Activities of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2021/2166(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on better regulation: joining forces to make better laws
Amendments (2)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making and to make the EU institution's internal databases and repositories publicly accessible; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to- access documents;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that better regulation must be an interinstitutional effort, with Parliament and the Council also sharing responsibility; highlights the fact that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are the guiding principles of the EU when it chooses to act; recalls, in that regard, Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides that the decisions at EU level shall be taken as openly and closely as possible to the citizens; considers that clearer rules on the handling of petitions by the Commission would improve the transparency of the system and its effectiveness towards resolving the issues raised in petitions by European citizens. The European Commission and the European Parliament should consider the option of framing their relationship regarding the handling of petitions with a more binding agreement, as the current Inter-institutional Agreement does not cover petitions;