5 Amendments of Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR related to 2020/2262(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that while the number of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments continued to fall between 2017 and 2019, the number of opinions submitted to the Commission and contributions to the European Parliament, including on non-legislative initiatives, remains consistently high, which is testament to the positive and forward- looking engagement of national parliaments with the EU policy cycle and the need of strengthening the subsidiarity principle; notes that several of these submissions focused on important institutional issues such as the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the activation of passerelle clauses;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission to assess the possibility of assisting the national parliaments in playing a positive and proactive role in EU affairs through the introduction of an informal ‘green card’ procedure;bring Europe closer to its citizens developing its work with the local, regional and national policy makers; Welcomes an enhanced role for national parliaments by endowing them with the right of proposing initiatives to the European Parliament; It also proposes to evaluate and further develop the existing frameworks of interparliamentary cooperation, such as COSAC, CFSP/CDSP Interparliamentary Conference, Inter-parliamentary Conference of Stability, Economic Coordination and Governments of the EU, CFSP/CDSP Interparliamentary Conference, JPSD Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol and the European Parliamentary Week.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Suggests that the introduction of a ‘red card’ instrument, enabling a legislative proposal from the Commission to be withdrawn if 55 % of national parliaments raise an objection, should be discussed at the Conference on the Future of Europe;Deleted
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the involvement of regional parliaments with legislative powers, which under Article 6 of Protocol No 2 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union can be consulted by national parliaments, and supports their systematic consultation on major initiatives;Deleted
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its support to national parliaments in providing joint own- initiative opinions, such as those provided by the Visegrád Group countries on the future of the subsidiarity principle and parliamentary cooperation;