatn effective and sustainable EU strategy on migration aimed at enhancing legal and safe ways into the EU, the automatic and compulsory relocation of asylum seekers among all Member States as well as improving cooperation between all Member States in order to address morye exemption from criminalisation for humanitarian assistance in cases of entry, transit or stayffectively the serious economic and social problems afflicting migrants' countries of origin ensuring that they are not compelled to seek a livelihood elsewhere through irregular migration;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is convinced that the Secretariat of the Committee on Petitions must be given the necessary resources to handles petitions in a more efficientl way and with greater care according to the committee’s guidelines;