16 Amendments of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2013/2186(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas various complaints have been received with regard to the exercise of the right to vote in European and municipal elections, and also with regard to disenfranchisement in relation to national elections after a period of time spent abroad; whereas there is a low number of EU citizens resident in a Member State other than their own who exercise their right to vote or stand in either European or local elections in their place of residence;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas public confidence in the European Union has fallen to historically low levels; whereas the 2014 elections will be the first to be held after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, which significantly widens the powers of the European Parliament; whereas the European elections need to aim at strengthening public trust in the political system and creating a European public sphere; whereas a democratic, transparent functioning of the European Parliament is one of the main assets in promoting European values and integration;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that EU citizenship is the fundamental status of Member States’ nationals; underlines that there is a close link between the rights inherent in EU citizenship and those enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights applicable to everyone on EU territory; calls on EU institutions and Member States to align the rights of third-country nationals permanently residing in EU with the rights of EU citizens;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that citizens need to be able to make informed decisions about exercising their Treaty rights and should therefore be provided with all the necessary information, focusing not only on abstract rights, but also on practical information about economic, administrative, legal and cultural issues; stresses that proper access to documents from all institutional levels, including the European, is fundamental to enjoy the citizenship rights and demands the information to be accessible unless properly justified public interest reasons advice not to; calls on national, regional and local authorities to promote a better understanding of EU citizenship and to explain its practical benefits for individuals;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets the existing opt-outs from existing parts of the EU treaties by some Member States which undermine and generate de facto differences in the rights of citizens which are intended to be equal under the EU Treaties;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the vital role played by the Member States in correctly implementing European legislation; believes that enhanced cooperation with local and national authorities can be an efficient means of informally resolving problems; considers that EU citizenship rights would be further enhanced if the Member States would abide by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in all domestic law;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes with regret that the Commission has not been very active in addressing infringements related to citizens' rights; calls on the Commission to behave more proactively.
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Regrets that the economic crisis has had as consequence relevant cuts in fundamental citizenship rights in a number of Member States; calls on the European Commission to monitor these trends and act proactively where necessarily to prevent this further and to restore them;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is concerned by the poor implementation of current directives, especially the Free Movement Directive, which causes many problems relating to free movement and other rights of EU citizens, and calls on all parties to correctly and fully transpose and implement the acquis;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on those Member States that disenfranchise their own nationals who choose to live in another Member State for an extended period of time to put an end to this practice and revise their legislation accordingly to provide full citizenship rights during the whole process; recommends that the Member States take all steps to effectively assist citizens who wish to vote or stand as candidates in states other than their own;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to organise transparent public campaigns and effectively tackle the problem of falling voter participation rates; takes the view that the Commission and Member States themselves should promote by different means an active participation of resident EU citizens from other Member States to vote or stand in local or European elections; calls on all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to further improve transparency and make access to documents easy and user- friendly, as this enable citizens to participate more closely in the decision- making process;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its serious concern about petitions revealing the delicate situation of certain residents, in particular stateless people, who, due to their status, cannot entirely benefit from their rights to free movement or from full voting rights in local elections; calls on the European Commission and Member States concerned to facilitate the regularisation of the status of such cases;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers that the European citizenship is an inherent, inalienable personal right of current Member States’ nationals and it is a status which cannot be removed against the will of the concerned person;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Takes the view that EU citizenship should not be affected by the democratic outcome of political or territorial disputes in Member States;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to put in place coordination and cooperation measures in order to efficiently tackle the issues of double car registration taxes, tax discrimination and double taxation in a cross-border context; considers that double taxation issues are insufficiently addressed through existing bilateral tax conventions or unilateral action by a Member State and would need concerted action at the Union level; regrets the existence of cross-border hurdles in civil or social matters, such as family law or pensions, that prevent to many citizens enjoying a full EU citizenship and asks for deeper harmonisation in these fields to be promoted by the European Commission;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that EU citizens in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which they are nationals is not represented are entitled to protection by diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, on the same conditions as the nationals of that Member State, and emphasises the importance of such a provision as a point of principle;