5 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2014/2218(INI)
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. stresses that the Committee on Petitions, as the contact point for citizens, the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens’ Initiative together constitute a set of basic tools for democracy in the European Union and that appropriate access to them has to be ensured along with their smooth running; calls for the EU institutions to take greater account of the work carried out by the European Ombudsman.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. deplores the fact that the Charter of Fundamental Rights has not been adopted in all the EU Member States and that many people have found its implementation to be unclear and, to some extent, disappointing; deplores also that the European Convention on Human Rights has not yet been adopted by the EU as such within the meaning of Article 6(2) TEU and that European citizens do not have access to sufficient information concerning the procedures in place in this regard. deplores the strict way in which the Commission has interpreted Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights with its stipulation that the provisions of the Charter are addressed to the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and to the Member States only when they are implementing Union law; recalls that the Commission has often said it is unable to act in the area of fundamental rights, when the Committee has so requested, citing Article 51 of the Charter; stresses the fact that the expectations of citizens are much greater than the Charter’s strictly legal provisions allow for; calls on the Commission to do more to meet citizens’ expectations and to find a new approach to the interpretation of Article 51; encourages a more effective application of the principle of subsidiarity set out in Article 5 TEU.
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. stresses the wide range of the subjects raised in the petitions filed by citizens, such as fundamental rights, the internal market, environmental law, public health issues, child welfare, transport, the disabled and, animal rights;, prohibition of discrimination.
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. believes that the organisation of public hearings is a very important way of examining problems raised by petitioners; wishes to draw attention to the public hearings organised with the Committee on the Environment in regard to the European Citizens’ Initiative on ‘Water is a Human Right’ and with the Committee on Legal Affairs for the ECI entitled ‘One of Us’; proposes that this initiative be publicised more widely among citizens; believes that the ECI is the first instrument of transnational participatory democracy that will enable citizens to become actively involved in the framing of EU policies and legislation; reaffirms its commitment to being involved in organising public hearings for successful initiatives; undertakes to give priority, at institutional level, to the effectiveness of this participative process;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. points to the importance of the Committee on Petitions having launched its Internet portal through which petitioners may register, submit their petition, upload supporting documents, support admissible petitions, receive information about their petition and also automatic e-mail alerts about changes to the status of their petition, and through which they can directly contact EU officials in order to obtain clear, straightforward information concerning progress on the issues raised in their petition.