11 Amendments of Gabriele PREUSS related to 2014/2257(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the Commission report on the application of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens' initiative of 31.03.2015 and the decision of the European Ombudsman of 04.03.2015 regarding inquiry OI/9/2013/TN and points to the practical experience acquired in many areas since 2012 by the organisers of European citizens’ initiatives;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, in previous resolutions and annual reports prepared by the Committee on Petitions, Parliament pointed out the weaknesses of the existing legal framework and the bureaucratic burdens in the practical running of the ECI owing to a lack of IT support and disparate use in the national administrations; calls for the simplifiedcation and harmonised personal data requirements and procedures; ation of requirements and procedures for submission of statements of support by dispensing with the collection of personal ID numbers by all Member States, since this has shown itself to be an unnecessary bureaucratic obstacle to the collection of statements of support;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets the lack of clear information from the outset regarding the European citizens’ initiative, resulting in widespread misunderstandings as to the nature thereof and disappointment when the first ECIs were rejected by the Commission;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern about the low percentage of successful initiatives and the dramatic decrease in the number of new initiatives; stresses that the European institutions and the Member States must take all necessary steps to promote the ECI and to foster citizens’ confidence in this tool; believes that the instrument still has the potential to engage the public and to promote dialogue among citizens and between citizens and EU institutions; welcomes the fact that some ECIs have managed to have an impact at local level;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that thea review of the ECI regulation should be used as an opportunity to enhance awareness of the petitions process, explain the distinction between ECIs and petitions and promote a link between them, via harmonised information on the European institutions’ websites and in their advertisement policies;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission, in view of the various problems arising, to table as soon as possible a proposal for the revision of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative, so as to make the instrument simple, clear and user-friendly and enable it to fulfil its potential more effectively in future;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Recalls PETI position that in order to encourage the civic participation of the younger generation in EU affairs on important topics such as jobs, education or the environment there is a need in the context of the ECI to uniformly lower the age limit to 16;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Point 10
Point 10
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Point 11
Point 11