6 Amendments of Francesca DONATO related to 2021/2166(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account their feedback fromand that of other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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3. Considers, as the committee most directly engaged with the public, that a democratic approach and shared political accountability remain the strongest control mechanisms in any constitutional democracy, including in the EU;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls that continuous attentive review of citizens’ petitions presents great opportunitiesshould be performed diligently and continuously to ensure that European citizens have an essential democratic instrument to make better regulation more inclusive and efficient and to improve policymakers’ understanding of local and regional realities;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recalls that better regulation is an overarching principle in all Commissioners’ mission letters; calls on the Commission and Council to improve the rules and procedures of the preparatory phases of their respective legislative processes, with a particular focus on examining the short-term impact and the future effects of legislative measures;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in policy areas such as fundamental rights, respect for rule of law, and discrimination against women, migrants and LGTBIQ personsthe fight against all forms of discrimination on any ground whatsoever;
Amendment 38 #
7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governance adapt to a post- pandemic ‘new normal’,restore a situation of normality and social calm, while fully respecting the human rights of all citizens, after the imbalances of the pandemic period, and to improve law- making and be more responsive to citizens’ concerns;