1 Amendments of Lynn BOYLAN related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – Indent 2
Paragraph 6 – Indent 2
– bring forward a revision of the European Citizens’' Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) in order to improve its functioning and stop certain groups of citizens, such as those who are blind or living abroad, from being prevented from exercising their right to support citizens’' initiatives, as such exclusion limits equality among citizens; further believes that non- EU residents residing in a Member State should be allowed to support citizens' initiatives and that the obligation of the Commission to provide a reasoned response to a citizens' initiative, which is rejected, should be reinforced; believes that the failure of the current citizens' initiative to be an effective tool for participatory and direct democracy is widening the gap between the EU institutions and the citizens which the European Citizens' Initiative was created to address;