3 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes, nevertheless, that it is important to raise the awareness of national parliaments on subsidiarity issues and to support them with tools permitting information exchange, especially where reasoned opinions are formulated, for example through the creation of an IT platform that can be accessed by EU citizens also; stresses that, especially since the volume of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2014 remained unchanged in proportion to the number of Commission proposals, a mechanism should be developed for the participation of national parliaments in the EU legislative process;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the period of eight weeks given to national parliaments to issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality should be extended significantly; takes the view that such an extension should in particular be accorded where at least one reasoned opinion is formulated by a Member State;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that, in order to ensure maximum participation of European citizens in the EU legislative process, consideration be given to the possibility of a European referendum, amending the Treaties if necessary, where reasoned opinions represent at least two thirds of the votes allocated to the national parliaments; notes that a negative outcome to the referendum would lead to withdrawal by the Commission of its proposal.