Activities of Sandro GOZI related to 2023/2084(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments - Implementation of the Treaty provisions on EU citizenship (joint debate – Implementation of the Treaty provisions)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular Article 5 on the conferral of competences and subsidiarity, Article 10(1) on representative democracy, Article 10(2) on the representation of EU citizens, Article 10(3) on the right of EU citizens to participate in the democratic life of the Union, Article 10(4) on the role of European political parties, Article 11 on participatory democracy, Article 12 on the role of national parliaments, Article 48(3) on the ordinary revision procedure and Article 48(7) (passerelle clause) thereof,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast);
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the report of XX November 2023 on proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the active involvement of national parliaments in the EU decision- process helps to foster citizens’ trust and therefore contributes to the sustainability and resilience of the European project;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the existing tools for national parliaments’ participation in European Affairs are largely unknown, both among decision-makers and the general public; whereas considerable investment is needed to raise awareness on these tools, also in candidate countries;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the parliamentary accountability and scrutiny of national governments within the framework of European affairs, which depends on individual national practices, is the cornerstone of the role of national parliaments in the current European Treaty framework;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this accountability and scrutiny can be facilitated by increased transparency in the Council, especially with regard to the voting record of Member States, as well as their positions relating to the legislative procedures and proposals and amendments to legislative texts which form part of the normal legislative process; whereas also access to documents of the other European institutions is key for a better involvement of national parliaments in EU affairs;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the pluralism of national parliaments is remarkably benefenriches the politicial to the Union and the underrepresentdebate at EU level and the views of nation ofal parliamentary minorities in European affairs should be counterbalanced while fully respecting the majorities in each national parliament and in accordance with their proportionsshould be taken into account at EU level ;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Protocol No 2 (Article 6) acknowledges that national parliaments may consult regional parliaments with legislative powers, yet the role of regional parliaments is largely dependent on the national arrangements and very often remains advisory; whereas many of the members of the Committee of the Regions hold a regional electoral mandate;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas a European public sphere could be fostered by a series of forums on the European agenda and such forums could be endorsed through a common ‘European Week’, in which members of national parliamentary chambers would simultaneously discuss European affairs with Commissioners, Members of the European Parliament and ministers from the sitting Council presidency; whereas this initiative could build on the existing parliamentary week held by the European Semester Conference and the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the involvement of national parliaments in EU affairs should also be strengthened on a thematic, committee based or ad hoc approach; whereas the format of Interparliamentary Committee Meetings (ICM) should be further fine-tuned;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the implementation of the right of national parliaments to scrutinise compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, on the basis of the EWS, has gradually improved relations between the EU institutions and national parliamentsstrengthened the involvement of national parliaments in EU decision-making;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the reasoned opinions submitted by the national parliaments strengthen the European legislative process; whereas the eight-week period laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 has proven to be inadequate for the timely monitoring of compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and must be considered in the framework of a future Treaty revision;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas European political parties play a critical role in bridging the gap between the EU and national parliaments; whereas these parties should be further empowered by enabling them to support their member parties in the campaign for the European elections and referendum campaigns touching on EU matters;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the accountability of national governments to national parliaments as acknowledged by Article 10(2) TEU is the keystone of the role of national parliamentary chambers in the European Union; considers that national parliaments are a partner in restoring and maintaining the EU institutional balance, which is increasingly eroded by intergovernmental decision-making; encourages national parliaments to fully exercise their European functions in order to directly influence and scrutinise the content of European policies, in particular via the monitoring of their national governments acting as members of the European Council and the Council; calls on members of national parliaments to foster an “EU- reflex” in their decision-making and to recognise the direct impact of EU policies on their constituents;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to ensure that national parliaments are granted enough time, the capacityressources and the necessary access to information in order to fulfil their constitutional role of scrutinising and thus legitimating the activity of national governments when these governments act at European level; recalls that the access to Council information for national parliaments is key and cannot be compromised on; recognizes that Council must adopt the necessary document security safeguards but underlines that national parliaments should at all times be able to carry out democratic scrutiny over their respective governments;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that transparency of the working methods and decision-making processes of the EU institutions represents a precondition for enabling national parliaments to effectively fulfil their institutional role deriving from the Treaties; calls, therefore, for the voting records of Member States in the Council as well as their positions relating to the proposals and amendments to legislative texts which form part of the normal legislative process to be made public; calls, furthermore, for national parliaments to make full use of their respective competences, inter alia by adapting their internal organisation, timetables and rules of procedures to enable them to do so;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the interaction with national parliaments can be indirectly strengthened by empowering European political parties; reiterates its long standing call to enable these parties to actively engage in the Member States’ political spheres and support their member parties when EU issues are at stake; calls for the switf conclusion of the recast Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 to enable European political parties to support their member parties in the campaign for the European elections and referendum campaigns touching on EU matters;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the establishment of an annual European Week would allow Members of the European Parliament, Commissioners and ministers of sitting Council presidencies to stand before all national and, where appropriate, regional parliamentary assemblies in order to discuss and explain the European agenda alongside national and regional parliamentarians; believes, further, that meetings between national and European political groups in the framework of EU interparliamentary cooperation could bring added value in the form of authentic European political debate; considers that this initiative could build on the existing parliamentary week held by the European Semester Conference and the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that procedures such as the ‘yellow’ or ‘orange’ cards have not been used extensively; believes, however, that the procedural shortcomings of the EWS should not be regarded as conclusive proof of failure to respect subsidiarity; suggests that all EU institutions and Member States agree on a common culture regarding the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality based on the criteria contained in the Protocol on subsidiarity and proportionality originally attached to the Amsterdam Treaty, the relevant case law of the European Court of Justice and the Commission’s own practice; considers that the development of this common culture should allow for a broader understanding encompassing all the elements of subsidiarity; calls for a wider reflection on the possibility to upgrade the EWS to a tool enabling national parliaments to shape EU policies also from a political or substantive point of view;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges the request by national parliaments to extend the eight- week period during which they can issue reasoned opinions under Article 3 of Protocol No 1; underlines, however, that the current Treaty framework does not provide for such an extension; notes that, as a mitigation measure, from 2019, the Commission began excluding the end-of- year festive period when setting the eight- week period for national parliaments to send reasoned opinions; considers, therefore, that the eight-week period must be reconsidered in the framework of a future Treaty revisionTreaties must be revised to extend the timeframe to issue reasoned opinions to twelve weeks and calls for a reflection on reducing the threshold for a reasoned opinion to 1/4;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its suggestion of setting up a system, sometimes called a ‘green card’ procedure, whereby at least one thirdny of national parliaments can submit constructive proposals to the Commission with the aim of positively influencing the European debate and the Commission’s power of initiative, having first secured Parliament’s support; suggests, in this regard, that the Commission could enjoy the discretion either to take on board such proposals or to issue a formal response underlining its reasons for not doing so; points out that such a procedure cannot consist of a right of initiative or the right to withdraw or amend legislation as this would subvert ‘the Union method’ and the distribution of competences between national and European level, thus violating the Treaties;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that strengthening political and technical dialogue between parliamentary committees, both at national and at European level, would be a highly productive step towards full interparliamentary cooperation; is considering the possibility ofcommits to allocatinge additional resources to achieve this aim, and of the use of videoconferences, where possible;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22