9 Amendments of Max ORVILLE related to 2023/2079(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that European legislation should be fit for purpose, proportionate, clear, transparent, future-proof and comprehensive in order to effectively benefit citizens and stakeholders;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that Better Law Making is a centre piece of the “ever closer Union” and an objective shared by all EU institutions; reiterates that regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality as well as transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions, Member States, citizens and stakeholders, ensuring full respect of all fundamental European values, are essential prerequisites for EU democracy;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the ‘Juncker’ Commission’s guideline: ‘big on big things and small on small things’; considers that, while the COVID-19 crisis presented unprecedented challenges that resulted in the Commission interpreting EU competences in an extensive mannerbeginning in a fractured response by Member States and a delayed and insufficient European cooperation, , the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union) should remain guiding principles in the development of EU and Member State policy in shared competence areas, focusing EU efforts on significant issues with EU added value that require collective action, and that other matters should be left to the national and regional levels;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the structural consultation of stakeholders on all new EU policy initiatives is critical to assess the proportionality of these initiatives; welcomes the Commission’s efforts to consolidate the consultation process; believes that the public consultation process for strategic initiatives can be further strengthened, in particular to improve the outreach to under- represented groups, such as SMEs, young people and minorities;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reiterates its call for the establishment of a permanent participatory mechanism for citizens in the lead-up to the adoption of the Annual Work Programme of the European Commission and calls to revise the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making therefore;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Is concerned about the persistent lack of transparency in the Council’s decision-making process and the practice of over-classifying documents and applying an excessively broad interpretation of the exceptions included under Regulation (EU) 1049/2001; calls on the three institutions to ensure a forward-looking and consistent application of the above mentioned Regulation allowing appropriate access to registered documents and to all types of communication, provided they concern a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institution's sphere of responsibility;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Notes with concern the European Council’s practice of ‘tasking the Council and the Commission’ which goes beyond the role of strategic guidance assigned to it by the Treaties, and is therefore contrary to both the word and spirit of the Treaties; considers it necessary to respect the division of competences as defined in the Treaties in order to ensure the independence and the good functioning of the legislative process;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, in 2020 and 2021, no Commission proposals reached the threshold of four countries to trigger an aggregate response from the Commission to the reasoned opinions from national parliaments; encourages national parliaments to prioritise resources for subsidiarity and proportionality checks in order to strengthen their scrutiny of EU decision-making processes; calls to review the relevant Treaty provisions to strengthen the “yellow card” procedure and to introduce a “green card” procedure, enabling national parliaments to more effectively and constructively engage in the EU decision-making process;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)