Activities of Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO related to 2017/0220(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European citizens’ initiative (debate) ES
Amendments (25)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Parliament, in its resolution on the European citizens’ initiative of 28 October 201525 called on the Commission to reviewcomprehensively to review and to revise as soon as possible Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1179/2011. _________________ 25 2014/2257 (INI). 2014/2257 (INI).
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation aims to make the European citizens’ initiative more accessible, less burdensome and easier to use for organisers and supporters, in order to achieve the full potential of the European citizens’ initiative as a tool to foster debate and citizen participation at Union level, and to bring the Union closer to its citizenin order to encourage as many EU citizens as possible to play their part in shaping the ongoing European integration process.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Inclusion of people residing legally in an EU Member State in the European integration project should also be promoted, so that people with this status may support any European citizens’ initiative.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to ensure that an initiative is representative of a Union interest while ensuring that the instrument remains easy to use the minimum number of Member States from which citizens must come should be set at one quarter of Member States. This Regulation should also firmly establish the principle of material unity so that the intentions of those promoting it are not distorted.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Every citizen of the Union should have the right to support an initiative on paper or online, under similar conditions regardless of the Member State of nationality or residence. It should also be possible to register initiatives written in regional languages, as the Committee of the Regions has already proposed.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to make the European citizens’ initiative more accessible and to provide support to citizens and organisers, past experience having revealed the organisational and technical difficulties inherent in getting a European citizens’ initiative off the ground, access to the rules should be made easier, and the Commission should provide information and assistance to organisers and make available an online collaborative platform to provide a dedicated discussion forum and information and advice about the European citizens’ initiative. To ensure proximity to citizens, Member States should establish one or more contact points in their respective territories to provide citizens with information and assistance regarding the European citizens’ initiative. The technical advice provided should serve to reduce the high number of applications refused on procedural grounds so that the Commission is obliged to refrain from declaring inadmissible citizens’ initiatives that follow the recommendations given.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to promote participation and public debate on the issues raised by the initiatives, where an initiative supported by the required number of signatories and fulfilling the other requirements of this Regulation is submitted to the Commission, the group of organisers should have the right to present that initiative at a public hearing at Union level. The public hearing should be co- organised by the Commission and the European Parliament within three months from the submission of the initiative and ensure a balanced representation of relevant public and private interests well as the representation at an appropriate level of the Commission and the Council. Other institutions and advisory bodies of the Union as well as interested stakeholders should have the opportunity to participate in the hearing.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Citizens’ initiatives that meet the registration requirements should be forwarded to the European Parliament committee or committees competent in the matter for a debate with the involvement of the interested parties and, where applicable, to give an opinion, including the possibility of subsequently triggering the mechanism provided for in Article 225 of the TFEU if the Commission does not present a legislative proposal.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) To ensure the effective participation of citizens in the democratic life of the Union, the Commission should examine a validevery initiative which has secured the requisite number of at least one million statements of support and respond to it. The Commission should therefore set out its legal and political conclusions as well as the action it intends to take within a period of five months from the receipt of the initiative, in particular whether it intends to put forward a legislative proposal. The Commission should explain in a clear, comprehensible and detailed manner the reasons for its intended action, and should likewisein particular give its reasons if it does not intend to take any action.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Every citizen of the Union who is at least 16 years of age, including citizens with the status of a legal resident in an EU Member State, has the right to support an initiative by signing a statement of support (‘the signatory’), in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, upon request, provide information and appropriate expert and legal assistance about the European citizens’ initiative to citizens and groups of organisers.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. To ensure the process is transparent and that data is protected, the Commission shall develop an EU file exchange service for the transfer of statements of support to the competent authorities of the Member States, in accordance with Article 12, which guarantees the confidentiality, integrity and authentication of the transfer, and make it publicly available and free of charge.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. EIn order to reduce the high number of applications refused on procedural grounds, each Member State shall establish one or more contact points to provide information and assistance to groups of organisers in setting up a European citizens’ initiative. The Commission shall refrain from refusing on procedural grounds to register citizens’ initiatives that comply with the recommendations given in this technical advice.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) partially register the initiative if a substantial part of the initiative, including its main objectives, does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties;
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The group of organisers shall inform the Commission of the date chosen at the latest 10 working days before that date.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)
The group of organisers can request, at the moment of submission, that if it fails to meet the required number of statements of support, the registered initiative be forwarded to the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament as a petition, with the indication of the number of statements of support gathered.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission and the European Parliament, with the support of the Commission, shall co-organise the public hearing atin accordance with its Rules of Procedure the public hearing before the competent Committee or Committees of the European Parliament. Representatives of the other institutions and advisory bodies of the Union, as well as interested stakeholders, shall be given the opportunity to participate in the hearing.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission and the European Parliament shall co-organise the public hearing at the European Parliament. Representatives of the Council, other institutions and advisory bodies of the Union, as well as interested stakeholders or experts, shall be given the opportunity to participate in the hearing.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Commission and the European Parliament shall ensure a balanced representation of relevant public and private interest groups.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The competent Committee or Committees of the European Parliament may issue after the hearing and before the examination by the Commission an opinion on the initiative, without prejudice of resorting to the procedure laid down in article 225 TFEU with a view to exercising Parliament´s right to request the Commission to submit an appropriate proposal.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Within one month of the submission of the initiative, the Commission shall receive the group of organisers at an appropriate level to allow them to explain in detail the matters raised bypurpose of the initiative.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Within five months after the publication of the initiative in accordance with Article 14(1), and after the public hearing referred to in Article 14(2), the Commission shall set out in a communication full details of its legal and political conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its detailed reasons for taking or not taking action.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, Parliament and the Council and the Member States shall raise public awareness about the existence of the European citizens’ initiative through communication activities and information and publicity campaigns, thereby contributing to promoting the active participation of citizens in the political life of the Union.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall periodically review the functioning of the European citizens’ initiative and present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation no later than five years from the date of application of this Regulation, and every fivthree years thereafter. The reports shall be made public.