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6 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2014/2257(INI)

Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the European Citizens’ Initiative is an extraordinary and innovative tool of participatory democracy in the European Union, whose potential must absolutely be exploited in fully and enhanced in order to achieve the best results;
2015/05/21
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, three years on from the entry into application of Regulation 211/2011 on 1 April 2012, it is necessary to evaluate its implementation in order to identify any shortcomings and to propose viable solutions for its prompt review;(does not affect English version)
2015/05/21
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the Citizens’ Initiative is an exceptional opportunity for citizens to identify and articulate their aspirations and to ask for EU action, and that it must be encouraged, improved and supported by all available means; further stresses that the use of one’s mother tongue is a civic right, and that all activities connected with an ECI may therefore be undertaken in one’s mother tongue;
2015/05/21
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Requests an EU-wide uniform approach to setting the minimum age for submitting a statement of support; advocates lowering it to 16, given the need to strengthen young people’s sense of responsibility regarding the EU and to give them the opportunity to play a role in shaping the further development of the European project, and participate more actively in present-day civil society;
2015/06/25
Committee: JURI
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Warmly welcomes the European Economic and Social Committee’s proposal to provide free translations of ECI texts so as to reduce the cost of organising an ECI, and invites it to set up the necessary operational framework;
2015/05/21
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Invites the Member States to be more flexible in their verification when they receive statements of support for an ECI which are just above the threshold of 1 million signatures, with a view to allowing its submission;
2015/05/21
Committee: AFCO