Activities of Ángela VALLINA related to 2014/2239(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates the commitment of the Committee on Petitions to give voice to petitioners on issues concerning fundamental rights; reminds that petitioners of the ECI R2W have expressed their agreement to declare water as a human right guaranteed at EU level, on the basis of the UN General Assembly Resolution 64/292;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market had already received a strong opposition from civil society in many aspects, including the matters related to services of general economic interest like water distribution and supply services as well as waste water management; reminds that eventually EU institutions were forced to include these sectors into services which cannot be liberalised;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that every year its Committee on Petitions receives a significant number of petitions from EU citizensmany EU countries, especially from Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Germany and Italy, expressing their concerns about water supply as well as its quality and waste- water management; considers that these petitions demonstrate a genuine interest on the part of citizens in thorough enforcement and further development of water-related EU legislation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to take the citizens’ concerns and warnings in such petitions seriously and to act upon them, in particular when there is still time to prevent pollution and mismanagement; reminds that a growing amount of petitions regarding the TTIP negotiation and opposition to include essential public services like water and sanitation in it is observed by the Committee;