22 Amendments of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2017/2037(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Committee of Regions fulfils this role by carrying out a series of activities aimed at promoting dialogue and active participation in the EU’s decision-making process;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the Committee of Regions created the Subsidiarity Monitoring Network to facilitate the exchange of information between local and regional authorities in the European Union and the EU institutions, on European Commission documents and legislative proposals which have a direct impact on regional and local authorities;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas according to the Leipzig Charter, European cities are considered ‘valuable and irreplaceable economic, social and cultural assets’, while one of the core conclusions of the Commission’s 2016 Cities Report is that cities are central to reaching key EU economic, social and environmental goals;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas cities can offer an opportunity to fulfil the potential of European citizenship and to reinforce it through the promotion of active citizenship, stemming from the recognition that cities can more efficiently implement intermediation structures between the EU and its citizens;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that there is no legal basis in the Treaties allowing cities to be formally involved in decision-making at EU level; believes, however, that the current institutional set-up allows for encouraging platforms of cooperation between cities, and between cities and the decision-making bodies at both national and EU level;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deems it necessary to build upon the current institutional set-up of the EU and to gauge recent developments, in order to reinforce cities’ involvement in the current EU decision-making and institutional architecture, in the light of the principle of subsidiarity, and to strengthen democratic legitimacy and accountability within the spirit of the Treaties, while also safeguarding transparency in policy and decision-making;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that the Committee of Regions coordinates the Europe 2020 Monitoring Platform(EUROPE 2020MP), whose main task is to ensure that the views of cities, regions and other local authorities are taken into account in the definition of the European Commission’s strategy for economic growth and innovation;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that cities can serve to contribute to raising awareness about EU citizens’ rights, particularly ahead of the 2019 European elections;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates the consolidation of the involvement of associations representing local authorities and urban interests in policy design, such as the Eurocities network and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), and considers that such associations should become permanent consultants of EU policieswith which the Committee of Regions is already closely involved;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that the Committee of Regions carries out Territorial Impact Assessments (TIAs)aimed at providing the Committee of Regions’ rapporteurs with an analysis of the potential territorial impact of EU legislative proposals;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Council to consider launching meetings of the Council especially dedicated to urban matters; calls for cities and regions to have access to the Council working groups so that they can follow and more accurately provide input into the work of the Council in areas that impact them and their competenceCalls for cities and regions to have a closer involvement in relevant Commission expert groups and Council working groups;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that the effectiveness of the Committee of the Regions in its representational role of cities and regions could be further enhanced by adapting the Inter-Institutional Agreement on Better Law-making to include the Committee of the Regions in the systematic inter-institutional document exchange and to foresee its consultation of the Committee of the Regions again in cases, where the initial legislative proposal has been substantially modified;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that cities should be regarded more broadly than mere structures of public management under democratic control, and that urban centres should be seen as potential fora for public debate, the transfer of knowledge and for shaping political space in the EU; notes that it is necessary to define the elements upholding that European public space where the enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms, social welfare and the fulfilment of values such as equality, non-discrimination, justice, freedom and safety become the citizen identity model;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that cities, possessing a privileged access to a large sector of the population of the EU, can promote the legitimising role of EU citizenship; proposes the creation a EU-wide information and awareness raising campaign on EU citizenship rights;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. DefendAcknowledges that cities shcould be recognised as centres withplay a positive role in the development of European Union strategies, contributing to reinforce the multi-level governance system of the Union and that this perspective has a practical consequence regarding the institutional framework of the bottom-up or top-down decision-making process of the EU;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that cities’ representation should not be limited to their official representatives participating in the management and consulting structures, and that cities – and not only capitals of the countries and regions – shcould become centres of debate on the future of the Union and its policies;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that Parliament, together with the Committee of the Regions, are is the natural promoters of such a process, as bodies with the ability to frame the questions that constitute the point of departure for discussions and consultations and to draw conclusions based on the voices, opinions and projects collected; proposes that this process should be arranged by the Committee of the Regions, in close cooperation with the Member States, to ensure the broadest possible participation;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Suggests, furthermore, that the councils of the cities recognized as the European debate forumities should be responsible for providing local universities, the media, social organisations and citizens with extensive professional and public experience free and open access as well as the possibility to participate in debates and consultations; believes that the councils should also be responsible for inviting the representatives of all levels of urban governance including smaller units or partner councils from the wider urban area, and that it would also be sensible to specify the territorial scope of such an obligation in the agreement concluded between the EU-level or relevant bodies and the council of the European forum city;