3 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2011/2275(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that citizens, when submitting a petition to the European Parliament, expect to be protected by the provisions of the Charter, regardless of which Member State they reside in and whether or not EU law is being implemented; remains concerned, in this regard, that citizens feel misled about the actual scope of application of the Charter; considers it essential, therefore, to explain properly the subsidiary principle and to clarify the scope of application of the Charter from Parliament’s perspective on the basis of Article 51 of the Charter;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that a significant number of the petitions relating to fundamental rights concern the free movement of persons and that – as is clear from the 2010 report on citizenship of the European Union – the rights arising from citizenship of the European Union are an important prerequisite for citizens to make full use of the internal market; emphasises that this increased use by citizens can unlock the significant growth potential of the internal market and therefore, given the current economic challenges facing Europe, reiterates its call on the Commission and Member States to make greater efforts in this area to ensure the full and prompt transposition of European Union law;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates that individual complaints by businesses and members of the public remain the main source for detecting breaches of European Union law and, subsequently, for the initiation of infringement proceedings; for this reason, calls for the introduction of more effective, legally binding administrative provisions to safely and reliably define the procedural relationship between the Commission and complainants before, during and after the infringement proceedings, and to thus strengthen above all the position of the individual complainant;