21 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2017/2037(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union1a, and in particular Article 41 thereof, _________________ 1a OJ C 326/02, 26.10.2012, p. 191
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Declaration towards the EU Urban Agenda, agreed by the Ministers responsible for Territorial Cohesion and Urban Matters on 10 June 2015,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the New Urban Agenda adopted at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador, on 20 October 2016,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Maastricht Treaty instituted the European Committee of the Regions, which brings together elected representatives of all forms of sub- national government according to the Member States' diverse constitutional structures, thus giving also cities a consultative role in the EU decision- making process;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Covenant of Mayors has helped to develop integrated climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, improve energy efficiency, and make greater use of renewable energy; whereas such initiatives demonstrate how co-operation among cities and exchange of best practices can help to deliver the EU's policy goals;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas the European Commission invites, as part of the Better Regulation Package, on an ad-hoc basis, local authorities for Territorial Impact Assessments of future legislative proposals;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas the Declaration towards the EU Urban Agenda, agreed by the EU Ministers Responsible for Territorial Cohesion and Urban matters in June 2015, recognizes the important role of the Committee of the Regions, Eurocities and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions, in voicing the interests of urban areas;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas an increased cities’ participation in the EU policies willby cities contributes to stronger, more capable public institutions, to the improvement in the quality of public services at the scale of the whole EU and thus the development of the citizens’ right to live in the city, as a significant pincreased local ownership of EU processes, better governance through more participative European democracy, improved administrative capacity and a better quality of public services at the scale of the whole EU, thereby contributing to the implementation of the right to good administration as enshrined in Article 41 of the Charter of the right to have a good public administratFundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that there is no legal basis in the Treaties allowing cities to be formally involved in decision-making at EU level; believes, however, that the current institutional set-up allows for encouraging platforms of cooperation between cities, and betweenUnderlines that the current institutional set-up ensures the involvement of cities andin the decision- making bodies at both national and EU levelprocess of the EU, particularly through the consultative role of the Committee of the Regions;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that at the level of secondary law, cities do have a cen importaint role in the implementation of certain policies and instruments of the EU, such as in the area of Cohesion Policy and the European structural and investment funds;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deems it necessary to build upon the current institutional set-up of the EU and to gauge recent developments, in order to reinforce the cities’ involvement in the current EU decision- making and institutional architecture, in the light of the principle of subsidiarity, and to strengthen democratic legitimacy and accountability within the spirit of the Treatieswithin the current institutional set- up of the EU, while also safeguarding transparency in policy and decision- making;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that the first results of Urban Agenda partnerships provide valuable insight to improving the governance of urban areas; stresses the need to reinforce and formalise the working methods of the Urban Agenda partnerships;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends ato stroengthen ther representation of cities in the current structures, including a strongerEU institutional framework, also by considering a reinforcement of cities’ roleepresentation by the Member States, within the EU Committee of the Regions;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates the consolidation of the involvement of European associations representing local authorities and urban interests in policy design, such as the Eurocities network and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), and considers that such associations should become permanent consultants of EU policieskey partners to the EU Institutions on matters affecting the local level, particularly in the pre- legislative stage;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that a dialogue with local and urban authorities’ representative associations should enable them to contribute to territorial impact assessments, advise on preparatory studies for policy design and provide regular, targeted, technical expertise on the implementation at subnational level of EU legislation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recommends that, as a rule, there should be territorial impact assessments on all policy and legislation that affect the local level;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Council to consider launching meetings of the Council especially dedicated to urban matters; calls for cities and regions and their associations to have access to the Council working groups so that they can follow and more accurately provide input into the work of the Council in areas that impact them and their competences, when they deal with matters affecting the local level;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that cities should be regarded more broadly than mere structures of public management under democratic control, and that urban centres should be seen as potential fora for public debate, the transfer of knowledge and for shaping political space in the EU;, without undermining the role of rural areas and their political participation and representation within the Committee of Regions.
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Defendrecalls that cities should be recognised as centres with a positive role in the development of European Union strategies, contributing to reinforce the multi-level governance system of the Union and that this perspective has a practical consequence regarding the institutional framework of the bottom-up or top-down decision-making process of the EU;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses the need for good practices exchange between European cities as some of them have successfully implemented programmes regarding migration, climate change, or innovative urban managements plans.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the consolidation of the cities’ position in shaping the EU policies does not undermine the trust in the Member States, as it reinforces multi-level governance and subsidiarity based on the bilateral trust between the EU, Member States and regional and local structurauthorities;