2020/2275(INI) Engaging with citizens: the right to petition, the right to refer to the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens’ Initiative
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Awaiting committee decision
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | PETI | VEDRENNE Marie-Pierre ( Renew) | EVREN Agnès ( EPP), MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO Cristina ( S&D), EVI Eleonora ( Verts/ALE), GANCIA Gianna ( ID), TERHEŞ Cristian ( ECR), PELLETIER Anne-Sophie ( GUE/NGL) |
Committee Opinion | AFCO | François ALFONSI ( Verts/ALE), Pascal DURAND ( RE), Seán KELLY ( PPE), Domènec RUIZ DEVESA ( S&D) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54, RoP 57
Legal Basis:
RoP 54, RoP 57Subjects
Events
2021/09/16
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2021/07/16
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/02/22
EP - VEDRENNE Marie-Pierre (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in PETI
2021/01/21
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/01/21
EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
Documents
Activities
- Dita CHARANZOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (0)
- Rainer WIELAND
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- Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE
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Amendments | Dossier |
44 |
2020/2275(INI)
2021/09/16
PETI
44 amendments...
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Considers it essential for European democracy that citizens
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28 a. Regrets that the lack of a legislative follow-up by the Commission on the largest part of successful ECIs undermined the goal of enhancing the democratic legitimacy of the Union through enhanced participation of citizens in its democratic and political life;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to inform the public about the EU’s competences to make sure that ECIs concern subjects and issues that fall within the EU’s remit;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to inform the public about the EU’s competences to make sure that ECIs concern subjects and issues that fall within the EU’s remit; emphasises that the recent ECIs
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to inform the public about the EU’s competences to make sure that ECIs concern subjects and issues that fall within the EU’s remit; emphasises that recent ECIs have called, inter alia, for the EU to take more action, more quickly, in the fight against climate change and in protecting indigenous national minorities and language communities;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29 a. Applauds the Commission on having held information seminars and having established a European Citizens' Initiative Week in 2020, which brought together representatives of institutions, members of civil society and organisers of past and current initiatives, with the aim of reflecting on how to improve this instrument; considers, however, that the European Citizens' Initiative remains little known; calls on the Commission, therefore, to increase the media visibility of this participatory tool, in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2019/788;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Commission to improve the ECI tool to make citizens’ participation more accessible
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Commission to improve the ECI tool to make citizens’ participation more accessible, given the low number of ECIs that have ultimately been successful; regrets that so far the majority of successful ECIs did not end with a legislative proposal by the Commission; therefore calls on the Commission to initiate a legislative proposal on the basis of any successful ECI that was supported by the European Parliament;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the Commission to study the necessary mechanisms to improve the ECI tool and implement them to make citizens’ participation more accessible, given the low number of ECIs that have ultimately been successful;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Is of the opinion that the way in which official replies by the Commission to successful citizens' initiatives are formulated may significantly influence how the instrument is evaluated by citizens and that greater effort and more prudent examination is required in the case of each successful initiative to ensure the Commission gives adequate thought to citizens' propositions;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the need to establish a proper follow-up mechanism for unsuccessful ECIs in order to take citizens’ input seriously, including redirecting citizens to the Committee on Petitions, a
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the need to establish a proper follow-up mechanism for unsuccessful ECIs in order to take citizens’ input seriously, including redirecting citizens to the Committee on Petitions, as the lack of impact could lead to disengagement; underlines the role that the Committee on Petitions must play throughout hearing processes; calls on the Commission to collaborate in a timely manner with Parliament after an ECI is deemed successful, to enable Parliament to make full use of the three-month period
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Highlights the need to establish a proper follow-up mechanism for unsuccessful ECIs in order to take citizens’ input seriously, including redirecting citizens to the Committee on Petitions, as the lack of impact could lead to disengagement; underlines the role that the Committee on Petitions must play throughout hearing processes; calls on the Commission to collaborate in a timely manner with Parliament after an ECI is deemed successful, to enable Parliament to make full use of the three-month period for the organisation of hearings by the relevant committees;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32 a. Underlines the role that the Committee on Petitions must play throughout hearing processes; calls on the Commission to collaborate in a timely manner with Parliament after an ECI is deemed successful, to enable Parliament to make full use of the three-month period for the organisation of hearings;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises the role of these three
