5 Amendments of Barbara SPINELLI related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the package of better regulation measures adopted on 19 May 2015; believes howeverby the Commission on 19 May 2015; reiterates the view it has repeatedly expressed that the material criteria necessary for a consistent preventive examination of the subsidiarity and proportionality of EU legislation do not currently exist and emphasises the need for these criteria, which are indispensable for establishing the existence of a violation of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles should be proposed, to be given specific form at EU level;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the decrease in the number of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2014; takes note of the Commission’s view that, far from reflecting a decrease in interest on their part, this might be the result of the declining number of legislative proposals from the Commission; urges for the immediate initiation of a dialogue between national parliaments and the Commission, seeking to clarify the reasons for this decrease;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that in Member States with a federal state structure, regional legislators have an important role to play in the preventive review of EU legislation, but their involvement through Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality has hitherto only been inadequately addressed; expresses its astonishment that the Commission clearly intends to abandon the forms of direct communication between the Commission and the regions with legislative powers that were established on the basis of the Commission communication 'A Citizen's Agenda: Delivering results for Europe' [COM/2006/0211] and to resort to a formalised procedure pursuant to Article 6 of Protocol No 2; calls on the Commission to maintain and develop regular and direct consultation with legislators at regional level in the framework of the 'political dialogue';
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the period of eight weeks given to national and regional parliaments to issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality should be extended significantlyto at least 12 weeks;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the Commission should provide an adequate response to the request by a number of national chambers for a stronger subsidiarity control procedure; supports the request made by some national chambers to play a more crucial role, by proposing that the Commission should be bound to withdraw or amend its proposal when a yellow card is triggered; believes, at the same time, that the idea of a ‘green card’ should be considered as one means of raising the participation and activity of national parliaments in the EU legislative process.