Activities of Matteo SALVINI related to 2014/2239(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Follow up to the European citizens' initiative Right2Water (A8-0228/2015 - Lynn Boylan) IT
Amendments (5)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the ECI was set up as a mechanism of participatory democracy with the aim of encouraging citizens’ direct involvement in EU decision-making, and is an excellent opportunity for the EU institutions to re-engage with citizensone of the rare opportunities afforded by the treaties whereby the EU institutions are required to involve citizens in some way;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the ECI is a unique democratic mechanism which has significant potential to help bridgreduce the gap between European and national social and civil society movements, and to promote participatory democracy at the EU levelEU’s democratic deficit;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes, however, that this potential remains largely unfulfilled, given that under current legislation the Commission is not required, as a result, to put forward any legislative proposals;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that, if nothing else, the support of almost 1.9 million EU citizens for this ECI has influenced the Commission’s decision to exclude water and sanitation services from the Concessions Directive;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Warns that the ECI will have a merely symbolic political and democratic significance until the co-legislators are given the power to initiate legislation, at least to repeal or amend existing law; calls for the treaties to be amended in this regard without delay;