Activities of Cecilia WIKSTRÖM related to 2018/2280(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the outcome of the Committee on Petitions’ deliberations during 2018 PDF (169 KB) DOC (63 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the Resolution on the adverse effects of the US Foreign Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on EU citizens and in particular ‘accidental Americans’ (2018/2646(RSP)) adopted on 26 June 2018 called on the Commission and the Council to present a joint EU approach to FATCA in order to adequately protect the rights of European citizens (in particular ‘accidental Americans’) and improve equal reciprocity in the automatic exchange of information by the US;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the need for a continuous public debate about the Union’s fields of activity in order to inform citizens about different levels of decision-making; calls for more intensive and structured biannual dialogue between the Committee on Petitions and Members of Committees on Petitions in the National Parliaments on petitions of major concerns to European citizens stimulating a genuine debate between MEPs and national MPs centred on petitions that would further raise awareness of EU policies and clarity on competences of the EU and of Members States;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of four public hearings on various topics, namely on ‘Citizens’ rights after Brexit’ together with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on 1 February 2018, on ‘European Citizens’ Initiative - Revision of Regulation’ together with the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on 21 February 2018, on ‘Impact of endocrine disruptors on public health’ on 22 March 2018 together with the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and on ‘The rights of persons with disabilities’ on 9 October 2018; reminds the committee members of the importance of attending public hearings requested and organised by the committee; calls on the petitions network to put forward specific public hearings and topics for EP studies and EP resolutions, which reflect the connection between the ongoing legislative work and the political scrutiny power of the EP and the petitions of major concerns; underlines that the petitions network is the right forum to put forward common initiatives for petitions treatment, which could exhaustively express the European Parliament's contribution to European citizens’ petitions;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Trusts that the petitions network is a means to make the Committee on Petitions more visible and relevant in the work of the other committees of Parliament, so that petitions are better taken into consideration in legislative work; reaffirms its belief that meetings of the petitions network are vital for strengthening cooperation between the parliamentary committees through exchange of information and sharing of best practices between the network members; calls on the Committee on Petitions to nominate accordingly EP Rapporteurs on EU policies clusters, which could effectively and efficiently work with their respective counterparts of the petitions network in order to streamline common initiatives for the treatment of petitions across the European Parliament;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the aim of the Committee on Petitions to raise awareness on citizens’ concerns in plenary debates; draws attention to the oral question on disenfranchisement of voting rights in the EU, debated in plenary on 2 October 2018, the oral question on the participation of persons with disabilities in the European elections, adopted in committee on 21 March 2018, and the oral question tabled jointly with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on concerns about Natura 2000 protected areas based on petitions received, adopted in committee on 21 November 2018;; calls on the European Commission and the Council to respond to the EP resolutions, based on petitions in a follow up Plenary Debate not later than 6 months in order to provide answers timely and effectively to specific European citizens’ concerns;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the lack of response from the Member States to solve the problems reported by citizens affected by FATCANotes that the FATCA framework of the United State is implemented within the Union through bilateral intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) negotiated between the United States and each Member State; Regrets the lack of response from the Member States to solve the problems reported by citizens affected by FATCA; emphasises the role of the Union to guarantee effective implementation of data protection rules in order to ensure high level of protection of EU citizens in terms of related fundamental rights; asks the Commission to work closely with the national data protection authorities in order to promote a fact-finding exercise to clarify the situation in the Member States concerning possible breaches of EU law on the protection of personal data; furthermore calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Data Protection Board, to launch a country based study in order to assess whether and to what extent IGAs concerning FATCA respect the right to privacy of EU citizens; calls on the Member States to prevent discrimination against consumers legally resident in the Union, regardless of whether they are considered or not as ‘US persons’ and, if they are of the importance of their economic and personal ties with the United States;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights the fact-finding visit to Famagusta, Cyprus, on 7-8 May 2018, aiming to reassess and update the committee´s information of the situation in Famagusta, and in particular the sealed-off section of the city called Varosha, in the context of petition 733/2004 submitted by Loizos Afxentiou, on behalf of the Famagusta Refugee Movement, 10 years after the Committee’s previous fact-finding visit; reaffirms its support for the mission report recommendation to call on the European Commission, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the EU Council and all EU Member States to table a new resolution in the UN Security Council calling for political and economic sanctions against Turkey for its acts of aggression in the eastern Mediterranean Sea and for its non-compliance with Resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992) of the UN Security Council;