7 Amendments of Jean-Paul GARRAUD related to 2020/2132(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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1. Believes that the Commission’s right of legislative initiative, as set out in the Treaties, has been neither constructive nor productive in recent years, with a decrease in the Commission’s output over the past decade and Commission Presidents not assuming their political responsibilities; strongly recommends therefore that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs further exploit Parliament’s powers assigned by the Treaties and consider a Treaty revision to give Parliament a direct right of legislative initiativeand that the Commission has no democratic legitimacy to exercise such a political role; strongly recommends therefore that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs consider a Treaty revision to remove from the Commission its right of legislative initiative and transfer it to the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Stresses that the European Council has a de-facto right of initiative within the area of freedom, security and justice in accordance with Article 68 TFEU, which does not reflect a level playing field between Parliament and Council; underlines moreover the early influence by the Member States via their participation in numerous Commission advisory bodies;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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3. Believes that the Council and Parliament should have an enhanced direct right of legislative initiative, as it directly represents the European people and not just national interests, which need to be counter-balanced; deplores therefore that this possibility has beenthe former because it represents the States and the latter because it is the regsularly deferred to a future Treaty revisiont of universal suffrage;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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4. Deeply regrets that only one-third of Parliament’s legislative and non- legislative initiative procedures can be considered successful and that most legislative initiative (INL) reports adopted since 2011 did not result in a positive reply from the Commission1; regrets also that, to date, the three-month deadline for the Commission to react to a parliamentary resolution, as laid down in paragraph 16 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (‘2010 FA’)2, and the one-year deadline for the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal in response to a legislative initiative report have consistently not been respected; concludes from this that the current system is in need of fundamental change; _________________ 1Study ‘The European Parliament’s right of initiative’, Andreas Maurer, University of Innsbruck, Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration Studies and Michael C. Wolf, University of Innsbruck, July 2020, pages 55 and 57. 2 OJ L 304, 20.11.2010, p. 47.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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