17 Amendments of Gerolf ANNEMANS related to 2017/2010(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that more national chambers have issued reasoned opinions (26 out of 41 in 2016, compared with eight in 2015); notes the marked difference between chambers active within the framework of political dialogue and reasoned opinions; underlines that national parliaments continue to have more interest incongratulates national parliaments which persevere in their efforts to influencinge the content of EU legislation than in identifying cases in which subsidiarity may be an issue;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that Parliament increasingly plays the role ofQuestions the role of Parliament as interlocutor with and intermediary between the national parliaments with regard to the subsidiarity and proportionality mechanisms; considers that enhancing dialogue at political level with national parliaments could be a means to rationalise subsidiarity and proportionality checks by better addressing the substance of legislative proposals;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that subsidiarity and proportionality are fundamental principles, enshrined by the Member States in the Edinburgh Declaration of 1992, that the EU institutions should take into consideration when exercising EU competences; recalls that these principles are aimed at enhancing the functioning of the Union by ensuring that actions are always taken at the most appropriate level of government; draws attention to the fact that these principles can be distorted to serve Eurosceptic ends and emphasises that the EU institutions should be vigilant in order to avoid and counteract this risk;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends the placing ofIs doubtful as to whether subsidiarity and proportionality are placed at the heart of EU decision-making, as evidenced by the Commission’s political priorities and the adoption of the Better Regulation Packagenotably with regard to the adoption of the Better Regulation Package, intended to make it look like there is a democratic strengthening of the Union's legal and political system;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ReiteraNotes the need to enhance the flexibility of the early warning system, and notably of the eight-week period for submitting reasoned opinions, and to continue to reflect on the introductmonitoring of the application and respect of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; notes, in that regard, that the time that national parliaments currently have to assess compliance with the subsidiarity principle is often considered too short; takes the view that a periond of a green card mechanism12 weeks would be more appropriate at the start of the legislative process;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the work done by the Impact Assessment Board (IAB) and its successor as of July 2015 the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB); notes that the IAB and the RSB considered that 23 % of the impact assessments (IAs) reviewed by them in 2015 needed improvements on either subsidiarity or proportionality, or both; observes that in 2016 the percentage of IAs considered unsatisfactory by the RSB was of 15 %; welcomes the factnotes that these percentages have decreased compared with previous years; underlin but they remain too high; notes that the Commission reviewed all of the IAs concerned taking into account the analyses from the RSB;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the adoption by the Commission in May 2015 of a new Better Regulation package to ensure, inter alia, that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are applied in a more integrated and comprehensive manner; considers that the new Better Regulation framework should be a tool for the European Union to deliver legislation in full compliance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; stresses, notwithstanding the above, that it should not give rise to unnecessary delays in the adoption of the relevant legislation;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomesTakes note of the creation of the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less More Efficiently’, three of whose members will be MEPs; recalls that this Task Force should be a tool for the European Union to deliver legislation in full compliance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Praises the Commission’s commitment to ‘evaluate first’ before considering potential legislative changes; considers, in this respect, that the European Union andshould work closely together with the authorities of the Member States should work closely together to ensure better monitoring, measurement and evaluation of the actual impact of EU regulation on the economy, social structure and environment in the Member States;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the reference to subsidiarity in the Rome Declaration of 25 March 2017; takes the view that subsidiarity should have a prominent place in the reflection on the EU’s future since it currently represents the Union's least respected principle.
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. IRespectfully invites national parliaments to clearly indicate from the outset that their submission is a reasoned opinion under Protocol (No 2) to the Treaties and the legislative proposal(s) it refers to, to clearly state the reasons for which it considers that the proposal breaches the subsidiarity principle, to include a brief summary of the argumentation, and, where possible, to respect the eight- week time limit from the date of transmission of the relevant draft legislative act; notes that this will facilitate a timely and adequate treatment of reasoned opinions by all the institutions involved;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is of the opinion that, since the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, the involvement of national parliaments in EU affairs has developed significantly, including through their linking up with other national parliaments; encourages national parliaments to continue and reinforce inter-parliamentary contacts, also on bilateral basis, as a means of enhancing cooperation between Member States, and to do so with a European vision and in a European spirit of cooperation, when necessary, based on the rule of law and fundamental rights; underlines that these contacts can facilitate an exchange of best practices concerning the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Draws attention to the fact that in 2016 14 chambers of 11 national parliaments submitted reasoned opinions on the proposal for a Directive amending Directive 96/71/EC of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services3, thus reaching the threshold of one third of the votes required by Article 7(2) of Protocol (No 2) to the Treaties to trigger the so-called ‘yellow card’ procedure; recalls that the arguments put forward by the national parliaments were widely debated in Parliament with the Commission; notes that the Commission engaged with national parliaments within the framework of COSAC; notes that the Commission issued a communication in which it gave extensive reasons for maintaining the proposal4; considers that, with the reasons set out therein, the Commission fully complied with its obligation to give reasons for its decision; _________________ 3_________________ 3 COM(2016)0128. COM(2016)0128. 4 Communication of 20.7.2016 from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the National Parliaments on the proposal for a Directive amending the Posting of Workers Directive, with regard to the principle of subsidiarity, in accordance with Protocol No 2 (COM(2016)0505).
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of the changes proposed by some national parliaments to the subsidiarity control mechanism; welcomnotes the conclusion reached by COSAC that any improvement to the subsidiarity control mechanism should not entail Treaty change; notes that an extension of the eight-week time limit in which national parliaments can issue a reasoned opinion would require an amendment of the Treaties or the Protocols thereto; notes that exclusions in addition to the month of August for the calculation of the eight- week period would unnecessimprove the scrutiny of the enforcement of and compliance with the principles of subsidiarilty slow down the legislative process and the adoptand proportionality; notes, in that regard, that the time that national parliaments currently have to assess compliance with the subsidiarity principle is often considered too short; takes the view that a periond of important legislation12 weeks would be more appropriate at the start of the legislative process;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes, further, that national parliaments should be able to issue a reasoned opinion at any point in the legislative process or at the very least at its mid-point and its end;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that a number of tools enabling national parliaments and citizens to participate in every step of the legislative process, which ensurcould be used to guarantee monitoring of respect for the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, already exist; encourages, therefore, that full use of these existing tools be made without creating even more complex administrative structures and lengthy procedures in times when the EU is struggling to make itself understood by itseet the needs of the Member States' citizens;