8 Amendments of Mairead McGUINNESS related to 2016/2149(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a European public sphere wcould be enforcfostered by the establishment of a European Week, in which national parliamentary chambers would simultaneously discuss European affairs in the presence of Commissioners and Members of the European Parliament;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas national parliaments have relevant competencies in the areas of freedom, security and justice pursuant to Articles 70, 85 and 88 TFEU and should therefore have a sayplay an important role in the future of the Union’s security and defence policy;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that prior experience with the EWS has proven that drawing a line between the political dimension of the principle of subsidiarity and the legal dimension of the principle of proportionality is, on occasion, difficult and troublesome; calls on the Commission, therefore, to eschew an overly narrow interpretation of the principle of subsidiarity, and to make use of reasonable criteria of self-restraint while examining the reasoned opinin its responses to reasoned opinions, to also address proportionality and, where appropriate, concerns about proposed policy options, issued by national parliaments within the EWSn addition to its interpretation of the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the Commission should not be granted the discretion to give notice of the date on which a draft legislative act is transmitted to national parliaments; believes, accordingly, that the Commission should not have the competence to monitor the eight-week period within which national parliamentary chambers may issue reasoned opinions on compliance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls, therefore, for the implementation ofconsider implementing a technical notification period within the EWS, in order to accommodate the time delaygrant additional time between the date on which the draft legislative acts are sent by the Commission and the date on which they are actually received by national parliamentary chambertechnically received by national parliamentary chambers and the date on which the eight-week period begins;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Suggests the implementation of a "green card" procedure whereby national parliaments could submit reasoned opinionproposals to the Commission with the aim of positively influencing its powers of legislative initiative, and whereby the Commission could either legislattake ion line with such opinions or issue a reasoned vetoboard such proposals or issue a formal response underlining its reasons for not doing so; points out that such a procedure cannot consist of a right to legislative initiative, or a right to withdraw or amend legislation, as it would otherwise subvert the Union method and violate the Treaties;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that national parliaments wcould better cope with the information sent to them either by virtue of the EWS, or under their right to information, if the IPEX platform was given the relevance of an Agora, or forum, for a permanent dialogue among national parliaments and between these and the European institutions; resolves, therefore, to promote the use of the platform for the enhancement of political dialogue, and for; recommends to national Parliaments the timely use of the IPEX platform to ensure an early start to the national scrutiny mechanism; suggests using IPEX as a channel for the systematic sharing of information and early flagging upof subsidiarity concerns; swiftly; undertakes to instruct the staff of national parliamentary chambers on how to work with the platformees the potential to develop IPEX as a significant channel of communication and transmission of relevant documents from the EU institutions to national parliaments and vice versa;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates, however, the need to simplify the current framework of relationsCalls for a review of the engagement between the Union and its national parliaments, as evidenced by the disproportionate number of entities, bodies and meetings at presentcross existing platforms and forums with a view to strengthening these relations and adapting them to current needs;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recommends that national parliaments be involved in the foreseeable enhancecontinuing development of the Common Security and Defence Policy; believes that such involvement should be settled in close cooperation with the European Parliament, namelyincluding through joint inter-parliamentary meetings between representatives from national parliaments and Members of the European Parliament and via a prolific political dialogue between a full-fledged Cthe Subcommittee on Security and Defence in the European Parliament and the corresponding national parliamentary committees; notes the potential this presents with regard to neutral EU member states for constructive scrutiny in this area;