Activities of Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI related to 2023/2047(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the outcome of the Committee on Petitions’ deliberations during 2022
Amendments (12)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the Committee on Petitions is best suited to show citizens what the European Union does the only body which is in direct contact with EU citizens and thus able to inform them and what solutions can be providedbout action taken at European, national or local level;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the activities of the Committee on Petitions are based on the input provided by petitioners; whereas the information submitted by petitioners in their petitions and at committee meetings, along with the Commission’s assessment and the replies of the Member States and other bodies, are crucial for the work of the committee; whereas admissible petitions also provide valuable contributions to the work of the other parliamentary committees, given that they are forwarded by the Committee on Petitions to other committees for an opinion or for information; whereas, therefore, petitions may play a role in the legislative process, as the by provideing other parliamentary committees with valuable input for their legislative work in their respective fields of competence;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas when adopting its meeting agenda, the Committee on Petitions shouldall pay attention to petitions and topics with significant relevance for discussion at EU level and to the need to maintain an equitable geographical coverage of topics according to the petitions received;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas, in 2022, the Committee on Petitions held seven fact-finding visits; whereas this represents a large increase compared to the single fact-finding visit organised in 2021; whereas this can be explained by the need in 2021is due to the postponement of two minimise health risks for Parliament’s Members and staff in the context of the spread ofvisits from previous years when COVID-19 pand therefore by the consecutive postponement of two fact- finding visits in 2022emic restrictions were in place;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of a continuous public debate on the Union’s fields of activity in order to ensure that citizens are correctly informed about the scope of the Union’s competences and the different levels of decision-making; reiterates its call, in this regard, for broader awareness raising campaigns, through the active involvement of communications services, to help increase citizens’ knowledge about their right to petition, as well as the scope of the Union’s responsibilities and the competences of the Committee on Petitions, with a view to raising citizens' awareness of the possibility of submitting petitions to the European Parliament, reducing the number of inadmissible petitions and better responding to citizens’ concerns;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the European dimension of the Committee on Petitions, which can be addressed by citizens from all 27 Member States on issues that fall within the scope of the EU Treaties and EU law; believes that the Committee has a special responsibility to uphold this European dimension and to demonstrate the added value of European unity and integration to citizens; is of the opinion thatconsiders the treatment of petitions shouldto be geographically balanced and proportionate to the size of each Member State; believes, in this respect, that the European Parliament should increase its efforts to promote the role and work of its Committee on Petitions and raise awareness among all EU citizens of the possibility to address a petition to the European Parliament; urges the political groups represented in the Committee on Petitions to seek consensus and balance with regard to selecting and treating petitions;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that petitions contribute considerably to the Commission’s role as guardian of the Treaties by providing citizens with an additional tool to notify alleged breaches of EU law; stresses that cooperation between the Committee on Petitions and the Commission through timely and detailed answers from the Commission, which are based on thorough examinations of the issues raised in petitions, are essential to ensure the successful treatment of petitions; calls, therefore, on the Commission to be more involved in the work of the Committee on Petitions and, in particular, to provide timely answers to the issues raised in petitions;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CallsStresses that the Commission's answers are not always phrased in a manner that petitioners can understand; calls, therefore, on the Commission to raise awareness among its staff about the need to use plain, simple and empathetic language, in order to convey clearly understandable responses to the petitioners; encourages the Commission to delegate the role of presenting the Commission’s positions in the meetings of the Committee on Petitions to more senior and high- ranking staff;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Takes note that health, which was one of the main areas of concern for petitioners in 2021, mainly due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, appeared to become less importantfrequently raised in 2022 owing to the fact that the number of petitions on COVID-19 that the Committee on Petitions examined and replied to in 2022 decreased compared to 2021;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Draws attention to the particular role of the Committee on Petitions in safeguarding the rights of children and their parents; notes that in 2022, the Committee on Petitions devoted a great deal of attention to issues relating to child welfare, including a fact-finding visit to Palma in the Balearic Islands on the maltreatment of minors and a fact-finding visit to Germany on the activities of the German Jugendamt; Stresses that, although the majority of issues fall within national competence, the Committee on Petitions receives many dramatic petitions on children's rights which deserve special attention;