7 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2013/2185(INI)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas, what is more, at the current stage in the integration process, although they do not have a direct legislative role at Union level, the national parliaments have their own special role to play in bolstering ‘European awareness’ in the Member States and bringing citizens closer to the EU;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas this is due in part to the fact that the role of the EU Speakers’ Conference as a political driving force in interparliamentary relations still needs to be more clearly defined and placed on a more formal institutional footing;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out the two-fold legitimacy of the Union, as a union of peoples and of states, is embodied, in the EU legislative process, by the European Parliament and the Council; believes that, if the Member States are to be represented in a unitary, fully democratic manner in the EU, the stances taken by national governments in the Council must reflect the views of their national parliaments; stresses that, by guiding and scrutinising the work of their governments, national parliaments help to make the Council more democratic;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point b
Paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point c
Paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the need for the European institutions to make it possible for national parliaments to scrutinise legislative proposals by ensuring that the Commission provides detailed and comprehensive grounds for its legislative initiatives with regard to subsidiarity and proportionality, in accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 2 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Notes furthermore in this regard that the current timeframe for national parliaments to carry out subsidiarity and proportionality checks has often been considered insufficient;