7 Amendments of Cristina MAESTRE related to 2022/2051(INL)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the original idea behindExpresses its satisfaction that the Conference on the Future of Europe was regardsa very successful participatory exercise and therefore, it further enlarged the citizens’ information and participation in democracy at Union level, aiming at making the Union more understandable and accessible; Considers that the Conference has led to innovative and successful participation by European citizens and has provided an additional opportunity for the European institutions, leading to a comprehensive dialogue between citizens, national parliaments, regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society organisations on the future of the Union;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NWelcomes the conclusions of the Conference and notes that many of the proposals endorsed by the Conference on the Future of Europe do not require Treaty change but instead camendments to the Treaties and that, especially forllowing the most rengthening of existing policies and instruments; takes the view tcent crises, the Treaties need to be amended urgently to make sure the Union hats the division of competences provided for in the Treaties, and in particular Articles 4 and 5 TEU, should remain unchangedcompetence to take more effective action during future crises;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the right to petition is a citizen’s right which plays a fundamental role as a direct participatory democracy tool; recalls that petitions can be used as means of creating opportunities for public debate and of initiating policy and legislative changes; calls on the Member States and the Commission to do their utmost to ensure that petitions are adequately followed up;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the right to petition remains underused at Union level when compared with the situation at national level; recalls, also, that about a quarter of the petitions submitted to the European Parliament are declared inadmissible, mainly because the matter falls outside the Union’s fields of activity, which points out the lack of understneed to work on enhandcing, among Union citizens, the citizens’ awareness of the Union’s remit of competence;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses, therefore, the need to increase citizens’ knowledge of their right to petition as well as their understanding of the scope of the Union’s responsibilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to make public information and awareness more efficient at Union and national levels in order to improve access to the right to petition and with the aim to reduce the number of inadmissible petitions.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Supports summarizing elements of citizens’ participation in a Union Charter for the involvement of citizens in EU- affairs;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Invites the Union institutions to work on establishing a user-friendly digital platform where citizens can share ideas, put forward questions to the representatives of the Union institutions and express their views on important EU matters and legislative proposals, in particular youth;