17 Amendments of Rainer WIELAND related to 2016/2146(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is primarily in the interest of admissible and well-founded petitions for the work of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament not to be burdened with dealing with inadmissible or unfounded petitions for an unduly long period of time;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas each petition is considered and examined carefully, efficiently and transparently, and whereas this is done in accordance with the clearly formulated administrative procedure for petitions which was introduced in 2014, which covers the entire life cycle of a petition at the European Parliament and which ultimately ensures that citizens receive an answer in writing within nine months;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is worrying that attempts are occasionally made, through the filing of petitions, to use the work of the Committee on Petitions as an extension of national election campaigns;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the right to petition has to be a key element for a participatory democracy; whereas petitions enable the European Parliament to listen to and help to solve problems affecting its citizens, and whereas the impact of EU legislation on the daily life of those living in the EU should be assessed through said petitions;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas petitioners actively contribute to the work of the Committee, providing additional information to its members, of the committee and the Commission and representatives of the Member States who may bare present; whereas petitioners, by taking part in these discussions and presenting their petitions along with more detailed information, contribute to establishing a fluid dialogue with Members of the European Parliament and with the European Commission; whereas in 2015, 191 petitioners attended and were involved in the Committee’s deliberations; whereas although this number seems relatively low, the meetings of the Committee on Petitions are broadcast, enabling petitioners to follow live discussions in real time by means of internet streaming;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas a specific way of handling petitions relating to the welfare of children has been adopted and a special working group created on the issue, and whereas the group was constituted on 17 September 2015, having elected Eleonora Evi as its chair on 17 September 2015;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas this working group has to report regularly to members of the Committee on Petitions on the work performed and on what has been achieved; whereas the mandate entails clear limitations in time and a specific remit, with the aim of concluding consideration of petitions;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges that Parliament also has a crucial political role to play on the Commission's enforcement actions, by scrutinising the annual reports on monitoring the implementation of EU law and adopting relevant parliamentary resolutions; Calls on the EC to take account of the EP resolutions, tabled by the PETI Committee, which identify specific application and implementation gaps of the EU law on the basis of petitions and call on it to act accordingly and report back to the EP on its follow up. Moreover, calls on the Council and the EP to take specific actions in the adoption of the Regulation 2013 /0140 COD on an exemption of Drosophila melanogaster from veterinary checks at EU external border of, as suggested by Nobel Prize laureats (biochemistry professors) in by petition 1358/2011;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that in 2015 the time taken to process petitions fell, maintains nonetheless that the Secretariat of the Committee on Petitions is in need of greater technical resources and personnel in order to guarantee a reduction in the time taken to process petitions; draws attention to the fact that the terms of the administrative reform of 2014 have been complied with, which require petitions that are admissible and that require deliberation to be processed, and the petitioner informed, within nine months of receipt at most;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Continues to consider it a particular obligation to ensure that, where petitions are inadmissible or unfounded, no disproportionately long delay occurs before they are declared inadmissible or are closed; emphasises in this context the requirement that the inadmissibility or closure of petitions on account of being unfounded must be carefully justified vis- à-vis the petitioners;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, as mentioned by Vice- President Timmermans at his meeting with the Committee on Petitions on 5 May 2015, the Commission is involved with and committed to the petition process and responds as quickly as possible to new petitions forwarded to it by Parliament; points out that Commission replies are usually detailed and pertain to the petitions for which it has jurisdiction; recalls however that on many occasions the Commission does not bring any new information in its replies to petitions for which a review has been requested owing to a change in their status and context; notes that the written responses are monitored, as are explanations given during oral debates held by the Committee on Petitions; notes that when the Commission cannot provide a detailed response to a request from the Committee on Petitions, it is because it has no jurisdiction in the matter; notes the Commission’s commitment in sending generally competent officials to meetings of the Committee on Petitions; regrets that during public debates with petitioners and Members of Parliament the officials sent by the Commission do not provide any new or relevant information that might enable a solution to the issues raised;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Will take greater care in future to ensure that the Commission reports to Parliament regularly on the progress of infringement proceedings which have been brought against individual Member States, in order to facilitate better cooperation and to make it possible to inform the petitioners concerned about progress at an early stage;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Will take greater care in future to avoid giving the impression that petitions which seem to be of importance in connection with an election campaign in a Member State are assigned priority, whether with regard to the speed with which they are considered, with regard to planned fact-finding missions to the Member State in which an election is impending or with regard to deciding the topics to be placed on the agenda of the Committee on Petitions; reminds all concerned within Parliament of their special responsibility not to abuse the powers of the committee, and to avoid giving the impression of this particular form of partiality;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Acknowledges the impact of effective application of EU law on strengthening the credibility of the EU institutions; reminds that the Right to petition, enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty is an important element of European citizenship and a real barometer for monitoring the application of EU law and identifying possible loopholes. Calls on the PETI Committee to set up a regular meeting with the national committees on petitions in order to raise awareness of European citizens' concerns in the EU and in the Members States and strengthen further on their rights of through better European law making and implementation;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that working groups which have been set up, particularly the Working Group on Child Welfare, must report on their work at regular intervals and that there is a clearly formulated mandate with limitations in time, which results in intensive processing of the cases to be considered; considers it important that the results of the work of the working group result in prompt completion of work on the petitions concerned;