Activities of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2017/2037(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the role of cities in the institutional framework of the Union PDF (329 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union1a, and in particular Article 41 thereof, _________________ 1a OJ C 326/02, 26.10.2012, p. 191
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Declaration towards the EU Urban Agenda, agreed by the Ministers responsible for Territorial Cohesion and Urban Matters on 10 June 2015,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Maastricht Treaty instituted the European Committee of the Regions, which brings together elected representatives of all forms of sub- national government according to the Member States' diverse constitutional structures, thus giving also cities a consultative role in the EU decision- making process;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Covenant of Mayors has helped to develop integrated climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies, improve energy efficiency, and make greater use of renewable energy; whereas such initiatives demonstrate how co-operation among cities and exchange of best practices can help to deliver the EU's policy goals;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that there is no legal basis in the Treaties allowing cities to be formally involved in decision-making at EU level; believes, however, that the current institutional set-up allows for encouraging platforms of cooperation between cities, and betweenUnderlines that the current institutional set-up ensures the involvement of cities andin the decision- making bodies at both national and EU levelprocess of the EU, particularly through the consultative role of the Committee of the Regions;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that at the level of secondary law, cities do have a cen importaint role in the implementation of certain policies and instruments of the EU, such as in the area of Cohesion Policy and the European structural and investment funds;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deems it necessary to build upon the current institutional set-up of the EU and to gauge recent developments, in order to reinforceimprove transparency and cities’zens involvement in the current EU decision- making and institutional architecture, in the light of the principle of subsidiarity, and to strengthen democratic legitimacy and accountability within the spirit of the Treaties, while also safeguardprocess, in this regards, salutes the European Citizen's Initiative and calls for a better promotion of this tool withing transparency in policy and decision- making;he Member States.
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that the first results of Urban Agenda partnerships provide valuable insight to improving the governance of urban areas; stresses the need to reinforce and formalise the working methods of the Urban Agenda partnerships;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends ato stroengthen ther representation of cities in the current structures, including a strongerEU institutional framework, also by considering a reinforcement of cities’ roleepresentation by the Member States, within the EU Committee of the Regions;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends a strongbetter representation of cities in the current structures, including a stronger cities’ role within the Committee of the Regions;such as the Committee of Regions, without diminishing the role of rural areas.
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that a dialogue with local and urban authorities’ representative associations should enable them to contribute to territorial impact assessments, advise on preparatory studies for policy design and provide regular, targeted, technical expertise on the implementation at subnational level of EU legislation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recommends that, as a rule, there should be territorial impact assessments on all policy and legislation that affect the local level;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that cities should be regarded more broadly than mere structures of public management under democratic control, and that urban centres should be seen as potential fora for public debate, the transfer of knowledge and for shaping political space in the EU;, without undermining the role of rural areas and their political participation and representation within the Committee of Regions.
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Defends that regions and cities should be recognised as centres with a positive role in the development of European Union strategies, contributing to reinforce the multi-level governance system of the Union and that this perspective has a practical consequence regarding the institutional framework of the bottom-up or top-down decision- making process of the EU;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Defendrecalls that cities should be recognised as centres with a positive role in the development of European Union strategies, contributing to reinforce the multi-level governance system of the Union and that this perspective has a practical consequence regarding the institutional framework of the bottom-up or top-down decision-making process of the EU;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends harnessing the potential of EU cities for the purposes of designing and implementing EU policies by means of debates and consultations in areas extending beyond urban policy sensu stricto;related to Urban Agenda, migration, climate change or other relevant topics.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses the need for good practices exchange between European cities as some of them have successfully implemented programmes regarding migration, climate change, or innovative urban managements plans.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the consolidation of the cities’ position in shaping the EU policies, inter alia within the Committee of Regions, does not undermine the trust in the Member States, as it reinforces multi- level governance and subsidiarity based on the bilateral trust between the EU, Member States and regional and local structures;.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the consolidation of the cities’ position in shaping the EU policies does not undermine the trust in the Member States, as it reinforces multi-level governance and subsidiarity based on the bilateral trust between the EU, Member States and regional and local structurauthorities;