Activities of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2021/2019(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2020 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2020
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to Articles 20, 24 and 227 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which reflect the importance the Treaty attaches to the right of EU citizens and residents to bring their concerns to the attention of Parliament,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to Rules 54 and 227(7)6, 227, 228, 229 and 230 of its Rules of Procedure,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the Commission’s strategy in dealing with petitions is based on its 2016 Communication titled “EU law: Better results through better application", whose provisions establish no administrative procedure or practice concerning petitions; whereas the Commission’s activity resulted in its systematic refusal to take action on individual petition issues and on petitions concerning areas covered by the EU competence to support, coordinate or supplement Member States’ action;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the Commission’s annual reports on monitoring the application of EU law refer to petitions in a very general way, revealing the lack of a proper system to collect information on petitions and how they link with infringement procedures or EU acts; whereas the Commission is failing to provide comprehensive information to the Committee on petitions on the number of petitions that led to the initiation of an infringement procedure or to any other legislative or non-legislative action;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the Commission refused to deal with individual petition issues, even when they related to EU law violations which have seriously undermined basic rights for a relevant number of EU citizens and residents in the EU; whereas the Commission's strategic approach on petitions, based on its 2016 Communication titled “EU law: Better results through better application", has no legal clarity as it is affected by lack of predictable and transparent criteria on the Commission's way to consider a case as related to an issue of wider principles or falling within the systematic failure to enforce EU law, thus deserving its further action;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that petitions contribute considerably to the Commission’s role as guardian of the Treaties; stresses that reinforced cooperation between the Committee on Petitions and the Commission and timely answers from the Commission are essential to ensure the successful treatment of petitions; reiterates its calls on the Commission for regular updates on developments in infringement proceedings and for access to relevant Commission documents on infringements and EU pilot procedures which have been closed; to provide the European Parliament with systematic information related to ongoing and closed EU pilots and infringement procedures that are linked to issues raised by a petition and to consider any issues related to the breach of EU law that are raised through petitions as a priority for initiating an infringement procedure, especially when the issues are related to the environmental legislation;
Amendment 45 #
4a. Underlines that the Commission's refusal to take action on individual petitions issues and on petitions concerning areas under article 6 TFEU constitutes a breach of the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union as well as of the EU Treaties' provisions concerning the right to petition, which is not limited to issues of strategic importance or reflecting structural problems;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that the Commission's strategic approach in handling petitions, enshrined in its 2016 Communication "EU law: Better results through better application", resulting in pursuing no further action on individual petition issues is at odds with its duty to oversee the correct application of the EU law throughout the Union, as arising from article 17 TEU, risking to leave unpunished even serious violations of EU law, detrimental to the protection of citizens' rights;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Considers paramount the adoption of a binding inter-institutional agreement on the handling of petitions between the Parliament and the Commission to ensure a predictable, transparent and clear legal framework fully in line with the right to petition enshrined in the EU Treaties and aimed at effectively protecting citizens' rights as arising from EU law;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Asks the Commission to provide a clarification on the competence of the Commission in relation to petitions including those raising issues that fall under a field of activity of the EU but not under a policy where the EU has legislative competence;