5 Amendments of Ágnes HANKISS related to 2013/2186(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the right to petition the European Parliament is one of the pillars of European citizenship, creating an interface between citizens and the European institutions and turning the EU into a meaningful, with an aim of bringing the EU closer to its citizens, and turning the EU into an increasingly meaningful and credible concept for citizensthem;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas all Member States have committed to respect the commonly agreed EU rules on free movement, non- discrimination and the common values of the European Union, notably the respect for fundamental rights, including the rights of people belonging to minorities; whereas national citizenship and the rights deriving from it of minorities should be regarded with special attention; whereas infringements on fundamental rights concerning citizenship issues by any member state must be stamped out in order to avoid double standards/discrimination;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the issue of obtaining and forfeiting national citizenship has been raised in petitions, especially from the standpoint of its effects on European citizenship; whereas many petitioners, among which many belonging to minorities in a member state have expressed their wish to see more coordinated citizenship laws in Europe ensuring legal certainty and a more accountable legislation on citizenship;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges that, according to the settled case law of the European Court of Justice2 , the conditions for obtaining and forfeiting citizenship of the Member States are regulated exclusively under the national law of the individual Member States; calls, however, for closer coordination and a more structured exchange of best practices between Member States with respect to their citizenship laws in order to ensure fundamental rights and particularly legal certainty of citizens; calls for comprehensive common guidelines clarifying the relation between national and European citizenship; __________________ 2 Most recently in its judgment of 2 March 2010, C-135/08, Rottmann.
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to organise transparent public campaigns and effectively tackle the problem of falling voter participation rates; calls on all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to further improve transparency and make access to documents easy and user- friendly, as this enable citizens to participate more closely in the decision- making process; calls on all Union institutions and particularly the Parliament to avoid discriminatory practices when it comes to transparency and accountability of debates concerning national citizenship disputes;