5 Amendments of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2008/2234(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon makes it possible for one million EU citizens from different Member States collectively to invite the Commission to submit legislative proposals, and believes that such a legal right will significantly raise awareness of EU citizenship among Europeans; recalls that transparency and democratic participation must be achieved by a variety of forms of partnership among the EU and Member States, regional and local institutions, social partners and civil society; calls on the Commission to prepare transparent and easily understandable procedures implementing the "citizenship initiative", so that EU citizens are able to effectively initiate legislation immediately after the Treaty of Lisbon enters into force; while it hopes that it will not be necessary, stresses that the Commission should incorporate this right of initiative into its policies regardless of the final status of the Treaty.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to revise its 'Europe for Citizens' Programme to improve communication with the average EU citizen and to ensure broad dissemination; notes that while structural support for Brussels-based think-tanks and research institutes is important, such organisations do little to inform individuals other than those who are already informed; calls on the Commission refocus its funding on non-Brussels based regional and local civil society and social partner organisations and to introduce, in the future, programmes similar to very successful "Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013" to help local and regional governmental authorities to inform their residents of their rights as EU citizens;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to make funding available for the training of Member States' local and regional civil servants who deal with intra-EU migrants in the basics of the EC legislation that applies in their respective fields, and to help administrations in answering questions concerning possible differences and conflicts between national and EC legislation; in this respect welcomes the SOLVIT on-line problem-solving network provided by the Commission and calls for it to be further strengthened and promoted; urges the local and regional authorities and Member States to cooperate in exchanges of good practice and in finding effective ways of dealing with the situation of intra-Community migrants;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Points out that if the Court of Justice of the European Communities is induced to refer to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, although the Charter does not have any binding force at present, this is likely to strengthen a sense of common purpose among citizens, who will thus be protected in their basic freedoms by a European judge;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that there are significant discrepancies for EU citizens living in a Member State other than their own with respect to voting rights in national parliamentary elections in their country of origin; deplores the fact that many EU citizens thus find themselves disenfranchised both in their country of origin and in their adopted country; urges Member States to cooperate in order to enable voters residing outside their Member State of origin to exercise their full electoral rights in their Member State of residence, by providing a sufficient number of polling stations and by facilitating easier registration of voters; calls on the Member States also to adopt the necessary legal provisions to guarantee the right to vote for all EU citizens transiting a Member State other than their Member State of origin when national parliamentary elections are being held;