5 Amendments of Mairead McGUINNESS related to 2008/2028(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the existing Treaties already contain commitments to respect, as core principles of European society, human dignity, freedom, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, equality and the rights of minorities, and whereas the new Treaties on the European Union and on the Functioning of the European Union will, if ratified by all 27 Member States, further strengthen this by incorporating the Charter of Fundamental Rights, providing for the accession of the Union to the European Convention on Human Rights, and introducing a legal basis for citizens' legislative initiatives, as well as a proper system of administrative law for the European institutions,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon, if ratified by all 27 Members States, lays down procedures whereby the Union can take action to counter serious and persistent breaches by a Member State of the principles on which the Union is founded, as laid down in Article 6 of that Treaty,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
Recital AB
AB. bearing in mind future developments which will further enhance the involvement of European citizens in the activity and work of the European Union, notably by the introduction of the "citizens' initiative" provided for under the Treaty of Lisbon, if ratified by all 27 Member States, which will permit not less than one million individuals from several Member States to call for a proposal for a new legislative act, and for which specific procedures must be introduced involving the Commission, to which such initiatives must be initially addressed, the European Parliament and the Council,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Expresses its ongoing concern about the lack of implementation of the provisions of the Drinking Water Directive in Ireland, which contributed to the serious pollution of drthe lack of an assessment carried out for a 2007 decision to remove a national monument situated at Lismullink ing water in Galway in particular and in other counties, to the lack of respect for the Irish heritage site of Tara in Lismullen whi the path of the M3 motorway project near Tara in County Meath - leading to the Commission's decision to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice on the grounds that Ireland's wider approach to the removal of national monuments in circumstances, such ias severely endangered by the current route chosen for the M3motorwaythose at Lismullin, does not fully respect the requirements of Directive 85/337/EEC, to the problems faced by local communities in Limerick, and to other issues raised in the report of the fact- finding visit to Ireland3 conducted by the Committee on Petitions in 2007; notes that some of these issues are the subject of ongoing infringement procedures;