Activities of Ángela VALLINA related to 2014/2257(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Citizens' Initiative (A8-0284/2015 - György Schöpflin) ES
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Citizens’ Initiative
Amendments (4)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to be the first direct democratic instrumentinstrument of participatory democracy to enable citizens to become actively involved in the framing of European policies and legislation;
Amendment 20 #
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 th, the problems regarding certain requirements that are hard to meet, and the excessive 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 simplified and harmonised personal data requirements and procedures;
Amendment 29 #
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; points out that this low percentage is the result of disproportionate requirements, and regrets the fact that, because initiatives have had no legislative impact, and because a number of successful ones have been rejected by the Commission, use of the instrument is being discouraged; stresses that the European institutions and the Member States must take all necessary steps – including a review of the requirements for an initiative to be deemed successful – to promote the ECI and to foster citizens’ confidence in this tool; believes that the instrument still has, once the ECI Regulation has been revised, may have 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 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure transparency in the decision-making process and clarify the procedure for legal admissibility; invites the Commission to respond to successful ECIs with more concrete actions and a higher level of involvement;