[ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

EΕ. whereas ~~that right entitles citizens to require~~ the Union’s institutions and the Member States ~~to refrain from any measu~~are requiresd t~~hat are likely to end, impede or discourage participation in a citizen’s initiative, and to create a procedure for the effective exercise of that right~~o establish the conditions for the smooth, transparent and effective exercise of the right of participation of the citizens of the Union,

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas Article 76 FEUT indicates that a legislative proposal supported by a quarter of the Member States may be presumed to take sufficient account of the European general interest; whereas, however, this applies to submission of the legislative proposal itself, while the citizens’ initiative is a request to the Commission to submit such a proposal and thus concerns an earlier stage in the legislative process; whereas, therefore, such a minimum number can be considered to be unchallengeable only if it is less than a quarter of the Member States,deleted

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital Ka (new)

Ka. whereas, in order to ensure the 'European' nature of the citizens' initiative, the criterion 'a significant number of Member States' requires adequate geographical representation and due prominence for the democratic right of participation of civil society since more representative democracy is secured by broader participation,

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital X

~~X. whereas it is debatable whether Article 11(4) EUTnw includes initiatives that address treaty amendments (constitutional citizens’ initiatives),~~deleted

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital X a (new)

X a. whereas the conditions and procedure for revising the Treaties are laid down in a specific article which, having the status of lex specialis, takes precedence,

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y

~~Y. Y. whereas, however, such citizens’ proposals are also welcome to Parliament,~~deleted

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 1

1. The minimum number of Member States from which the citizens taking part in the initiative must come is ~~four~~nine.

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 3

3. Every Union citizen ~~over the age of 16~~who has the right to vote in accordance with the legislation of his/her own Member State may participate in a European Citizens’ Initiative.

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (b) - introductory part

(b) The Commission verifies the formal admissibility of the registered citizens’ initiative. A citizens’ initiative is formally admissible if it satisfies the following four requirements:

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 5 - point (c)

(c) Within two months of registration of the citizens’ initiative the Commission must decide whether the registration has succeeded. The decision must state whether the citizens’ initiative is formally admissible. Registration may be rejected only on formal legal grounds.

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Motion for a resolution
Annex - paragraph 7 - point (b) - bullet point 2

• who are nationals of at least ~~four~~nine Member States,

2008/12/19
Committee: AFCO

11 Amendments of Georgios PAPASTAMKOS related to 2008/2169(INI)

ParlTrack - 2011-2024