Activities of Cecilia WIKSTRÖM related to 2014/2218(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Activities of the Committee on Petitions 2014 (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points to the workimportant work carried out by the Committee on Petitions in connection with petitions on issues relating to disability and notes the Committee’s willingness to continue to suppthe context of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; takes due note of the Concluding observations on the initial report of the European Union; highlights that the European Union Framework should be adequately resourced, in line with the requirements of the Convention; in this respect, calls for an enhancement of the capacity of the Committee on Petitions and its secretariat, enabling the Committee to properly fulfil its protection role; calls for the establishment of a designated officer with responsibility fort this work in association with the parliamentary committees with responsibility in this fielde processing of disabilities-related issues; emphasizes the Committee's willingness to work closely with legislative parliamentary committees involved in the European Parliament Network on Disabilities;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the wide range of the subjects raised in the petitions filed by citizens, such as fundamental rights, the internal market, environmental law, public health issues, child welfare, transport, the disabled and animal rights; calls for further specialising the work of the Committee on Petitions by nominating internal rapporteurs on the major policies to which petitioners refer;