Activities of Barbara SPINELLI related to 2018/2111(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Treaty provisions related to EU citizenship PDF (264 KB) DOC (102 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to Articles 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 21, 23 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and to Articles 158, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 45, 46, 47, 48, 153, 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the rights, values and principles on which the Union is based, which are highlighted in Articles 2 and 6 TEU, put the citizen at the very centre of the European project; whereas the debate on the future of Europe therefore also implies a reflection on the strength of our common identity;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the principles of transparency, integrity and accountability of the EU institutions and of the decision- making processes, as deriving from articles 10 and 11 TEU and 41 of the EU Charter of fundamental rights, are substantive elements of the concept of citizenship and are essential for building and strengthening credibility and trust in the Union as a whole; whereas the recourse to ad hoc and intergovernmental arrangements and instruments in several EU policy areas, as well as to informal decision-making bodies, circumventing and de-institutionalising the EU ordinary legislative procedure, risks to severely undermine such principles;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current revision of the ECI aims to improve its effectiveness and enhance participative democracy and active citizenship; whereas the EU has had difficulties in facing numerous crises with important socio-economic consequences and implications regarding migration, which have led to the emergence of populist and nationalist ideologies based on exclusive identities and supremacist criteria which contradict European valuEU defective management of the economic and financial crisis leading to deep socio- economic consequences for the people as well as the inability of the EU institutions and the Member States to establish a well- functioning, solidarity-based and human rights-compliant migration and refugee policy have increased citizens’ distrust toward the EU integration project and underlined the need to change the EU course of action by giving full primacy to the promotion of citizens’ civil, political and social rights, while providing for a greater involvement of civil society in decision-making and implementation processes;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the current revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) should aim at improving its practical effectiveness and applying articles 11(4) TEU and 24 TFEU in a less restrictive way, hence at enhancing participative democracy and active citizenship;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that not all the provisions concerning EU citizenship have been implemented to reach their full potential, even though this would enable the consolidation of a European identity; calls on the Union institutions to take the necessary measures to improve the implementation, scope and effectiveness of the Treaty provisions concerning citizenship as well as of the corresponding ones enshrined in the EU Charter of fundamental rights;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that EU citizenship is additional to citizenship of a Member State; underlines that EU citizenship enables the complementarity of different identities for the citizen, and that nationalist and populist ideologies undermine that capacity; is of the opinion that exercising active citizenship is key to building open, inclusive and resilient societies;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Considers that the full implementation, by the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the active promotion of the rights and principles enshrined therein represent an essential lever for guaranteeing the effective involvement of citizens in the EU democratic process and to give concreteness to the provisions enshrined in article 20 TFEU;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the EU institutions, particularly on the Council, to align their internal procedures as well as the legislative and decision-making processes to the findings and conclusions of the European Ombudsman concerning institutional transparency and integrity, among which the Recommendation in case OI/2/2017/TE on the Transparency of the Council legislative process and the Recommendations in the joint inquiry into complaints 194/2017/EA, 334/2017/EA, and 543/2017/EA on the European Commission’s handling of post-mandate employment of former Commissioners, a former Commission President and the role of its ‘Ethics Committee’;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Asks to the European Council, the Council, when meeting informally, and the Eurogroup to start applying the Transparency Regulation and to develop rules of procedure that are in line with the standards developed in EU legislation and case law, as already requested in the Letter of the COSAC Delegations to the EU Institutions of 20 December 2017 on the transparency of political decision- making within the EU;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prioritise the fight against social, economic and political exclusion as a precondition for favouring the concrete participation of citizens in the democratic life of the Union and for enabling them to exercise their citizenship’s rights;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Regrets the lack of explicit references to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Commission’s 2017 Citizenship report, and in particular to its Title V “Citizens’ Rights” which mirrors the provisions enshrined in articles 20 to 24 TFEU; calls on the Commission to pay full attention to the provisions of the Charter in the next evaluation pursuant to article 25(1) TFEU, as a means to increase the Charter’s operability and awareness among European citizens;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Asks for the creation, under Article 25 of the TFUE, of an EU Statute of Citizenship including citizen-specific rights and the fundamental rights and freedoms enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, as well as social rights and the values established by Article 2 of the TEU as defining elements of the European ‘public space’, including among others the governance model relevant to that public space, dignity, freedom, the rule of law, democracy, pluralism, tolerance, justice and solidarity, and also including safety in view of to the current threats facing citizensequality and non- discrimination;