14 Amendments of Mark DEMESMAEKER related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas subsidiarity concerns areas of shared competence, and one vitally important such area is that of the environment, and whereas issues such as air quality, biodiversity, circular economy and the climate require action at local and national level to be coordinated with EU policies in a balanced way;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in some Member States, regional authorities are fully competent for the implementation of environmental policies;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the reports submitted by the Danish Folketing, the Dutch Tweede Kamer and the UK House of Lords on how to strengthen the role of national Parliaments in the decision-making process;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the closer participation and stronger involvement of national parliaments in the European legislative process; notes, however, that further work still needs to be done in this area;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that local and regional authorities are closely involvedhave a real competence in implementing environmental policies and that as a result the Committee of the Regions and its subsidiarity monitoring mechanism are vitally important;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a greater involvement of regional parliaments in the EU interinstitutional context;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the work of the Committee of Regions on subsidiarity issues and on issues related to the implementation of the subsidiarity control mechanism.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to maintain and strengthen its goals related to EU legislation such as: minimum cost, benefits for citizens, businesses and workers and avoidance of unnecessary regulatory burdens;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the transfer of powers under the subsidiarity principle is based on trust, and that the national parliaments are right to take the view that conferring tasks on agencies in whichransparency and prevention of conflicts of interest are not managed in a satisfactory manner runs counter to the subsidiarity principle in terms of the effectiveness of action to protect citizenss are key;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the ‘'green card’' plan suggested by a number of national parliaments with a view to ensuring that they can play a proactive role in EU decision-making.; furthermore underlines the importance of the 'red card' so as to enable national parliaments to reject a legislative proposal when it is not in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, provided a certain quotum is reached;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes that the European Union does not interfere in the internal treaty procedures of the Member States;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that regional parliaments are fully competent to carry out a subsidiarity check if the concerned legislative proposal falls within their field of competence;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Notes that, in accordance with Declaration 51 annexed to the Lisbon Treaty, the Belgian regional parliaments are considered to be chambers of the Belgian national parliament;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Recalls that, where applicable, the powers granted to the national parliaments by the European treaties are exercised by the federal and/or regional parliaments in line with the internal division of powers;