3 Amendments of Urszula KRUPA related to 2018/2111(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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1. Considers that EU institutions should enhance efforts to ensure greater effectiveness of the enforcement of the electoral rights of Union citizens; highlights the fact that electoral laws in many Member States remain complex or discriminatory, and urges the Commission to call on the Member States to actively uphold best practices which help EU citizens to vote in and stand for EU elections to the European Parliament pursuant to Article 22(2) TFEU, including the publication of electoral laws at least one year before EU elections, the combating of fake news, education and the promotion of media pluralism;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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3. Considers the exercise, pursuant to Article 22(1) TFEU, by Union citizens of electoral rights at municipal level to be a crucial corollaryly linked to the right to free movement and Union citizenship, and holds that participatory democracy at EU level would be rendered more effective were citizens first convinced of the effectiveness of political involvement in local and national communities; uUrges the Commission, in that regard, to further best practices in promoting higher voter turnout in municipal and local elections across the Union, in particular through education, awareness-raising of the importance of local elections, information on the rights of EU citizens in this area, and direct promotion of participation in such elections;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls that the right to petition, pursuant to Article 227 TFEU, represents a formal channel for citizens, other EU residents and legal persons established in the EU to communicate directly with the EU institutions and to signal the incorrect application or transposition of Union law by national authorities; notes that while citizesuch persons across the Union are aware of the right to petition, there is a persisting lack ofy still do not have clarity as to the proper delineation of competences between the Union and the Member States; calls on the Commission to increase communication efforts to clarify Union competences, especially in the policy areas which garner the highest number of petitions, namely: the environment, fundamental rights (notably voting rights and rights of the child), the free movement of persons, social affairs and employment, discrimination and immigration;