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6 Amendments of Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI related to 2022/2206(INI)

Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the ECI is the only tool for participatory democracy at EU level that can potentially lead to a proposal for a legal act of the Union; considers it essentialimportant to involve citizens, in particular young people, in the democratic life of the Union; recalls, therefore, that the use of the ECI instrument must be enhanced by all available means;
2023/03/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that organising an ECI is a demanding and costly process; acknowledges that it is very difficult for individual citizens to manage ECIs without being supported by associations with strong organisational capacity and financial means; notes that there are major differences between the financial resources available to different ECIs; underlines, therefore, the need for financial support for the organisation of ECIs;
2023/03/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the imbalance between the huge amount of effort and extensive resources necessary to organise ECIs and their weak legal effects, even if the required threshold of one million signatures is reached, which may deter citizens from launching ECIs;deleted
2023/03/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. RegretNotes the weak legal impact of valid ECIs; stresses that, for the objectives of the revised ECI Regulation to be achieved and the full potential of this instrument to be realised, the Commission needs to appropriately consider and respond to valid ECIs;
2023/03/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the need to continue to raise awareness of this participatory instrument, in particular by promoting it on social media and including it in civic education curriculums, in order to reach as many citizens as possible, especially young people;
2023/03/08
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to provide financial support for ECIs that reach the threshold of one million signatures;deleted
2023/03/08
Committee: AFCO