4 Amendments of Morten MESSERSCHMIDT related to 2014/2145(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is absolutely vital for the democratic legitimacy of EMU to be improved substantially within the EU’s institutional framework and in line with the Community method; believes that parliamentary scrutiny is necessary to assure democratic control and accountability;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for providing an adequate mechanism to ensure a more active role of national Parliaments in issues of economic and financial governance, in particular with regard to the European Semester.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Regrets that the capacity of national Parliaments to control and influence their governments' actions in the EU are insufficient; is of the view that national Parliaments should take more active part in policymaking in terms of scrutinizing and shaping their government's positions before they are submitted to the Commission.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the setting-up of the Interparliamentary Conference on Economic and Financial Governance of the European Union; believes that IPC-EFG can help to reduce the evident gap in parliamentary control; underscores, nevertheless, its limits when it comes to encouraging accountability on the part of decision-makers; points out that responsibilities must be assumed at the appropriate level, withdemocratic control and accountability should take place at the appropriate level, where decisions are taken. This implies that national parliaments scrutinising national governments and the European Parliament scrutinising the European executive, and that such cooperation must not lead to the establishment of a new joint parliamentary body; opportunities offered by existing structures of interparliamentary cooperation should be used;