4 Amendments of Gerald HÄFNER related to 2013/2186(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the European Union has created a new right for European citizens to organise and support a European Citizens’ Initiative by submitting their policy proposals to the European Institutions that has been used, since 1 April 2012, by millions of European citizens, but up to eleven million EU citizens were and partially still are denied this right only because they are residing outside of their Member State of origin and neither their home country nor the country of their residence is willing to validate their signatures;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas 2013 was designated as the ‘Year of Citizens’, but doubts remain if it really managed to achieve its objective to generate a broad, publicly visible debate on European Citizenship and, even more, on ways to improve existing as well as defining new instruments that allow all citizens to participate in the democratic life of the European Union (pursuant Article 10 (3) TEU) due to underfunding and apparent lack of political will by the relevant institutions to involve citizens and organised civil society at an appropriate level in such a debate;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Member States to implement the regulation on the European Citizens’ Initiative (EU 211/2011) in an inclusive way, by ensuring that they are ready to validate signatures of both their own citizens residing abroad as well as citizens from other Member States residing on their territory;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to organise transparent public campaigns and effectively tackle the problem of falling voter participation rates and to promote the right of organising and supporting European Citizens’ Initiatives; calls on all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to further improve transparency and make access to documents easy and user- friendly, as well as to make it easier for citizens to support European Citizens’ Initiatives, as this enable citizens to participate more closely in the decision- making process;