9 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2016/2149(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the competences of national parliaments to scrutinize the actions of their governments at European level and to influence their negotiating position vary significantly between Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the implementation of the EWS could be greatly improved, as demonstrated by the limited usage of the yellow card procedure and the ineffectiveness of the orange card procedureimproved;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RecCalls that national parliaments should be granted enough time and powers toon the Member States to ensure that national parliaments can appropriately scrutinise the activity of national governments at European level, whether in the Council or in the European Council, in full compliance with the Member States’ traditions and constitutions; believes that an exchange of best practices between national parliaments should be promoted in this respect;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the national parliaments to make full use of their respective competences to control the governments' actions at European level, inter alia by adapting their internal organisation, timetables and rules of procedure in this respect;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the alignment of different political stances across the Member States could strengthen and expand cross-sectional debates at European level; considers, therefore, that national parliamentary delegations acting before the European Institutions should consist of members from several political parties, including members from opposition parties; stresses the relevance of the principle of proportionality in this regard;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes, however, that examples as the triggering of the yellow card procedure against the Commission proposal on the revision of the directive on the posting of workers in 2016 show that the EWS is operational; is of the opinion that the limited use of the yellow card procedure suggests that the principle of subsidiarity is overall respected by the EU, and cannot be attributed only to procedural shortcomings of the EWS;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the Commission should not be granted the sole discretion to give notice of the date on which a draft legislative act is transmitted to national parliaments; believes, accordingly, that the Commission should not have the competence to monitor the eight-week period within which national parliamentary chambers may issue reasoned opinions on compliance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls, therefore, for the implementation of a technical notification period within the EWS, in order to accommodate the time delay between the date on which the draft legislative acts are sent by the Commission and the date on which they are actually received by national parliamentary chambers;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Suggests the implementation of a procedure whereby national parliaments could submit reasoned opinions to the Commission with the aim of positively influencing its powers of legislative initiative, and whereby the Commission could either legislate in line with such opinions or issue a reasoned veto underlining its reasons for not doing so; points out that such a procedure cannot consist of a right to legislative initiative, or a right to withdraw or amend legislation, as it would otherwise subvert the Union method andCommunity method and the distribution of competences between the national and European level, and thus violate the Treaties;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates, however, the need to simplifyrender the current framework of relations between the Union and national parliaments more efficient and effective, as evidenced by the disproportionate number of entities, bodies and meetings at present with a limited outcome;