4 Amendments of Marian HARKIN related to 2014/2257(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the European Citizens’' Initiative (ECI) to be an innovative instrument for transnational participatory democracy and the first direct democratic instrument to enable citizens to become actively involved in the framing of European policies and legislation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, in previous resolutions and annual reports prepared by the Committee on Petitions, Parliament pointed out the weaknesses of the existing legal framework and the bureaucratic burdens in the practical running of the ECI owing to a lack of IT support and disparate use in the national administrations; calls for simplified and harmonised personal data requirements and procedures for all Member States when signing a statement of support;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for enhanced inter-institutional cooperation when dealing with ECIs in providing information and support to ECI organisers; calls for the future establishment of an independent physical and online ‘'one-stop shop’' providing information, legal advice, translation services and funding, which could use the resources of the point of contact based in the Europe Direct Contact Centre and the Commission’'s representations and Parliament’'s information offices in the Member States; considers that such a set- up would bring the ECI project closer to citizens;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure transparency in the decision-making process and clarify the procedure for legal admissibility; invites the Commission to respond to successful ECIs with more concrete actions and where declared inadmissible to ask the Commission to provide reasoning for rejection that is more robust, consistent and comprehensible to the citizen;