3 Amendments of Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Welcomes the continued consideration of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, which are guiding principles for the European Union when it chooses to act; stresses that subsidiarity and democratic legitimacy are closely intertwined concepts; highlights that subsidiarity checks can be considered an important tool for reducing the so-called ‘democratic deficit’; points out that national and subnational parliaments have a vital role to play in ensuring that decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Is concerned by the fact that some national parliaments have highlighted that, in a number of the Commission’s legislative proposals, the justification of subsidiarity and proportionality is insufficient or non-existent in substance; stresses, in this connection, the need for the European institutions to make it possible for national and subnational parliaments to scrutinise legislative proposals by ensuring that the Commission provides detailed and comprehensive grounds for its legislative decisions on subsidiarity and proportionality, in accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 2 to the TFEU;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Welcomes the reports made by a number of national parliaments as a valuable contribution to the debate on the role of national parliaments in the EU decision-making process and takes note of the proposals included therein; notes, in this connection, that these reports suggest that reasoned opinions should not only concern compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, but also compliance with the principle of proportionality and the legal basis for the proposal; believes that the practicability of these proposals depends on a revision of the Treaties and the Protocols thereto; encourages other national parliaments to share their views on the role that national parliaments should play in the EU decision-making process; considers that it would be also very useful for regional parliaments with exclusive legislative powers to make known their views as well and calls on the Commission accordingly to establish a suitable procedure for this purpose.