9 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2020/2201(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas EU citizens may not institute proceedings directly before the Court of Justice, nor do they have recourse to effective instruments with which to enforce their rights under the Treaties, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights; whereas the legal and political impact of the only bottom-up instruments for citizens in the EU, namely the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), complaints to the European Ombudsman and petitions to Parliament, is rather minimal;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas new ECI arrangements came into effect in January 2020 to make it easier for EU citizens to call on the Commission to propose legislative acts in its areas of competence in which the Union has the power to act;
Amendment 36 #
M. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe will provideshould involve as much public participation as possible and could potentially be a valuable experience of engaging with citizens oin a large scale, from which lessons will have to be drawnorder to understand what they truly expect from the EU and the work of the institutions;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to reflect on how the Union can become more democratic and effective; believes that a profthe Conference on the Future of Europe shounld reform of the Union and possibleprovide an opportunity to forge a constructive dialogue with citizens on these key topics in order to consider and undertake a profound reform of the Union by changes toing the Treaties, which would to make the Union more effective, united, democratic, solidary, sovereign and resilient, are strengthened by directly engaging with citizens;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the existing participatory instruments should be improved to make citizens’ participation have various shortcomings which make citizens’ participation difficult, if not impossible; asks that these instruments be improved and made more accessible to citizens;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. StressReiterates the need for permanent participatory mechanisms to allow for citizens’ participation in EU decision- makingto fully engage citizens in EU decision-making in order to enhance the legitimacy of the EU and increase public trust in the work of the institutions;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the EU to enable citizens to institute proceedings directly before the Court of Justice so that they may take direct action against any violations of EU law and their own fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Regrets the fact that citizens have no recourse to effective instruments with which to enforce their rights under the Treaties, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that although the new ECI arrangements that came into effect in January 2020 are intended to encourage wider public participation in EU decision- making, they do not oblige the Commission to follow up citizens' requests, but rather leave it a high degree of discretion in deciding whether to act on or disregard the will of the people; asks that the regulation that established the ECI be amended to oblige the Commission to table a legislative proposal where the conditions for submitting an ECI have been met;