Activities of Peter JAHR related to 2020/2044(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions 2019 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the outcome of the Committee on Petitions’ deliberations during 2019
Amendments (7)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the important role of the Committee on Petitions in defending and promoting the rights of EU citizens and residents, within the committee competences, ensuring that petitioners’ concerns and complaints are examined in timely fashion and, wherever possible, resolved, through an open, democratic and transparent petition process;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a more focused and active press and communications service and a more active social media presence, making the work of the committee more visible and responsive to public concerns;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that petitions provide a valuable contribution to the Commission’s role as guardian of the Treaties; welcomes the commitment made by the Commission Vice-President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, Maroš Šefčovič, during his hearing as commissioner- designate, to further improve the Commission’s handling of petitions and to ensure the submission of accurate answers within the three-month deadline; reminds that a faster answer from the European Commission is essential in the process of handling petitions; reiterates its call on the Commission for regular updates on developments in infringement proceedings and for access to relevant Commission documents on infringements and EU pilot procedures which relate to open petitions;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Trusts that the petitions network is a useful tool for ensuring the follow-up of petitions in parliamentary and legislative work; believes that meetings of the petitions network are key for enhancing cooperation between parliamentary committees through exchange of information and sharing of best practices among the network members; stresses that a closer liaison between the committees may improve the efficiency in planning hearings and parliamentary studies on the same subjects;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers it indispensable to conduct a closer examination of the permissibility of the amendments submitted by the Committee on Petitions – and preferably for these to be supported by petitions – in order to avoid competences being overstepped and conflicts of competences with other committees;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points to the important ongoing work by the Committee on Petitions to ensure the protection of animal welfare in the EU, as demonstrated by the significant number of petitions on this topic discussed in its meetings in 2019; draws attention to the public hearing on the ‘Revaluation of the wolf population in the EU’, which the Committee on Petitions held on 5 December 2019 jointly with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and in association with the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, in order to give voice to citizens’ concerns about the legal framework for the protection of the wolf as well as the impact of the wolf, and other large carnivores, such as brown bear population on the environment and rural communities; emphasizes that in the framework of the Habitats Directive large carnivores belong to the protected species in most of the Member States; calls on the Member States to make better use of the tools under the existing EU legislation to address possible conflicts concerning the conservation of protected large carnivores; invites the Commission to present as soon as possible an updated EU guidance on species protection rules in order to achieve a satisfactory coexistence between people and large carnivores in affected areas;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Congratulates the secretariat of the Committee on Petitions for handling petitions efficiently and with great care according to the committee’s guidelines and the petitions lifecycle in the EP administration;