[ParlTrack]

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
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1. Re~~call~~grets that the Treaty on European Union (TEU) marked a new stage in the process of ~~creating an ever closer union in which decisions are taken as openly and as closely as possible to~~loss of sovereignty by Member States, often against the wishes of their citizens, in which European Union decisions are not taken in the interest of the citizen (Article 1 TEU); notes that there is a considerable lack of trust among EU citizens in EU trade-policy making, and believes that a radical shift is needed in the way that information about trade negotiations is communicated to the public, in order to ensure their legitimacy; stresses that such legitimacy can only be guaranteed by introducing elements of democracy to the decision-making process;

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
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3. Welcomes the fact that the Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade have been collaborating pro-actively to enhance cooperation, establish best practices and improve communication channels, and that this collaboration has been especially useful for monitoring trade negotiations through INTA Standing Rapporteurs and targeted monitoring groups; welcomes recent efforts by the Commission to increase the transparency of trade negotiations; believes, nevertheless, that the Council and the Commission can still improve their working methods to better cooperate with Parliament as regards access to documents, information and decision-making for all issues and negotiations related to CCP (such as information relating to negotiations – including scoping, mandates and evolution of negotiations – provisional application of trade agreements, activities and decisions taken by bodies created by trade and/or investment agreements, expert meetings, and delegated and implementing acts); notes with regret that after one year of negotiations between the Commission and Parliament on access to documents related to the TTIP negotiations, there is still no agreement about access to confidential documents;(Does not affect the English version.)

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

Franz OBERMAYR, Edouard FERRAND, Marine LE PEN, Matteo SALVINI

Draft opinion
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6. Stresses that the Commission must promote the general interests of the Union, be led by members chosen on the grounds of their competence and independence, and refrain from any action incompatible with its duties (Article 17 TFEU); welcomes initiatives aimed at greater transparency, accountability and integrity, including the decisions adopted by the Commission on 25 November 2014 and the new impetus given to the Transparency Register, which should be mandatory and binding for all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; calls for Parliament, in this respect, to coordinate action to enhance transparency within the institutions as regards the activity of lobbies and special interest groups; notes that lobbies are widely consulted and listened to in all trade negotiations while no account is taken of the opinion of Member States’ citizens;

2015/11/26
Committee: INTA

3 Amendments of Matteo SALVINI related to 2015/2041(INI)

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