11 Amendments of Rainer WIELAND related to 2017/2222(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. 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 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas petitions allow Parliament and other EU institutions to assess the transposition and application of EU law and its impact on EU citizens and residentenable 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 I
Recital I
I. whereas each petition is carefully assessed and dealt with, and whereas each petitioner has the right to receive a reply from the Committee of Petitions within a reasonable period of timeonsidered fully 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 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges that petitions are an important source of first-hand information, not just about violations and deficiencies in the application of EU law in the Member States, but also about potential loopholes in EU legislation as well as citizens´ suggestions about new legislation that could be adopted, or possible improvements to the legislative texts in force;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Confirms that the effective treatment of petitions challenges and ultimately enhances the capacity of both, Commission and Parliament, to react to and resolve problems relating to transposition and misapplication; notes that the Commission considers the implementation of EU law a priority, so that citizens can benefit from it in their everyday lives;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. 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 petitioner;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that working groups which have been set up must report on their work in 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;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that petitions allow Parliament and oAcknowledges the impact of effective application of EU law on strengthening the credibility of ther EU institutions to reconnect with EU citizens who are affected by the application of EU law at different administrative levels; considers enhanced cooperation of EU institutions and other EU bodies; 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 Committee of Petitions to set up a regular meeting with the national, regional and local author Committees on Petitieons on matterimportant petitions linked to the application of EU law to be a vital means of strengthen order to raise awareness of European citizens´ concerns in the EU and ing the dMemocratic legitimacy and accountability of the Union’s decision-making processber States and strengthen their rights further through better European law making and implementation;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Asks the Commission to inform the Committee on Petitions regularly on developments with regard to ongoing infringement proceedings, and to guarantee its timely access to relevant Commission documents on infringements, and to EU pilot procedures pertaining to petitions in this regardReferring to the EC annual report on monitoring the application of the EU law 2016, takes serious consideration of the considerable increase by 21% of open infringement cases compared to the previous year; calls on the Commission to follow up on the Parliament’s calls for sharing information on the state of play on ongoing infringement procedures; highlights the important role of petitions for identifying bad implementation or late transposition on European law; reminds the Commission that the Committee on Petition is committed to respond to citizens´ expectations timely and responsibly, while ensuring the democratic scrutiny and proper application of EU law;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the Commission to provide precise statistics concerning the number of petitions that led to the initiation of an EU Pilot or an infringement procedure; calls therefore on the Commission to send regular reports on cases relating to proceedings and/or procedures under way in order to facilitate structured dialogue and reduce the time frame for settling disputes; calls on the Commission to discuss those reports with the Committee on Petitions, proactively involving the Vice-President responsible for the application of law and simplification;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16