Activities of Gianna GANCIA related to 2021/2166(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on better regulation: joining forces to make better laws
Amendments (11)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation to the democratic process; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy- making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions and grassroot movements on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to- access documents;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses, particularly SMEs, and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision- making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy- making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents and data;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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2. Emphasises that better regulation must be an interinstitutional effort, with Parliament and the Council also sharing responsibility; highlights the fact that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are the guiding principles of the EU when it chooses to actlegiferate; recalls, in that regard, Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides that the decisions at EU level shall be taken as openly and closely as possible to the citizens;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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3. Considers, as the committee most directly engaged with the public, that a democratic approach and political accountability remain the strongest control mechanisms in any constitutional democracy, including as well as in the EU;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in policy areas such as fundamental rights, respect for rule of law, and any form of discrimination against women, migrants and LGTBIQ persons;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governanceMember States' adaptation to a post- pandemic ‘'new normal’', improve law- making and be more responsive to citizens’ concerns;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governance adapt to a post- pandemic ‘new normal’scenario, improve law- making and be more responsive to citizens’ concerns;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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8. Stresses the important role played by Parliament as representative of the citizens of the EU, including in its oversight of and cooperation with the Commission and the other communitarian institutions on behalf of the public and in ensuring a bottom-up approach regarding the effects of legislation on citizens;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
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9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in improving Commission regulation; recalls that the Conference on the Future of Europe should be continuouseffectively improved in order for the citizens to communicate the real impacts of legislation at national, local and regional level and to make suggestions on how to achieve better law-making; notes that the Commission should develop new tools to give citizens direct access to and involvement in EU policy-making;