Activities of Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI related to 2014/2257(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Citizens' Initiative (debate) PL
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Citizens’ Initiative PDF (382 KB) DOC (118 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Citizens’ Initiative is a new political right for citizens and is an extraordinary and innovative tool of participatory democracy in the European Union, whose potential must be exploited fully and significantly enhanced in order to achieve the best results;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges the delicate problem of organisers’ personal liability with regard to data protection when collecting signatories’ personal data, and proposes that the range of data required be reduced, or liability extended to volunteer campaigners, and that the wording of Article 13 of Regulation 211/2011, on liability, be changed to make it clear that personal liability is not unlimited; proposes, to this end, that inspiration be drawn from Article 3 of Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the protection of the environment through criminal law, with a view to establishing that organisers are responsible for acts which are ‘unlawful and committed intentionally or with at least serious negligence’;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to revise the wording of Article 10(c) of Regulation 211/2011 to allow proper follow-up to a successful ECI, including a parliamentary debate in plenary followed by a vote on the ECI; urges the Commission to start preparingeliminate the practice of arbitrarily deciding not to accept ECIs and make it possible for successful ECIs to be followed through; emphasises that preparations for a legal act on successful ECIs must necessarily be underway within 12 months of their acceptance;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Invites the Commission to explore the possibility of funding ECIs through the EU budget, via European programmes such as the Europe for Citizens programme and the Rights, Equality and Citizenship programme, including the possibility of financing promotional radio and television programmes, given that there is a real need for financial support for the organisation of ECIs and that numerous amendments to the EU budget have been submitted to this end;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Commission’s report of 1 April 2015 on the ECI and calls on it to ensure, in cooperation with the citizens’ committee which proposed the initiative, that, in its revision of this instrument, all the appropriate legal measures are implemented when an ECI is deemed to have been completed successfully;