4 Amendments of Olga SEHNALOVÁ related to 2011/2029(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that open, transparent and regular dialogue is a basic precondition for greater involvement of civil society in the process of shaping legislation and governance;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to give greater support to dialogue and communication with civil society in the form of public consultations and urges it to adapt this form of communication as much as possible to the needs of the ordinary citizen;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration, in its review of the public consultation mechanism, the fact that most public consultations are conducted only in English, which discriminates against other EU citizens who do not speak English; requests the Commission to make all public consultations available in all EU official languages;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration, in its review of the public consultation mechanism, the wholly inadequate level of participation by civil society in these consultations; requests the Commission to adopt measures to ensure that substantially more European citizens take part in future public consultations than have done hitherto;