32 Amendments of Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN related to 2016/2149(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular Article 5 on the conferral of competences and subsidiarity, Article 10(1) on representative democracy, Article 10(2) on the representation of EU citizens, Article 12 on the role of national parliaments, Article 48(3) on the ordinary revision procedure and Article 48(7) (passerelle clause) thereof,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas national parliaments play an essential role in granting and completing the democratic legitimacy of the Union, thereby ensuring its good constitutional functioningcontributes actively to the good functioning of the European Union (Article 12 TEU);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas national parliaments should take part in any kind ofare directly involved in any revision of the European Treaties and have recently been called upon to play an active role in a series of EU democratic conventionsfora ;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas a European public sphere wcould be enforced by the establishment of a European Week, in which national parliamentary chambers would simultaneously discuss European affairs in the presence of Commissioners and Mwith members of the European Parliament and Commission ;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the implementation of the EWS could be greatlyhas improved, as demonstrated by the limited usageatest figures ofn the yellow card procedure and the ineffectiveness of the orange card procedurtotal number of opinions submitted by national Parliaments under the political dialogue;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the eight-week period laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 has proven to be inis adequate for timely monitoring of compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. Whereas that several national parliaments have expressed their interest in an instrument in the context of improving political dialogue, which would afford national parliaments, having first secured the support of the European Parliament, the opportunity to suggest constructive proposals for the Commission's consideration and with due regard for the Commission's right of initiative;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the comprehensive range of information rights provided for in the Treaty of Lisbon could be enhanced if national parliaments were given more resources and time to cope with the documents forwarded to them by the European Institutionsnational parliaments in the Treaty of Lisbon has been enhanced;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas interinstitutional cooperation has undoubtedly improved after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and of the so-called Barroso initiativepolitical dialogue launched by the Commission in September 2016 giving the national parliaments possibilities to give comments, positive feedbacks or critics on Commission proposals ;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas national parliaments occasionally raise grievances about their relations with the European Union, claiming that they are highly complex and on occasion troublesome and inefficientcomplex;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesConsiders that the implementation of the rights and obligations of national parliaments deriving from the Treaty of Lisbon; considers that their implementation has enhanced the role of national parliamentarytheir chambers within the European constitutional framework, thus providing for thmore pluralism, democratic legitimacy and goodbetter functioning of the Union ;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Encourages the national Parliaments to exercise their full European function to directly influence the contents of the policies, in particular via the control of their national governments acting as members of the European Council and the Council ;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that national parliaments should be granted enough time and powers to scrutinisehave the right to scrutinise and to control the activity of their national governments also when they act at European level, whether in the Council or in the European Council, in full compliance with the Member States’ constitutions; believes that anthe exchange of best practices between national parliaments should be promoted in this respectstrengthened;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for the promotion of exchange of best practices in parliamentary scrutiny between national parliaments, as the generalisation of regular debates between the respective ministers and the specialised committees in national parliaments before and after Council meetings, and regular meeting with Commissioners and MEPs ;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. States that the European Parliament and national parliaments - but also social partners - should be better involved in the European Semester process ;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that during the last COSAC plenary meeting in Tallin, COSAC recognise that the majority of national Parliaments debate EU matters at the plenary whether at regular intervals or on an ad hoc basis and acknowledges that more plenary debates on EU matters raise the visibility of the Union and give citizens the opportunity to learn more about the agenda of the EU and the positions of political parties on these issues;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. UnderlinesTakes note the fact that the EWS has seldom been used since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, and believes that it could be reformed within the current constitutional framework;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that prior experience with the EWS has proven that drawing a line between the political dimension of the principle of subsidiarity and the legal dimension of, with regard to any new legislative initiative, the Commission is obliged to examine whether the EU has the principle of proportionality is, on occasion, difficult and troublesomeght to take action and whether this is also justified; calls on the Commission, therefore, to reschew an overly narrow interpretation ofpect the principle of subsidiarity, and to make use of reasonable criteria of self-restraint while examiningproportionality, and to take into account the reasoned opinions issued by national parliaments within the EWS;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Takes note of the request from certain national parliaments to extend the eight-week period in which they can issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6; recalls, in this regard, that national parliaments may intervene and consider the question of compliance with the principle of subsidiarity before the presentation of a legislative initiative by the Commission in the form of Green and White Papers or the annual presentation of the Commission’s work programme;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Suggests the implementaRecalls the discussions regarding a possible introduction of a proceduresystem whereby national parliaments could submit reasoned opinionconstructive proposals to the Commission with the aim of positively influencing its powers of legislative initiative, and whereby the Commission could either legislate in line with such opinions or issue a reasoned veto underlining its reasons for not doing sothe European Debate; points out that such a procedure cannot consist of a right to legislative initiative, or a right to withdraw or amend legislation, as it would otherwise subvert the Union method and violate the Treaties; Underlines, however, that it is already possible for national parliaments to present a proposal asking the Commission to act;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. encourages the establishment of more exchanges of officials of institutions and political groups between the administrations of the European Parliament and national parliaments ;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the existing cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments in the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC), in the Interparliamentary Conference on Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP-IPC), and within the framework of Article 13 of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union; stresses that such cooperation should be developed on the basis of the principles of consensus, information-sharing and consultation, in order to exercise control over their respective administrations;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Insists, however, on a clear delineation of the respective decision- making competences of the national parliaments and the European Parliament, where the former should exercise their European function on the basis of their national constitutions, in particular via the control of their national governments as members of the European Council and the Council, which is the level where they are best placed to directly influence the content of and exercise scrutiny over the European legislative process; is therefore against the creation of joint parliamentary decision-making bodies for reasons of transparency, accountability and ability to act;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that strengthening political and technical dialogue between parliamentary committees, both at national and at European level, would be a greatly productive step towards full interparliamentary cooperation; takes the view that additional budgetary resources should be allocated to the Committees of the European Parliament, with the aim of allowing rapporteurs to undertake missions in order to informally discuss with national parliamentary committees the content of their reports;