5 Amendments of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2014/2253(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that in a European Union founded on the rule of law and on the certainty and predictability of laws, EU citizens must be the first to be made aware in a clear, transparent and timely manner (including via the internet) whether and how their national parliaments have significantly been involved in these decisions by also having had the opportunity to vote following the basic principle of subsidiarity, whether and which national laws have been adopted in transposition of EU laws, whether and which nationally existing laws may be curtailed and which national authorities are responsible for rejecting their implementation and/or ensuring they are correctly implemented;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) Following the ideas of subsidiarity as well as direct democracy, both, national parliaments and a majority of people expressing their democratic will in a referendum, may that be on national, regional or other level, should be also able to wield power, even if this leads to a rejection of EU law proposals.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the introduction of the EU Pilot mechanism which, via its online platform, facilitates communication between the Commission and Member States so as to avoid infringement proceedingsstrictly obeying most stringent national laws on data protection existing across the individual EU Member States, facilitates communication between the Commission and Member States so as to provide transparent information throughout the whole process of generating and implementing EU-law, being initiated wherever possible, but reminds the Commission that this system must not in any way undermine the rights of EU citizens under the rule of lawnational or other law in function or serve to justify direct or indirect discrimination within the meaning of Article 9 TEU, and calls on the Commission to itself inform citizens in an appropriate and timely manner on the follow-up given to their reports of potential non-compliance;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that the European Parliament, which is now a fully-fledged co-legislator and an institution directly representing the citizens, does not yet receive transparent and timely information on the implementation of EU laws, when such information is essential, including for purposes of adopting amendments aimed at improving those laws especially as far as consensus or opposition to existing national law is concerned;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the creation within the relevant Directorates-General (DG IPOL, DG EXPO and DG Research) of an autonomous system for ex-post assessment of the impact of the main EU laws adopted by the European Parliament under codecision and in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, including via cooperation with the national parliaments and potential national referenda.