16 Amendments of Dushana ZDRAVKOVA
Amendment 1 #
2008/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with regret that the fifth report on citizenship of the Union contains no concrete proposals concerning the exercise by citizens of their rights and the duty of the Member States to safeguard those rights in practice; asks for the sixth report to be more proactive in this respect, for instance with an initiative for developing, together with the Member States, an action plan to encourage the participation of the European Union's citizens in the political life of their country of residence;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. In the light of Flash Eurobarometer 213 (2007 Eurobarometer survey), according to which only 31% of the participants regard themselves as well informed about their rights as European citizens, points out that there is an urgent need to launch better and more effective information campaigns (e.g. setting up a "citizenship programme" in schools and universities, preparing the younger generation for active citizenship);
Amendment 7 #
2008/2234(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the necessary reforms of the European election procedures in all Member States, with a view to making those procedures more similar and finding ways to promote active European citizenship (e.g. transnational lists), and calls for the conducting of appropriate information campaigns on the above.
Amendment 27 #
2008/2231(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that promoting cooperation of that type can also play a positive role as regards the creation and development of other similar regional unions.
Amendment 1 #
2008/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to involve large target groups in the dialogue by preparing communication plans capable of making the residents of small settlements and people of differing living standards and of different age groups party to European issues; proposes the adoption of a two-phased approach to strengthen the dialogue between the European Union and its citizens by providing information first and facilitating the debates with and among the informed citizens afterwards;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2224(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to improve the cooperation and coordination between its representations in the Member States and the European Parliament’s information offices.
Amendment 42 #
2008/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87 a (new)
Paragraph 87 a (new)
87a. Urges the Commission to present proposals for legislative acts or other measures in the field of sports as provided for by the ‘White Paper on Sport’;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2063(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 a (new)
Paragraph 95 a (new)
95a. Calls on the Commission to propose a strategy aimed at developing the Black Sea region with objective of strengthening the security of the south-eastern border of the EU, as well as to ensure an integrated approach and consistency with regard to relations with the former Soviet republics in the Black Sea and Caspian regions (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine);
Amendment 9 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. delete paragraph 4amend paragraph 4 to read as follows: "Proposes the establishment of a specialised legal service which will be expressly appointed to represent the European Parliament in court in all legal proceedings in which its prerogatives are at issue;"
Amendment 10 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. amend paragraph 6 to read as follows: "Calls on the Commission to examinpropose the appropriateness of proposing legislative measures concerning the court-related aspects of Parliamentary prerogatives, since these would be useful in order to ensure the full effectiveness of the rules conferring certainlegal defence prerogatives on Parliament;"”
Amendment 11 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5а. create recital Aa (new) Aa. whereas Parliament respects the right of initiative of the Commission but upholds its own right to request the Commission to submit legislative proposals (Article 192 of the TEC),
Amendment 12 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. create recital Ba (new) Ba. whereas the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities establishes the liability of Member States in cases of failure to fulfil their obligations arising under the Treaties, whatever the state authority whose action or inaction has caused this failure, even in the case of a constitutionally independent institution,1 1 Judgment of 18 November 1970 , Commission v. Italy (ECR 1970, p. 961).
Amendment 13 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. amend Recital C to read as follows: C. whereas, however, the European Parliament does not have the same direct instruments with which to defend effectively these prerogatives in the event of a national judgment in the area of the Community law which runs counter to those prerogatives, since it can’t directly bring an action before the Court of Justice to defend its decisions,
Amendment 14 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. amend Recital E to read as follows: E. whereas the lack of appropriate instruments with which to defend effectively its own decisions can hamper the regular exercise of the activity of the European Parliament as a whole and of its Members in particular,
Amendment 15 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Point 5 e (new)
Point 5 e (new)
5e. amend Recital G to read as follows: G. whereas, in order to obviate the above- mentioned problems, it would be advisable to strengthen the measures to protect parliamentary prerogatives in the European legal framework not by amending the EC Treaty, but by enhancing the collaboration with the Commission and/or by bringing subsequently joint actions in the procedure under Article 226 of the Treaty or by using the judicial review mechanisms and practices established by the Court of Justice,
Amendment 16 #
2007/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Point 5 f (new)
Point 5 f (new)
5f. amend Recital J to read as follows: J. whereas it would be opportune to grant the European Parliament similar, if not identical, measures to protect its prerogatives before the Court of Justice, by analogy with the safeguards provided for by the national legal orders to the benefit of their national parliaments,