Activities of Sophia IN 'T VELD related to 2020/2132(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Parliament’s right of initiative
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Believes that the Commission’s use of its right of legislative initiative has been neither constructive nor productive in recent years, especially as the Commission too often tailors legislative initiatives to the wishes of the Member States; believes that the same holds true of the frequent use of recast procedures and the lack of proper impact assessment;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Strongly recommendurges therefore making furtherpro-active use of Parliament’s powers under the Treaties and for a Treaty revision to be considered to give Parliament an enhanced direct right of legislative initiative, as it directly represents the European people and not just national interests, which need to be counter- balanced; deplores the fact that this possibility has been regularly deferred to a future Treaty revision;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses that the European Council has a de facto right of initiative when defining the strategic guidelines for legislative planning within the area of freedom, security and justice, which does not constitute a level playing field between Parliament and the Council; underlines moreover the early influence by the Member States via their participation in numerous Commission advisory bodies; deplores that the Commission withdraws legislative proposals mostly because the Council cannot manage to agree and that this effectively rewards the often obstructionist attitude of the Council to legislative initiatives;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
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4. Considers it deeply regrettable that only one-third of Parliament’s legislative and non-legislative initiative procedures can be considered successful, and that most legislative initiative (INL) reports adopted since 2011 did not result in a positive reply from the Commission1 ; considers it regrettable also that the deadlines for the Commission to react to parliamentary resolutions and to come forward with legislative proposals have consistently not been respected; expects the Commission’s response to and implementation of an INL report to be automatic, as pledged by the current Commission President when she sought support from Parliament for her appointment; _________________ 1 ‘The European Parliament’s right of initiative’, Andreas Maurer, University of Innsbruck, Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration Studies and Michael C. Wolf, University of Innsbruck, July 2020, p. 55 and 57.