Activities of Jarosław WAŁĘSA related to 2018/2280(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the outcome of the Committee on Petitions’ deliberations during 2018 PDF (169 KB) DOC (63 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas admissible petitions often provide valuable input for the work of the respective parliamentary committees as they point out the alleged breaches of EU law;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the substantial role of the Committee on Petitions in defending and promoting the rights of EU citizens and residents, within the committee competences, ensuring that petitioners’ concerns are recognised and their legitimate grievances resolved through the petitions process, in a timely and efficient manner wherever possible;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the opportunity petitions offer to the European Parliament and other EU institutions to enter into dialogue with EU citizens who are affected by the application of EU law; underlines the need to foster cooperation of EU institutions and bodies with national, regional and local authorities on matters linked to the application of EU law; calls on the EU institutions and Member States to promote the citizens’ right to petition and to raise public awareness of the EU competencies and possible remedies, that the European Parliament provides while processing petitions;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that petitions are examined in accordance with Article 227 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which stipulates that any EU citizen and any natural or legal person that is resident or has a registered office in a Member State can submit a petition to the European Parliament on matters which fall within the European Union's fields of activity; reminds that the procedure for dealing with petitions is laid down in the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament;
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 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
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 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that the Committee on Petitions has adopted opinions attached to reports of Parliament on a wide range of issues raised in petitions, including on monitoring the application of EU law in 2016 , on the coordination of social security systems , on the European citizens’ initiative, on the implementation report as regards Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport within and outside the EU , on the proposal for amending Parliament’s Decision 94/262/EC, Euratom of 9 March 1994 on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties , and on the implementation of the Treaty provisions related to EU citizenship; underlines that, since the beginning of this parliamentary term, the Committee on Petitions has provided more opinions to ongoing European legislative texts; highlights the importance of providing justification of amendments by showing a direct reference to citizens‘ petitions;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is convinced that the Secretariat of the Committee on Petitions handles petitions efficiently and with great care according to the committee’s guidelines and the petitions lifecycle in the EP administration; stresses that the number of petitions has decreased to 1120 in 2018 compared to 2715 in 2014 as a result of the more efficient treatment of petitions through the administrative petitions’ review and the petitions web portal; calls for further innovating the treatment of petitions taking stock of the most recent technological developments in order to render the whole process clearer and more transparent for European citizens;