Activities of Cristian Dan PREDA related to 2011/2317(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Activities of the Committee on Petitions (2011) (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2011 PDF (285 KB) DOC (521 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
– having regard to Articles 24, 227, 228, 258 and 260 of TFEU,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the number of submissions by citizens to the European Parliament continues to increase, and998 petitions were declared admissible, and of those 649 whereas forwarded to the Committee on Petitions should remain the main point of contact within the European Parliament regarding allegations of infringement of individual and collective rightsssion for further investigation pursuant to Articles 258 and 260 of the Treaty, 416 petitions were declared inadmissible;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the number of inadmissible petitions continued to be significant in 2011 which again indicates that Parliament should increase its effort to inform citizens on the limits of Parliament's field of action with regard to the right to petition, considering that individuals and local communities, as well as voluntary associations and businesses, are well placed to assess the effectiveness of European legislation as it applies to them, and to signal possible loopholes that need to be analysed in order to ensure better and comparable implementation of EU law in all the Member States;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, regarding the statistical analysis contained in this report, German citizens continue to submit the highest number of petitions, though decreasing proportionally, followed by Spanish and Italian petitioners, and whereas petitions concerning the EU as such outnumber those concerning individual Member States;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas petithe field of actions alleging a breach of fundamental rights lead the petitions league table, ahead of the environment and the internal market, and whereas it is noteworthy that petitions regarding economic and monetary affairs have seen a sharp increase, which correlates with the similar increase in petitions expressing the acute concern of citizens generally with the present economic and financial crisisnd the modus operandi of the right to petition granted to all EU citizens and residents under the terms of the Treaty differs from other remedies available to citizens, as for instance the submission of complaints to the Commission or to the Ombudsman;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas in 2011 there were 70 petitions outstanding relating to the Spanish Ley de Costas; and whereas petitions relating to the Ley de Costas concerned specific regions of Spain as follows: Valencia 23, Andalusia 11, Catalonia 10, Balearic and Canary Islands 9 each, Asturias and Cantabria 3 each, Galicia and Basque Country 2 each, and Murcia 1, with 51 identifiable as coming from Spanish citizens or groups of Spanish citizens; while 19 came from other nationalities as follows: 3 from miscellaneous nationalities, 11 from German citizens, 3 from French citizens, 2 from British citizens;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas in 2011its previous Annual Report the Committee on Petitions held meetings at which 47 of these petitions were considered and which 7 petitioners attendighly appreciated the cooperation with the Commission and the European Ombudsman with regard to the treatment of petitions and complaints; whereas the Committee on Petitions repeatedly requested to be kept informed by the Commission of developments in pending infringement proceedings, the subject of which is also covered inby perstitions;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the shortcomings and problems faced by people as a result of the malfunctioning of the internal market, as illustrated by petitions, are confirmed by the Commission's European Citizenship Report 20108 , in particular as regards free movement of EU citizens and their family members, access to social security entitlements, mutual recognition of qualifications, obstacles faced by the disabled, family law issues and mass expulsions on the basis of ethnic or national origin such as those affecting the Roma, including also double-taxation issues;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas also in 2011 a significant number of petitions were submitted by citizens pointing to the importance of preventing irreparable losses in biodiversity, with regard to Natura 2000 sites, as well as of ensuring the protection of areas defined under the Habitats Directive;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the judgment of the EU Tribunal of 14 September 2011 in case T- 308/07 upheld the petitioner's (0095/2007) complaint against the Committee's decision to declare his petition inadmissible and in so doing laid down clear parameters for dealing with petitthe obligation to motivate Parliament's decisions which areen it declareds a petition inadmissible;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Confirms the key role of the Committee on Petitions in identifying non-judicial remedies for citizens, in providing a reality check on the way in which the European Union is seen by the people of Europe, and as aNotes that petitions received in 2011 continued to focus on alleged breaches of EU law in the fields of the environment, justice and the internal market, as well as the Charter of Fundamental Rights which reflection ofs citizens' views regarding whether European legislation as implemented by the Member States actually delivers the expected result and responds to what people expect of the UnionEU law;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes the increasing number of petitions and other submissions from citizens seeking legal and financial redress on issues that fall outside the EU's area of competence pursuant to Article 227 of the Treaty as well as Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, such as, for example, requests to review the calculation of national pensions, to overrule decisions by national courts, proposals to re-draw Europe's frontiers, to force a bank to grant a personal loan, etc.; fully supports the action taken by Parliament's responsible Directorates- General to find a solution for dealing with these submissions from citizens while taking into account Parliament's obligations with regard to its correspondence with citizens;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes Parliament's decision to develop a much more practical and visible petitions portal on its website, which will facilitate, within the limits of Article 227 of the Treaty and Article 202 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure and Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, access for citizens to the petitions process, provide them with information and allow them to submit petitions in a more user-friendly environment; considers that this portal should also provide practical links to other forms of redress which are available at European and national or regional level;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the constructive cooperation between the Petitions Committee and the services of the European Commission, but urges the Commission to ensure that the integrity of the petitions procedures are respected and not confused with the Commission's own complaints procedureOmbudsman and reaffirms its determination to support the Ombudsman in identifying maladministration by and acting against EU institutions;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges theWelcomes, while supporting the underlying objective of the Ley de Costas to protect coastal wildlife for future generations, the action being envisaged by the new Spanish Government to revise the Ley de Costas in such a way as to guarantee title to those who have properly and in good faith acquired property within the reach of the jurisdiction of the Ley de Costas; in particular, calls for a reform of the Ley de Costas which ensures due process, a right of appeal, proper compensation, and appropriate and proportional remedy specifically withe right to information and which protects against retroactive or discriminatory acegard to retroactive or discriminatory actions taken ; supports the petitioners' action to resolve the problems surrounding the Ley de Costas and its applications;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission, furthermore, to ensure implementation and enforcement of the Habitats and Birds Directives by the Member States as well as the better transposition and application of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of EU citizens and their families to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17