Activities of Marie TOUSSAINT related to 2020/2132(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Parliament’s right of initiative
Amendments (3)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that, in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2019/788, in case the Commission has failed to publish its intentions or has set out in a communication that it intends not to take action on a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) that has met the procedural requirements, Parliament could decide to follow up with an INL report that is based on the ECI; Urges the Commission to commit itself to submit a legislative proposal following the adoption of a Parliament’s initiative that is based on an ECI that has met the procedural requirements and that is in line with the Treaties and the core values of the Union enshrined in Article 2 TEU; Proposes in that regard to modify the Interinstitutional Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that new EU law- making mechanisms associating EU citizens and their elected representatives in the European Parliament should be designed in order to improve citizens participation and the European democracy as a whole; believes for instance that the procedural thresholds for ECIs should be lowered where the proposal for an ECI is co-signed by a minimal number of MEPs;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Asks the Commission to study the possibility of introducing mechanisms of direct democracy, such as citizen's assemblies or referendum vote on specific issues, which would grant EU citizens decisional or consultative power in the EU law-making process, without depending on the reform of the Treaty;