Activities of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2023/2079(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making covering 2020, 2021 and 2022
Amendments (7)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the utmost importance of parliamentary scrutiny in the Union's legislative process and reiterates its call for the European Parliament's right to initiate policy proposals;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RecalUnderlines also the ‘Juncker’ Commission’s guideline: ‘big on big things and small on small things’; considers that, while the COVID-19 crisis presented unprecedented challenges that resulted in the Commission interpreting EU competences in an extensive manner,role that national parliaments play in shaping EU policies and legislation as outlined in Protocol No 1 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; calls on the Commission and the co- legislators to use all available means to support the active engagement of national parliaments but also the European Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee in the legislative process of the EU; considers that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union) should remain guiding principles in focusing EU efforts on significant issues with EU added value that require collective action, and that other matters should be left to the national and regional levels;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls the experiences that were gained from the Covid-19 pandemic, which resulted in the need for coordinated action to ensure an effective public health response; underlines that close coordination between the institutions and Members States would be needed to create an utmost European added value on public health matters for all Union citizens;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making3 stipulates that the Commission should outline in its explanatory memoranda how its proposed measures are justified in the light of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; points out that this requires that, as a rule, every Commission proposal should be duly accompanied by an impact assessment; that monitors compliance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as well as the potential creation of European added value; _________________ 3 Interinstitutional agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making, OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that within the Union's multi-level governance structure the transparency of the legislative process is of the utmost importance to ensure public accountability and legitimacy of the decision-making process; underlines the importance of the EU transparency register in that regard and calls on the institutions to further strengthen its usage; reiterates its call for an Independent Ethics Body (IEB) to ensure the consistent and full implementation of ethics standards across the EU institutions;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes that current challenges, including the supply of energy and rapid changes of the industrial landscape, require new methods to improve regulatory cooperation; calls therefore on the Member States to consider the impact of their national regulations under these constrains and to foster any potentials for stronger mutual coordination on a European level.