2 Amendments of Salvador Domingo SANZ PALACIO related to 2008/2224(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission communication 'Debate Europe' as a useful initiative to restore public confidence in the common European project after the negative results of the recent referenda; calls for an effective framework for communication between civil society and the European Union that will enable citizens to play an active part in European affairs;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to widen the range of stakeholders' views heard during consultations on EU legislation; emphasises in this context the importance of trans-national networks of professionalsrepresentatives of civil society, such as networks of professionals and consumers, at all levels from transnational to local, which provide platforms for an informed exchange of views on EU policies, thus contributing to an improved quality of EU legislation; recognises the problems in the implementation and enforcement of legislation and encourages consumers and businesses to exercise their rights and to report existing problems to the EU institutions;