5 Amendments of Judith SARGENTINI related to 2013/2130(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that Parliament’s legislative powers have been enhanced with the increased use of the codecision procedure since the entry into force of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); points out that legal acts dealing with judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation are now, as a rule, adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure; condemns as undemocratic and contrary to the principle of the rule of law the fact that, almost four years after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, procedures for the implementation of former third pillar acts which often exclude Parliament or provide only for consultation, irrespective of the nature of the decisions to be taken, continue to be used; regrets that Council Decision 2013/392/EU of 22 July 2013 fixing the date of effect of Decision 2008/633/JHA concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences has been adopted without involving the Parliament in violation of correct decision-making procedures; calls on the Commission to amend all legal acts of the former third pillar in order to align them with the new hierarchy of norms;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that Article 2 TEU contains the list of common values, on which the Union is founded; believes that the respect for those values should be properly ensured both by the Union and the Member States; points out that a proper legislative and institutional system should be established in order to protect the values of the Union;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that the Parliament is now a fully-fledged institutional actor in the field of security policies, and is therefore entitled to participate actively in determining the features and priorities of that policies and in evaluating those instruments, to be conducted jointly by the European Parliament, national parliaments and the Council; believes that the Parliament ought to play a crucial role in the evaluation and definition of internal security policies as these have a profound impact on the fundamental rights of all those living in the EU; emphasises, therefore, the need to ensure these policies fall under the remit of the only directly elected European institution for scrutiny and democratic oversight;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Treaty provides that a legislative act may delegate to the Commission the power to adopt non- legislative acts; calls on the Commission to make an adequate distinction between delegated and implementing acts when proposing legislation in order to ensure that the appropriate type of act is applied; believes that measures implying urgent temporary deviation from the rules established by the basic act should be adopted by means of delegated acts, where the basic act is adopted in the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the Commission’s obligation to inform Parliament regularly onimmediately and fully at all stages of ongoing negotiations for international agreements, especially if those agreements affect the fundamental rights of EU citizens (Article 218 TFEU);