7 Amendments of Cristian TERHEŞ related to 2022/2024(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the large number of petitions voicing citizens’ concerns over the public health and socio-economic emergencies, vaccination, and the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate, resulting from the persistence of the COVID-19 pandemicthe lack of transparency in the research, development and purchase of COVID-19 vaccines, vaccination, including the vaccination of children against COVID-19 and the abusive implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate, significantly contributed to the increase in the number of petitions registered in 2021 on this topic in comparison with the previous year; whereas 17.3 % of the petitions received in 2021 related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas a large number of petitions received by the PETI committee demanded that full details of the COVID- 19 vaccine contracts signed between the Commission, the Member States and the vaccine producers, as well as patient-level clinical trial data to be published;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the high number of petitions submitted in 2021 reveals that, also in the second year of the pandemic, citizens placed significant trust in Parliament, choosing to address their concerns and complaints directly to their elected representatives at EU level, whom they considered to be the source of decision-making; whereas the elected representatives were entangled in the performance of their duty because they did not have access to full details of the COVID-19 vaccine contracts concluded between the Commission, the Member States and the vaccine producers;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the main subjects of concern raised in petitions submitted in 2021 related to fundamental rights (in particular the impact of COVID-19 emergency measures on the rule of law and democracy, as well on the access to education during the lockdowns, freedom of movement and the right to work), health (notably questions on the publicaccess to healthcare, on the health crisis resulting from the persistence of the pandemic, ranging from the protection of citizens’ health, including vaccination policy, to the use, implementation and application of the EU Digital COVID Certificate in the Member States and the alleged discrimination between vaccinated and non-vaccinated persons), the environment (mostly concerning mining activities and their impact on the environment, nuclear safety, air pollution and the deterioration of natural ecosystems), minority rights and discrimination (including the rights of national or linguistic minorities), education (in particular questions related to discriminatory access to education or contested national reforms of the law on education), the situation of EU students in the UK after the UK’s withdrawal from Erasmus+, and employment (in particular questions relating to national treatment of work contracts), in addition to many other areas of activity;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to the large number of petitions on COVID-19 that the Committee on Petitions examined and replied to in 2021; stresses that most of these petitions called for the protection of citizens’ health against the consequences of the virus, including questions on vaccination policy and allegeare raising concerns regarding the violation of citizens' rights and freedoms due to restrictions and emergency measures imposed during the pandemic and called for the protection of citizens’ health, including questions on vaccination policy, vaccination adverse effects, the acquisition and distribution of vaccines and discrimination between vaccinated and non-vaccinated persons, as well as for assessment of the management of the health crisis in the Member States;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes note that, along with fundamental rights, health was the main area of concern for petitioners in 2021, while recognising that health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, related to the restricted access to healthcare and to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccines were at the centre of the Committee on Petitions’ work; emphasises the attention paid by the Committee on Petitions to the consequences of COVID- 19 in terms of internal market policy (in particular questions relating to national travel restrictions and their impact on the freedom of movement of persons within and outside the EU); points, in this regard, to the public hearing held by the Committee on Petitions jointly with the Committee on Transport and Tourism on 14 July 2021 entitled ‘How to improve air passenger rights during the COVID-19 crisis?’ Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 on 14 July 2021, in order to assess how effectively the Flight Compensation Regulation6 has been applied during the COVID-19 pandemic and if the EU legal framework on passenger rights was adequate to deal with such a crisis; _________________ 6 Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights. OJ L 46, 17.2.2004, p. 1.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that environmental issues remained an area of serious concern for petitioners in 2021; regrets that environmental rules are not always correctly implemented in the Member States, as described in numerous petitions raising complaints about air pollution, the deterioration of natural ecosystems, nuclear safety and the alteration of biodiversity; points to the important work carried out by the Committee on Petitions to highlight the impact of mining activities on the environment, as demonstrated by the number of petitions received on this topic; draws attention to the public hearing of 2 December 2021 on the environmental and social impacts of mining activity in the EU, held by the Committee on Petitions in association with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, in order to acquire scientific knowledge on various aspects including mining legislation, safety standards, the social and environmental impacts of mines, environmental citizenship, public participation and transparency in the mining sector;