Activities of Angelika WERTHMANN related to 2013/2013(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual report on the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2012 (debate)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas petition 630/2006 with more than one million signatures from EU citizens on the subject of the European Parliament’s two-seat arrangement has been kept on hold and urgently needs resolving in view of the persistent structural crisis in Europe;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of the creation of the Spanish Coastal Law Working Group, which has been closely studying related petitions and the modification of the law; reiterates the importance of direct contact with the Spanish national authorities in this respect and welcomes furtherstresses the urgent need for further intensified cooperation to find a better balance between property rights and the protection of the environment;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Committee’s conclusions from the fact-finding visit to Berlin on youth and family welfare matters, particularly in cross-border custody cases; notes, however, based on the continuing inflow of petitions of this nature, that it is clear the issue of cross- border custody cases is ongoing, and that similar cases have also been brought to the Committee’s attention from other Member States, notably Denmark; further notes that in Denmark some of these cases have involved foreign nationals living in the country itself and that there have been proven instances of child abduction there (including from outside Denmark);