Activities of Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA related to 2014/2252(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0301/2015 - Sajjad Karim) PL
Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (debate) PL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Takes the view that employment and social policies are mostly in the area of Member States competence and where the EU has a remit to take measures to ensure the coordination of the Member States' employment policies, by defining guidelines and in particular by normative documents for labour market; encourages therefore the European Commission and Member States to intensify discussions on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality in the field of this policy;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the closer participation of national parliaments in the European legislative process, which has resulted in a positive increase ing awareness of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality in the interinstitutional context;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the importance of regional parliaments, especially those with legislative powers, and of their territorial impact and closeness to its citizens, and calls, where appropriate, for their greater involvement in the early warning system;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Encourages national parliaments to issue reasoned opinions not only to the European Commission's legislative documents but also to those non-legislative, which precede the drafting of EU legislation, in order to increase effectiveness of influencing future EU initiatives and legislation;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of the fact that in 2013 national parliaments, for the second time ever, exercised the right to 'yellow card' procedure in the context of the subsidiary control mechanism which shows increasing interest, role and added value of national parliaments in development of the EU law;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that yellow card procedure, which is an instrument of influencing the EU decision-making, could effectively be strengthened by an earlier exchange of information on positions of national parliaments, therefore encourages national parliaments to exchange views on the scope and evaluation methods used to assess the conformity with subsidiarity and proportionality principles;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Takes the view that the meaning of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles is not clear and therefore national parliaments interpret it in various ways which causes difficulties in reaching agreements and achieving compliance of their decisions; welcomes the fact that the European Commission has established common criteria to assess compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality; encourages national parliaments and other institutions to use those criteria in order to increase compatibility assessment and coordination and effectiveness of the subsidiarity control mechanism;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the European Commission's ongoing revision of the existing legislation, which is concentrated on areas with a significant European added value in accordance with principle of subsidiarity, since overregulation might cause more harm to business and employment; express the view that the European institutions should take more frequently into account the principle of subsidiarity.