Activities of Pál CSÁKY related to 2018/2104(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions 2017 (debate)
Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions 2017 (debate) HU
Shadow reports (1)
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Amendments (6)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas 2017 saw four fact-finding visits, conducted pursuant to Rule 216a of the Rules of Procedure: one to Sweden on the difficulties encountered by EU citizens in obtaining the identification number required to access most of the services they needed when temporarily moving to Sweden; one to Spain on petitions addressing allegations concerning newborn babies stolen from hospitalsbabies allegedly abducted at birth by hospital personnel during and after Franco’s dictatorship, one to Taranto (Italy) on the impact of a local refinery on the environment and how it had been causing air, land and water pollution; and one to Larnaca (Cyprus) on the environmental and health impact of a newly-built industrial port in the city;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a continuous public debate and wider information about the competences of the EU, its limits and its future in order to ensure that citizens are well informed about the levels at which decisions are taken; considers that a broader public debate about the EU, as well as better information and education and everyday media reporting would reduce the number of inadmissible petitions, as citizens would be better aware of the competences of the EU; emphasisnotes that the subject matter of an inadmissible petition can play an important role for policy making even though it falls outside the scope of the Committee;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points to the successful launch of the petitions network on 21 March 2017, attended by members from all parliamentary committees, at which the network’s guidelines were presented and its purpose and the role of its members outlined; points out that a second meeting of the petitions network took place on 10 October 2017; is convinced that the petitions network is a useful tool for a better follow-up of petitions in parliamentary and legislative work; emphasizes the importance of the network in awareness raising among the members about concerns of citizens submitted to the Parliament through petitions; stresses that a closer liaison between the committees may improve the efficiency in planning hearings and parliamentary studies on same subjects; underlines the fact that enhanced cooperation with parliamentary committees on issues raised by petitioners enables Parliament to respond much more swiftly and efficiently to citizens’ concerns, delivering added value to the lives of EU citizens, and to the activities of Parliament and Europe as a whole;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Repeats its call on the Commission for regular information on developments with regard to ongoing infringement procedures; asks the Commission to inform the Committee on Petitions about infringements procedures related to petitions which were closed in order to conclude properly the discussion in the committee; welcomes the centralised platform created by the Commission in 2014 on which infringement decisions are published1 ; demands access to the relevant Commission documents on infringements, and to EU pilot procedures pertaining to petitions, especially when they were fully or partly opened on the basis of petitions; _________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu- law/infringements- proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_ code=en
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates its opinion that a tominds that the expectations of most EU citizens submitting petitions go nfarrow and incoherent interpretation of Article 51 beyond the current scope of application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights alienates citizens from the EU; asks the Commission to come forward with measures that will take into account citizens' expectations and will ensure a coherent and extensive application of the scope of Article 51;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that the European Citizens’ Initiative should be both transparent and effective in order to serve as an important instrument for active citizenship and public participation; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for the revision of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the European citizens’ initiative15 , published on 13 September 2017; highlights the most recent citizens’ initiative to be submitted, entitled ‘Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides’; points to the public hearing on this initiative in Parliament on 20 November 2017; _________________ 15confirms the commitment of the Committee on Petitions to being proactively involved in organising public hearings for successful initiatives; undertakes to give priority, at institutional level, to the effectiveness of this participative process and to ensuring due legislative follow-up; _________________ 15 OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1. OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1.