12 Amendments of Sven SIMON related to 2020/2201(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the European Union is founded on the idea of representative democracy; whereas in a representative democracy accountability through elections is the key source of legitimacy; whereas such accountability does not exist for other means of citizen's participation;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the legal and political impact ofdemocratic elections to the European Parliament constitute the onlymain bottom-up instruments for citizens in the EU, whilst other means, namely the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), complaints to the European Ombudsman and petitions to Parliament, is rather minimal are important supplements for vibrant Parliamentarism;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas most forms of participation are generally ubiased bytowards organised interest groups and notrarely used by individual citizens; whereas individual citizens are largely unaware of the existing participatory instruments;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to reflect on how the Union can become more democratic and effective; believes that a profound reform of the Union and possible changes to the Treaties, which would make the Union more effective, united, democratic, solidary, sovereign and resilifocused, capable, and accountable, are necessitated, whereas this includes improving the democratic responsiveness of EU institutions towards Parliament, are strengthened by directly engaging with citizensnd of Parliament itself towards the European electorate;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the fact that regularly held citizens’ dialogues could serve different purposes, such as determining annual political or legislative priorities, developing specific proposals in relation to specific questions, discussing institutional matters or deciding on the spending of certain public resources; recognizes the limitations of such dialogues; stresses the need for them to be of non-binding and advisory character only as they lack democratic accountability;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that civil society organisations, shouldtakeholders and other lobby groups already play a major role in participatory instruments; underlines the fact that, in order for such instruments to be successful, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) must be involved;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the outcome of the participatory process must be clearly defined, so that it can be subject to a legally binding follow-up; proposes that participants should be provided with written feedback at the end of such exercises, since they ensure the accountability of the institutions and the credibility of such processes;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the need to permanently includeconsult citizens in the structural reforms of the EU by reforming the Convention method as provided for in Article 48 of the Treaty on European Union; proposes that this be discussed in the Conference on the Future of Europe;