7 Amendments of Radan KANEV related to 2021/2166(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
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’through active interaction with their elected representatives, as well as promoting 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 particularly the Parliament as the directly elected representative body, on such activities; reiterates, that petitions to the Parliament are an important form of citizens’ participation and feed-back, which Commission should regularly assess and address; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society, and should have easy-to-access documents; this would mean more costs and more bureaucracy;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
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 act; 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; reiterates, that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality require any overregulation on EU level to be avoided and that EU legislation, in order to be close to the citizens, transparent and comprehensible, needs to be limited in scope and volume;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that continuous attentive review of citizens’ petitions presents great opportunities to make better regulation more inclusive and efficient and to improve policymakers’ understanding of local and regional realities; ;Acknowledges, however, that EU legislation could not and should not address any particular problem, but ensure equal treatment of citizens and businesses and effective enforcement of citizens’ rights throughout the Union; Therefore, case-by-case and ad hoc legislation should be avoided, whereas strong and equal enforcement of existing European and national rules be guaranteed;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
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 discrimination against women, migrants and LGTBIQ personsincluding fighting any form of discrimination and respect for the rule of law;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
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’, improve law- making and be more responsive to citizens’ concernsimprove the law-making, and to be more responsive to citizens’ concerns; and to improve the communication and consultation with stakeholders, as well as increasing the transparency at the same time;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
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 other institutions on behalf of the public and in ensuring a bottom-up approach regarding the effects of legislation on citizens; Reiterates therefore, the role of Parliament in preliminary assessment of future legislation, through the existing parliamentary tools;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the Own Initiative of Parliament, European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in improving Commission regulation; recalls that the Conference on the Future of Europe should be continuously improved in orderhas an important role for the citizens to, which can communicate the real impacts of EU 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;