3 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2017/2024(INL)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that public awareness of the European Citizen Initiative (ECI) should be enhanced, and that it should be promoted as a tool of direct participatory democracy, so that EU citizens can be fully aware and become active participants in the European Union;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Suggests that Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 might possibly create a conflict of interest, because the Commission is acting both as an expert and as an advisory body, whilst at the same time assessing the registration criteria and the follow-up procedures; calls therefore for efforts to resolve such conflict of interests, as it might jeopardise the democratic nature of the ECI, and for consideration to thus be given to a different division of powers that is more efficient and designed to ensure that the goal in question is pursued more effectively and that democratic principles are complied with;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that, given the complexity of the software made available by the Commission for the collection of signatures, it would be advisable to establish and offer a more accessible and simplified IT platform which can be used also by citizens who are less experienced in the new computer technologies;