5 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2016/2018(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls for a more harmonised and structured approach, with guaranteed access for Parliament, and for all Parliamentarians whether in opposition or in government to all negotiating texts and related documents, even those of a confidential or classified nature, including negotiating mandates, and to other relevant documents used during the preparatory stages and actual negotiations; considers, moreover, that the Commission and the Council should provide the Parliament with regularly updated lists of the documents at their disposal relating to the negotiations;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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4. Regrets the fact that Parliament is not allowed to attend, even as an observer, EU coordination meetings during international conferences;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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5. Notes that the delegation of power to the Commission is not merely a technical issue but can also involve questions of political sensitivity which are of considerable importance to EU citizens, consumers and businesses, and in that vein, suggests that where this occurs, such delegation of power to the Commission should be revised to include trilogue-type consultation with the European Parliament and with the Council;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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9. Stresses that while impact assessments should only serve as an important guide for better law- making, and as an aid for making political decisions, and should in no eventthey are not meant to replace political decisions within the democratic decision-making process, nor should they hinder the role of politically accountable decision-makers, who are ultimately accountable to the people they serve;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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10. Considers that while impact assessments should not cause undue delays to legislative procedures, nor should they be utiliszed purely as procedural obstacles in an attempt to delay unwanted legislation, the emphasis here should be on the word 'undue', that it is better and less damaging in the long term to pause and reflect rather than proceed in ignorance;