Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2023/2085(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of Treaty provisions on EU citizenship
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas EU citizens lack sufficient awareness, knowledge and understanding of the rights, civic duties and freedoms deriving from their EU citizenship; whereas there are still substantial shortcomings in the practical application of EU citizenship, some of which are caused by the non-uniform implementation of EU legislation by the Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe has to be recognized as a concrete manifestation of the exercise of democratic rights by the European citizens,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that EU citizenship comprises the shared and common European democratic identity and the specific rights, civic duties and freedoms attached to it, and that the exercise of those rights strengthens citizens’ link with the EU and its democratic legitimacy, as well as offering them additional rights;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the construction of EU citizenship must move forward to address the needs and challenges of the 21st century and the complexity generated by globalisation and new technologies; stresses the negative impact of the growing digital divide on the exercise of citizenship rightdigitalization of democratic processes as insufficient digital literacy and access to connection terminals creates a digital divide between citizens, as it leaves a section of the public alienated from the European project;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that the Commission did not specifically mention the reinforcement of EU citizenship and potential ways to achieve this in its communication following up on the CoFE24 ; recalls that the Council did show willingness to strengthen citizenship in the technical assessment it published in relation to the CoFE; but has not proposed, undertaken nor realized measures in order to meet this goal. _________________ 24 Commission communication of 17 June 2022 entitled ‘Conference on the Future of Europe – Putting Vision into Concrete Action’ (COM(2022)0404).
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the fact that mobile citizens are less likely to exercise their right to vote and run for office in European, local and municipal elections in their Member States of residence, with the reasons for this including insufficient information, language barriers, difficulties in registering to vote and the low success rate of non- national candidates;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned by the fact that mobile citizens are treated differently to nationals by their Member States of residence as regards access to social and institutional benefits; calls the Member States for a better implementation of the ECJ case- law prohibiting such discriminations;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States and local authorities to fully implement the existing directives on mobile citizens’ rights and reiterates its call to extend mobile citizens’ rights to national and, regional and local elections;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the right of their expatriate nationals to vote in their country of origin, where recognised, by creating the material and regulatory conditions allowing their vote and by removing the bureaucratic obstacles that hinder and sometimes prevent the exercise of this right; Considers it essential to ensure uniform application of the right to vote in the European elections for EU citizenship residents outside of the EU;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to put an end toand sanction accordingly ‘golden visa’ programmes and investor schemes and any other similar national schemes that lead to the acquisition of their citizenship and involve the direct or indirect sale of EU citizenship, as these undermine the very concept of EU citizenship and violate of EU principles and values;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to invest in adapting school curriculaadapt existing curricula or create new ones in order to teach the history of Europe and the European Union in order to increase awareness of the added value of being a European and an EU citizen;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to develop public consultations tailored to citizens, especially young people, in order to increase citizens’ participation; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to further improve the ‘Have your say’ portal; recalls the Commission that the model for such consultations must follow the guidelines established during the Conference on the Future of Europe and not rely on smaller and less diverse samples of citizens;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls in this regard the Commission to study the possibility of creating, based on the Conference's experience, a permanent citizen consultation mechanism, which would allow citizen to be convened in the European Parliament on a regular basis, in order to give their opinions and recommendations on actual and future Union’s policies;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates the need to draw up an EU citizenship statute, on the basis of Article 25 TFEU, that compiles and updates existing citizenship rights and duties and establishes new ones; recalls that both the drafting of the EU citizenship statute and the updating and creation of these new rights should be carried out within the framework of the Treaties;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Urges the Member States to complement the Union's action to fight the digital divide among their population and to implement with great celerity the various recommendations of the European Parliament on the fight against foreign interferences and any kind of disinformation as they represent existential threat to democracy and the very exercise of citizens' rights;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates its call for the convening of a Convention for the revision of the Treaties, as provided for in Article 48 TEU; strongly believes that the Convention should carefully assess how to strengthen EU citizenship and citizens' participation further, beyond the current Treaties;