Activities of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2017/2010(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Annual Reports 2015-2016 on subsidiarity and proportionality
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Appreciates that the number of reasoned opinions (65) submitted by national parliaments in 2016 is the third highest in a calendar year since the introduction of the subsidiarity control mechanism in the Lisbon Treaty; notes the sharp increase (+713 %), with respect to the eight reasoned opinions received in 2015; acknowledges, in addition, the significant increase, from 350 to 620, in the number of opinions received by the Commission within the framework of the political dialogue; underlines that these trends emerged against the backdrop of a decrease in legislative activity, which also demonstrates that national parliaments’ participation has evolved in comparison with previous years; welcomes the marked interest in EU decision-making expressed by national parliaments;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in 2016, the third (and first under the mandate of the current Commission) ‘yellow card’ procedure was triggered in relation to the revision of the Posting of Workers Directive (Directive 96/71/EC); this indicates an increased scrutiny from national parliaments especially when legislative proposals are favouring only a part of EU Member States or are serving the interests of only a part of EU citizens; stresses that increased awareness of the roles of national parliaments and better cooperation between them could strengthen ex ante subsidiarity monitoring;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that Parliament increasingly and more regularly plays the role of interlocutor with and intermediary between the national parliaments with regard to the subsidiarity and proportionality mechanisms; considers that enhancing dialogue at political level with national parliaments could be a means to rationalise subsidiarity and proportionality checks by better addressing the substance of legislative proposals;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends the placing of subsidiarity and proportionality at the heart of EU decision-making, as evidenced by the Commission’s political priorities and the adoption of the Better Regulation Package, which in turn will be contributing to a higher degree of transparency of the EU decision-making process;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates the need to enhance the flexibility of the early warning system, and notably of the eight-week period for submitting reasoned opinions - any modification beyond this deadline implying a change to the Treaties, and to continue to reflect on the introduction of a green card mechanism; in the absence of any formalisation in the Treaties, it would be useful to know the Commission’s official opinion on what form the initiative of a ‘green card’ could take; reminds of the consultation procedure or political dialogue where national parliaments have the possibility to raise subsidiarity concerns at any point.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the creation of the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less More Efficiently’, three of whose members will be MEPs; considers that this initiative can contribute in identifying the situation where an action can be sufficiently and more effectively achieved by the Union, Member States and regional authorities; invites the Commission to detail to a greater extent the competencies and the modus operandi envisaged for this Task Force.