3 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2012/2308(INI)
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
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C. whereas since 2006 attempts by the Petitions Committee to consider this issue on a parliamentary level have repeatedly been obstructed despite the widespread interest in the issue amongst MEPs; whereas such a lack of transparency is completely at odds with the values of integrity, rectitude and democracy which Parliament should embody;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
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2. Agrees with the principle that the European Parliament would be more effective, cost-efficient and respectful of the environment if it were located in a single place; and notes that the continuation of the monthly migration between Brussels and Strasbourg has become a symbolic negative issue amongst most EU citizens which is detrimental to Parliament’s reputation; considers that the European Institutions, which approved the imposition of fiscal austerity in many Member States, must now respect the fact that harsh sacrifices have been imposed on hundreds of millions of citizens in those countries and must therefore not engage in needless public spending;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
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3. Respects the historic reasons for the location of its plenary sessions in Strasbourg and the Treaty requirements that necessitate the two-seat system; nevertheless insists that such an arrangement cannot continue in perpetuity and that Parliament itself must be able to state a preference for its future in line with the democratic principles which it seeks to uphold;