Activities of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2020/2262(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making 2017, 2018 and 2019 (short presentation)
Regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making 2017, 2018 and 2019 (short presentation)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NCalls for stronger involvement from national parliaments alongside the European Parliament in the democratic scrutiny of enhanced cooperation if it concerns policy areas of shared competence; notes that while the number of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments continued to fall between 2017 and 2019, withe number ofo reasoned opinions submitted to the Commission and contributions to the European Parliament, including on non-legislative initiatives, remains consistently high, which is testament to the positive and forward-looking engagement ofin 2019; recalls the important role that national parliaments can play in shaping EU policies and legislation as outlined in protocol 1 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU; recalls the need to further engage national parliaments within the EU policy cycle; notes that several of these submissions focused on important institutional issues such as the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the activation of passerelle clause and enhance their ability to express their views on draft legislative acts;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the ‘Have Your Say’ web-portal as a useful single point of access for citizens and stakeholders to participate in preparing EU policies; calls for the further development of tools allowing for an increased direct involvement of EU citizens;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the conclusion of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory Transparency Register for the EU Institutions, including Council;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Believes that transparency of the legislative process is of outmost importance to ensure the active participation of citizens to the decision making process; welcomes the progress made by the Parliament in disclosing the multi-column documents as a consequence of the De Capitani judgment; reiterates its call for the development of a joint database on the state of play of legislative files, as a tool to increase the involvement of citizens in the legislative process;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the Commission’s commitment to providing, in future, for aggregated answers where at least four parliaments have issued reasoned opinions and to allowing for flexibility on the eight- week deadline by which national parliaments must submit their opinions;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7