8 Amendments of Manon AUBRY related to 2023/2080(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the number of single market infringement cases fell steeply by 80 % between 2020 and 2022; whereas without oversight and enforcement by the Commission, cross-border business and the free movement of people, goods, capital and services in the EU could be gravely hampered; whereas the Commission should take enforcement actions to guarantee human rights, the environment, and the protection of rights and freedoms of citizens across the EU;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas dialogue with national authorities seems to be the Commission’s preferred way to solve infringement procedures, as opposed to bringing Member States before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), which it sees as a measure of last resort, crucially in procedures concerning the violation of rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights; whereas in 2016, in its work on infringement cases and complaints, the Commission decided to prioritise the most serious breaches of EU law significantly affecting the interests of citizens and businesses; whereas 2017 was the first year in which the Commission applied this new, more targeted approach;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s 2020, 2021 and 2022 reports on monitoring the application of EU law; believes that these reports are crucial tools to enable scrutiny of the correct transposition and implementation of EU law and recognises that they enable EU legislators to identify potential issues and to seek remedies; Notes that almost half of the infringements procedures launched by the Commission for the wrongful application of EU law or non-conformity of national rules with EU law concerns the environment, employment, transport and mobility;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, under the Von der Leyen Commission, the total new infringement actions taken by the Commission fell from 903 cases in 2020 to 551 in 2022; stresses that the total infringement actions in relation to the single market – excluding case closures – is worryingly lower than under the Barroso and Juncker commissions; understands the importance of dialogue between the Commission and the Member States at the pre-litigation stage; considers, however, that relying almost exclusively on dialogue and informal diplomacy can lead to either political horse trading with Member States or to the application of double-standards on the part of the Commission; regrets therefore that the Commission seems reluctant to bring actions against Member States before the CJEU where it is appropriate; calls on the Commission to further clarify how it prioritises serious breaches of EU law and to flesh out its selection criteria; in that regard, calls on the Commission to prioritise breaches of EU law that impair fundamental rights, violate fundamental values of the Union, affect vulnerable people or lead to severe environmental damage; recommends that the Commission shorten the dialogue period and not shy away from litigation;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to act jointly and consistently on problems related to ‘gold- plating’; notes that, while additional unnecessary administrative burdens should be avoided and should even be decreased in order to prevent fragmentation of the single market, Member States may take more ambitious measures in cases where only minimum standards have been defined by Union law;, calls on the Commission, in this regard, to come up with specific guidelines for Member States to prevent unnecessary gold-plating, including a template for a ‘gold-plating test’ focusing on assessing the necessity, proportionality, and feasibility of more ambitious national standards compared to relevant EU legislation and national legislation of other Member States, as well as on the potential effects of such standards on the national business climate, with the goal of preventing competitive disadvantages and ensuring harmonised rules for businessesrucially in the areas of providing citizens with better human rights and social protections, access to public services, and environmental protection;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that, in order to reduce the problems related to gold-plating, Parliament, the Council and the Commission should focus on adopting EU legislation drafted using the principles of legal clarity, transparency and legal certainty, with a view to being easily transposable and having a specific European added value, in particular for citizens; regrets that, all too often, EU law- making resorts to ambiguous and opaque compromises between the three institutions and loses sight of the ultimate end users (citizens, Member States or businesses); stresses that Union law needs to clearly establish the rights and obligations of its addressees, particularly the EU institutions and the Member States;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the lack of transparency of legislative procedures; deplores in particular the lack of transparency of the Council and during interinstitutional negotiations, such as "trilogues"; notes with concern that this opacity creates an imbalance of influence over legidslative procedures between, on the one hand, poorly-resourced citizens and civil society organisations, and on the other hand, professional representatives of industries and commercial interests;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Is concerned about the current challenges for the European citizens, such as inflation, cost of living and the energy crises; calls on the Commission to detect and address violations of EU law that fuel those crises;