22 Amendments of Małgorzata HANDZLIK related to 2010/2011(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, the EU 2020 Strategy should set realistic targets for achieving a greensustainable, knowledge-based economy and sustainable growth by 2020; whereas the cornerstone of the EU 2020 Strategy should be the single European market, with the challenges of social justice and economic growtheconomic growth and social exclusion and a focus on benefits to citizens, consumer protection and SMEs,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that the old perception of the single market as being primarily tied to economic considerations needs revisisupplementing; stresses that all those involved in shaping and implementing the single market need to adopt a more holistic approach, fully integrating citizens’ concerns, particularly in relation to economic, social, health and environmental issues and consumer protection;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a new paradigm of political thinking, with citizens and, consumers and SMEs occupying a central role in the relaunch of the single European market; holds the view that this can be achieved by making the European citizen and SMEs the main political variable in the determination and formulation of Union legislation and policy;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that revitalisation of the single market requires the introduction of more adequate checks and balances to guarantee citizens and, consumers and SMEs the necessary protection; considers that a citizen- and SME-based approach will help the Union to win back popular confidence in the single European market and to find the right formula for the adoption of initiatives to give the Union the competitive edge it needs, without prejudice to the social dimension;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the importance of establishing a greensustainable single market for emerging low-carbon and environmental technologies, services and products by developing EU-wide standards for measuring and auditing carbon footprints; points out that clear standards and labelling for energy efficient products mustshould become mandatory throughout the Union;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is convinced that the ordinary citizen’s perception, understanding and knowledge of the single market are low, non-existent, confused or negative; is of the opinion that the majority of consumers view the single market – rightly or wrongly – as a systknowledge and understanding of the principles on the basis of which the single market functions are low; is of the opinion that the majority of consumers, citizens and SMEs do not have systematic knowledge of the benefits of the internal market and are uncertain of how to take full advantage of them; imbued with political horse-trading and vested interests rather than one which addresses the needs of the consumers, citizens and SMEss of the opinion that consumers, citizens and SMEs often fail to make the connection between existing policies, rules and programmes and the principles of the internal market;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that, in order to secure the social backing and cooperation of European citizens, the EU and national institutions must radically change popular perceptions of the single market by making people aware of and able to understand the benefits it offers them;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Maintains that citizens are not being given the information they need on single market legislation and the availability and enforcement of their rights; highlights the fact that many of the relevant websites and the large number ofIs of the opinion that citizens and SMEs can have difficulty finding their way around the extensive network of existing websites, information centres and ‘points of single contact’, remakin disorganised and are failing to reach people effectivelyg it difficult for them to quickly access the information they are seeking on internal market legislation and the availability and enforcement of their rights;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Maintains that economic integration initiatives will fail to take off unless citizens are convinced that their social rights are safeguarded and that internal market policies will not impact negatively on nationaland internal market policies should support social policiey goals;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Supports the further implementation of the ‘Think Small First’ principle and its application as a general principle in the processes of economic policymaking and lawmaking at EU level;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Urges the Commission to ensure proper coordination and to work in collaboration with Parliament and the national governments of the Member States, as well as major trading partners, in surveillance of the goods market and in cross-border enforcement of consumer protection law and to control the undisciplined flow of information reaching European consumers and citizens;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Recommends that the Commission conduct an independent exercise to identify the top 20identify the most important problems connected with the functioning of the single- market-related sources of dissatisfaction and frustration which citizens encounter every day, in particular in rel that are of interest and everyday concern to citizens in relation, inter alia, to workers’ mobility, mutual recognition of professional qualification tos, cross-border medicalhealth care, vehicle purchase and hire, portability of pensions, mutual recognition of professional qualifications, child custody, adoption and, maintenance and allowances and other issues of importance to citizens;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Insists that the Commission ensure: independent scrutiny of regulatory proposals for their quality; the adoption of ex-ante and ex-post mechanisms for verifying the effectiveness of legislation; the use of benchmarking against international best practice; the use of conformity assessments to gauge social and environmental impact at both EU and national level and identifying and eliminating barriers in the internal market;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a targeted communication strategy focusing on the day-to-day problems that citizens encounter when settling and taking up employment in another Member State, moving, shopping or selling across borders, and the social, health, consumer-protection and environmental-protection standards on which they can rely;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to develop outreach activities (‘road shows’) bringing togerther the various stakeholders (i.e. Commissioners, MEPs, national governments and parliamentarians) and attracting as much media attention as possible;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Encourages the Commission to bring forward a proposal for a single market legislative package by May 2011 – well ahead of the adoption of its announced 2012 single market programme – putting social policy and consumer protectiona citizen- and SME-orientated policy at the centre of the single market to achieve the desired aim of a highly competitive social market economy, which would at the same time ensure a credible level playing field;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Calls on the Commission – in preparing its single market legislative package – to identify carefully the existing priorities of the individual Member States and those of theEuropean Union, particularly in areas that have given rise over the years to concerns about the workings of the internal market (e.g. public services, public procurement, bureaucratic rules affecting SMEs), and then to redefine the economic and social interest of the Union as a whole;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Recommends the commissioning of a studyat an analysis be carried out to identify ways and means of integrating consumer interest into allthe relevant EU policies, thus enabling consumer protection to feature automatically as a prime concern in the drafting of every piece ofthe relevant EU legislation;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57a. Believes that after ensuring appropriate implementation, the Commission should undertake an assessment of the Services Directive to determine whether its goals have been achieved as set out in Article 41 of the Directive; considers, also, that the Commission, taking into account the results of that analysis, should bring forward further proposals for removing barriers to the provision of services in the European Union;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58