2 Amendments of Caroline LUCAS related to 2008/2063(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ConsidersExpresses its hope that the changes introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon in the area of the Common Commercial Policy (CCP) will contribute overall to the enhancement of its democratic legitimacy and its efficiency; points out in that respect the extension of the scope of the CCP, the express recognition of all areas covered by the CCP as an exclusive competenat the substantially strengthened role of the Parliament comes along with the extension of the scope of the CCP, to include the fields of foreign direct investment, service,s and especially the substantially strengthenof commercial aspects of intellectual property, policy fields that will hence be subtracted frole and powers of the Parliamentm the democratic scrutiny of the national Parliaments of EU Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Therefore invites the national parliaments of the Member StateConference of Presidents to enter into a strengthenuctured dialogue with the European Parliamentnational parliaments of the Member States to jointly ensure the democratic legitimacy of the Union’s CCP.