Activities of Dominique MARTIN related to 2014/2252(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0301/2015 - Sajjad Karim) FR
Amendments (8)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that the ‘early warning’ thresholds are difficult to meet, especially when the time frame is shortened, given the lack of vigilance on the part of some national governments;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Suggests making national parliaments better aware of their prerogatives;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that in spite of the fact that 13 reasoned opinions were submitted and that the Member States managed to reach the yellow card threshold on the matter of creating a European Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Commission has decided to continue the project. The discrepancy between the reasons put forward by the different parliaments left the Commission unconvinced, which highlights the absence of interparliamentary coordination and the inadequacy of the procedure;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that the national parliaments represent EU citizens and asks for reasoned opinions and yellow cards to carry more weight in future and for the Commission to take the Member States’ opinions more seriously;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the eventual withdrawal of this proposal by the Commission highlights the importance of a procedure through which the national parliaments can monitor the EU legislation process;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is surprised that deregulation is proposed as the main strategy for helping SMEs. The current economic crisis has exacerbated the difficulties that SMEs encounter at national level as a result of fiscal policies and sometimes restrictive administrative requirements;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that reforms of this kind fall within the competence of the Member States, who are aware of the changes required;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Draws attention to the fact that national parliaments are given few opportunities to take part in the various stages of European policy development and that the EU institutions do not include any representatives of publicly elected bodies.