Activities of Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD related to 2020/2132(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Parliament’s right of initiative (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Parliament’s right of initiative
Opinions (1)
OPINION on Parliament’s right of initiative
Amendments (14)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that, were the Commission not to submit a legislative proposal and fail to provide proper reasons as required by Article 225 TFEU, following Parliament’s request, this would constitute a failure to act and Parliament should reserve its right to take action under Article 265 TFEU; is of the opinion that, if the Commission fails to implement Parliament’s call for a legislative act in the area of the ordinary legislative procedure, its resolution adopted by a majority of Members shall form the basis for a legislative procedure to be initiated by Parliament itself;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deeply regrets the lack of follow- up by the European Council on the rule of law procedure launched by Parliament and its subsequent calls for acRecalls the 2016 and 2020 initiatives on the EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; deeply regrets the consistent lack of proper response to Parliament’s initiative on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights governed by an interinstitutional agreement between the three institutions, consisting of an annual cycle of monitoring covering all aspects of Article 2 of the TEU and applying in an equal, objective and fair manner to all Member States; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Council to enter without delay into negotiations with Parliament on the interinstitutional agreement; believes that the persistent deterioration of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in various Member States has shown the need for genuine interinstitutional cooperation;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Reiterates its reasoned proposal on the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded;reiterates its deep concern that the standard modalities for hearings do not ensure equal treatment for Parliament, on the one hand, and the Commission and one third of the Member States, on the other, for presenting the reasoned proposal and access to information;expresses its regret that the hearings have not yet resulted in any significant progress on addressing clear risks of a serious breach of EU values;considers that the Union remains structurally unprepared to counter the backsliding of democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law and their violation in the Member States and points out that the Council’s failure to make effective use of Article 7 of the TEU continues to undermine the integrity of common European values, mutual trust, and the credibility of the Union as a whole; ';
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Further regrets that the Council has to date refused to negotiate with Parliament regarding its right of inquiry, despite this contradicting Article 226 of the TFEU and the principle of sincere cooperation, leaving a provision of the Treaty non- implemented despite a duty to do so;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that, in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2019/788, in case the Commission has failed to publish its intentions or has set out in a communication that it intends not to take action on a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) that has met the procedural requirements, Parliament should decide to follow up with an INL report that is based on the ECI; urges the Commission to commit itself to submit a legislative proposal following the adoption of a Parliament’s initiative that is based on an ECI that has met the procedural requirements and that is in line with the Treaties and the core values of the Union enshrined in Article 2 TEU; proposes in that regard to modify the Framework Agreement on relations between the Parliament and the Commission;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Considers that new EU law- making mechanisms associating EU citizens and their elected representatives in the Parliament should be designed in order to improve citizens participation and the European democracy as a whole; believes for instance that the procedural thresholds for ECIs should be lowered where the proposal for an ECI is co- signed by a minimum number of MEPs;
Amendment 44 #
6 c. Asks the Commission to study the possibility of introducing mechanisms of direct democracy, such as citizen's assemblies or referendum vote on specific issues, which would grant EU citizens decisional or consultative power in the EU law-making process, without depending on the reform of the Treaties.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes in the strongest terms the commitment made by Commission President von der Leyen to always respond with a legislative act to Parliament requests under Article 225 of the TFEU, with full respect for the proportionality, subsidiarity and better lawmaking principles; believes that this commitment should be translated into legal by amending the 2010 Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission and the 2016 Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making between the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the Commission in order to strengthen Parliament’s power to influence the EU agenda;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Suggests that, before the next revision of the Treaties,inter-institutional arrangements are put in place in order to better regulate the areas where the Parliament already has a right of initiative with a view to ensure that these procedures are more efficient;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Believes that the reflection about the right of initiative of the Parliament has to go hand in hand with a wider reflection on political initiative within the EU decision-making process; suggests to improve the mechanism to follow-up on European Citizens Initiatives, notably by introducing a procedure according to which, in the event that the Commission, within the given deadlines, has failed to publish its intentions, or has set out in a communication that it intends not to take action on a European citizens’ initiative (ECI) which has met the procedural requirements and is in line with the Treaties, in particular the core values of the Union enshrined inArticle 2 of the TEU, Parliament could decide to follow up the ECI with a legislative own- initiative report (INL);
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Suggests to substantially improve the involvement of the Parliament in the setting of the Commission Work Programme, for example by putting in place a joint procedure;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Suggests, aspart of the Conference on the Future of Europe, studying the possibility of introducing mechanisms of direct participation, such as citizens’ assemblies,in order to grant EU citizens the opportunity to express themselves and thereby engage in the EU law-making process;