9 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2014/2257(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Citizens' Initiative is an extraordinary unique and innovative tool of participatory democracyagenda setting tool in the European Union, whose potential must be exploited fully and enhanced in order to achieve the best results;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the practicalities set out in Article 6 of the Regulation, i.e. the setting up of the online collection system and its certification by a competent authority in a Member State, leaves the organizers in most cases less than 12 months to collect the required signatures;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the submission of a successful initiative to the Commission after the signature collection period is over is not bound to a specific time limit and is thus a source for confusion and uncertainty both for the institutions and the public;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to provide as much guidance as possible – especially of a legal nature – to organisers of ECIs via the Europe Direct Contact Centre, so that they are aware of the possibilities open to them and will not fail by proposing an ECI that is outside the scope of Commission's powercompetences, or else to assign the task of giving advice to another independent company or body so as to avoid a possible conflict of interest within the Commission itself; notes, however, that under the Treaty of Lisbon the issues raised by ECIs may not correspond entirely to the Commission's jurisdiction; takes the view, furthermore, that the Commission should consider setting up a dedicated ECI office in each Member State;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses furthermore that a dedicated ECI office could also contribute to raising public and media awareness about the ECI; therefore invites the Commission to promote the ECI as an official EU instrument to achieve this goal; underlines that this measure might also lead to overcome citizen's distrust of sharing the personal data required to support a ECI;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission to consider the possibility of registering only part of an initiative in the event that the entire ECI does not fall within the scope of Commission's powercompetences, and to give the organisers, at the time of registration, an indication as to which part they could register; invites the Commission to explore ways to confer initiatives or those parts of initiatives that do not fall under the scope of Commission's competences to the competent authority, be it at national or regional level;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Invites the Commission to examine whether a specific time limit for the submission of a successful initiative that has gathered the required number of signatures could serve as a guideline to both, the organizers and the Commission;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to revise the wording of Article 10(c) of Regulation 211/2011 to allow proper follow-up to a successful ECI, including, if necessary, a parliamentary debate in plenary followed by a vote on the ECI; urges the Commission to start preparing a legal act on successful ECIs within 12 months of their acceptance;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that, in order to emphasise the political dimension of ECIs, a public hearing held under the terms of Article 11 of Regulation 211/2011 should be structured in such a way as to allow organisers to engage in a dialogue with Members of the European Parliament; stresses that hearings on ECIs should be organised by a neutral committee that does not have the main responsibility for their subject-matter;