12 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2008/2067(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to various European Parliament resolutions dealing with civil society in the current parliamentary term,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
– having regard to the hearing with civil society of 3 June 2008,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas a democratic European Union that is close to citizens requires close cooperation between the European institutions and Member States and civil society at European, national, regional and local level,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C (becomes Recital -A a (new))
Recital C (becomes Recital -A a (new))
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that civil society in Europe plays an important role in the European integration process, since it communicates the positions and demands expressed by EU citizens to the European institutions; highlights the importance of the expertise that civil society makes available to the institutions, and stresses the importance of providing information on and raising awareness about civil dialogue, in particular in connection with promoting the activities and objectives of the EU, building European cooperation networks and strengthening the European identity and identification with Europe within civil society;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU institutions to formulate common, uniform and transparent rules and lay down mechanisms and procedures for the conduct of civil dialogue, in an interinstitutional agreement, to adopt binding guidelines concerning the appointment of civil society representatives, methods for organising consultations and their funding, in accordance with the general principles and minimum standards for consultation of interested parties1;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the EU institutions to step upmake civil dialogue in all EU policy areasa horizontal task for all directorates-general in the Commission, all Council working parties in the Council of Ministers and all committees in the European Parliament, using transparent procedures and maintaining a genuine balance between public and private sectors;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recommends to the European institutions that they jointly make information available on the representativeness and fields of activity of civil society organisations in Europe, for example in a public, user-friendly database;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls on the Commission to submit a fresh proposal for European associations so that European civil society organisations can fall back on a shared legal basis;