Activities of Anne-Sophie PELLETIER related to 2020/2201(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on citizens’ dialogues and citizens’ participation in EU decision-making
Amendments (14)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas improving citizens’ participation and transparency at EU level is key to close the gap between the European Union and the citizens and representative organisations, in order to overcome the low citizens’ trust and confidence in EU institutions and achieve a real multi-level democracy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the lack of transparency prevents public debate on any piece of legislation; whereas not all stakeholders have equal access to the EU institutions or information about their work; whereas the Commission should carry out open, transparent and regular dialogues with civil society organisations, as part of a broader strategy for civil dialogue;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the EU institutions should create the conditions necessary for the effective participation of persons belonging to minorities in decision- making and public affairs, in particular those affecting them;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas Member States should consider increasing the participation of migrants and refugees in decision-making procedures affecting their lives, by ensuring that they participate actively and in a meaningful way in relevant public consultation processes and relevant consultation bodies;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the level of EU citizens’ engagement in the EU participatory democracy process and the subsequent use of tools is proportionate to the level of knowledge of EU actions and policies and to the available instruments of participation within the Union’s multi- level governance system; believes that the EU institutions should develop an awareness-raising strategy on the functioning and the decision-making of the Union to be promoted at local, regional and national level, in order to overcome the lack of knowledge about the functioning and the decision-making of the Union;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that new mechanisms associating EU citizens and their elected representatives in the Parliament should be designed in order to improve citizens participation;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need for supportive measures aimed at increasing civic literacy and building civic capacity to encourage citizens’ understanding of the policymaking process and to promote civic engagement in the actions of the Union; stresses the need to open up lines of communication between the EU institutions and the citizens; recommends, to that end, strengthening medias’ and social medias’ role to improve citizens’ knowledge on the EU institutions works;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that adequate measures are needed to raise awareness of citizens' right to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), complaints to the European Ombudsman and petitions to the European Parliament;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Strongly believes that citizens' access to all documents of the European institutions is the basis of a participatory democracy; stresses in this regard the need for transparency and accountability of the institutions to citizens;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the EU institutions to organise structured and truly transparent consultation processes at all levels, ensuring a balance between business- oriented lobby and citizens’ participation; believes that the Council of Europe’s 'Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation in the Decision-Making Process' can be used as an example;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Underlines the importance of giving full access to persons with disabilities to all the different instruments that the EU provides to citizens, particularly through systematic interpretation and translation into Sign language and Easy-to-Read language;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Recalls the need to systematically hold consultations with NGO’s to improve citizens’ dialogues and participative democracy;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Calls on the EU institutions to address the challenges faced by the vulnerable groups of people who are underrepresented and unable to have their issues addressed and to involve them in decision-making;