Activities of Cecilia WIKSTRÖM related to 2011/2027(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the twenty-seventh annual report on monitoring the application of European Union law (2009) PDF (209 KB) DOC (117 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that article 17 TEU defines the fundamental role of the Commission as that of ‘guardian of the Treaties’; in this context, the Commission’s power and duty to bring infringement proceedings against a Member State that has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties, including obligations in relation to fundamental rights of citizens, is a cornerstone of the EU’s legal order and as such is consistent with the concept of a Union based on the rule of law
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretNotes that by usingthrough the EU Pilot Project, the Commission is excluding complainants even further from the procedure, particularly in the first phase, by entering into an exclusive dialogue with theaiming to increase "commitment, co-operation and partnership between the Commission and Member State concerneds"1 and notis considering citizens’ feedback in any subsequent decision-making; considers that this is not in line with the declarations in the Treaties that ‘decisions 1 EU Pilot Evaluation Report, p. 2. are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen’ (Article 1 TEU),in close cooperation with national administrations how to deal with the application of EU law; considers that ‘the Union institutions ... shall conduct their work as openly as possible’ (Article 15 TFEU) and that ‘[I]n all its activities, the Union shall observe the principle of the equality of its citizens, who shall receive equal attention from its institutions’ (Article 9 TEU)is initiative responds to the new need for cooperation between all institutions of the European Union in the interests of a well functioning, citizen focused Union following the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3a (new)
Paragraph 3a (new)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. UrgesDemands that the Council, in accordance with its own statement in point 34 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on better law- making, to encouragrequire Member States to draw up and publish tables illustrating the correlation between directives and national transposition measures; stresses that such tables are essential in order for the Commission to be able to monitor implementation measures in all Member States effectively;