4 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2020/2132(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the Commission’s use of its right of legislative initiative has been neither constructive nor productive in recent years; believes that the same holds true of the frequent use of recast procedures and the lack of proper impact assessment, which has undermined the effectiveness of the legislative acts;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly recommends therefore making further use of Parliament’s powers under the Treaties and for a Treaty revision to be considered to give Parliament an enhanced direct right of legislative initiative, as it directly represents the European people and not just national interests, which need to be counter- balanced; deplores the fact that this possibility has been regularly deferred to a future Treaty revision, undermining the representation of the public and its interests;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that, as an institution representing the citizens of Europe, the European Parliament forms the democratic basis of the European Union and must accordingly be fully involved in the EU legislative process with an enhanced direct right of legislative initiative;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it deeply regrettable that only one-third of Parliament’s legislative and non-legislative initiative procedures can be considered successful, and that most legislative initiative (INL) reports adopted since 2011 did not result in a positive reply from the Commission1; considers it regrettable also that the deadlines for the Commission to react to parliamentary resolutions and to come forward with legislative proposals have consistently not been respected; expects the Commission’s response to and implementation of an INL report to be automatic, as pledged by the current Commission; urges the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, to adhere to its responsibilities and to honour its commitments; points out that it is not in the spirit of democracy for Commission responses to parliamentary resolutions to be given on a purely optional basis; _________________ 1 ‘The European Parliament’s right of initiative’, Andreas Maurer, University of Innsbruck, Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration Studies and Michael C. Wolf, University of Innsbruck, July 2020, p. 55 and 57.