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises the role of these three participatory instruments, which is to facilitate and encourage the engagement of citizens and residents of the EU achieving a concrete direct impact on the EU political agenda and on the EU decision- making processes; calls for the establishment and promotion of a large- scale, one-stop interinstitutional website to provide information on all the instruments that enable the public to participate directly in and influence decision-making at EU level;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises the role of these three participatory instruments, which is to facilitate and encourage the engagement of citizens and residents of the EU; calls for the establishment and promotion of a large- scale, one-stop, accessible interinstitutional website to provide information on all the instruments that enable the public to participate directly in and influence decision-making at EU level;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises the role of these three participatory instruments, which is to facilitate and encourage the engagement of citizens and residents of the EU; calls for the establishment and promotion of a large- scale, one-stop interinstitutional website to provide information on all the democratic instruments that enable the public to participate directly in and influence decision-making at EU level;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35 a. Stresses that regular information gathering on topics of interest to citizens and recurring issues which are raised in petitions, the European Ombudsman's enquiries and ECIs, would help to find solutions more quickly, while ensuring the coherence of the EU's policies for its citizens;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Emphasises the role of these three participatory instruments, which is to facilitate and encourage the engagement of citizens and residents of the EU; calls for the establishment and promotion of a large- scale, one-stop interinstitutional website to provide information on all the instruments that enable the public to participate directly in and influence decision-making at EU level; takes the view that such a one-stop platform would not only provide citizens with greater visibility of their rights, but also promote complementarity between these different instruments;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35 a. Considers essential to analyse the communication problems between European institutions and citizens that cause citizen participation mechanisms to be underused by Europeans; calls for the necessary resources be put in place to disseminate information about the existence and functioning of this tools among the general public;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls for public awareness of these three participatory instruments to be raised to ensure that they become effective tools for democratic participation; emphasises that all the European institutions should maximise their efforts at communication
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls for public awareness, particularly among young people, of these three participatory instruments to be raised to ensure that they become effective tools for democratic participation; emphasises that all the European institutions should maximise their communication efforts to ensure that as many citizens as possible know about, and are encouraged to
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls for public awareness of these three participatory instruments to be raised to ensure that they become effective and useful tools for democratic participation; emphasises that all the European institutions should maximise their communication efforts to ensure that as many citizens as possible know about, and are encouraged to participate in, the instruments;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36 a. Believes that the EU institutions should develop an awareness-raising strategy to promote EU instruments as ECI, Complaints to European Ombudsman and right to petition at a local, regional and national level, in order to improve citizens’ knowledge, participation and engagement;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36 a. Stresses the importance of providing citizens with assistance, both at European and local level, through the Europe Direct information centres and Houses of Europe, in submitting petitions and ECIs and complaints to the European Ombudsman;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37.
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37.
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Calls on the Member States to make it
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37 a. Underlines the importance of giving full access to persons with disabilities to all the different instruments that the EU provides to citizens, particularly through systematic interpretation and translation into Sign language and Easy-to-Read language;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 b (new) 37 b. Calls on the EU institutions to address the challenges faced by the vulnerable groups of people who are underrepresented and unable to have their issues addressed and to involve them in decision-making;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38 a. Recalls the need to systematically hold consultations with NGOs and civil society organisations to open up the lines of communication between the institutions and the citizens, in order to improve citizens’ knowledge of EU instruments and participative democracy;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Recalls that the EU’s multilingual communication policy and the publication of information and documents in all the official languages of the EU is a crucial element in communicating with and engaging citizens from all Member States; highlights its importance in all communication channels, including social media, in order to better connect with citizens; welcomes the guidelines published by the Ombudsman instructing the institutions on how to develop their language policy in the most citizen-friendly manner;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Recalls that the EU’s multilingual communication policy is a crucial element in communicating with and engaging citizens from all Member States, with particular regard to the special needs of persons with disabilities (sign language, Braille); highlights its importance in all communication channels, including social media, in order to better connect with citizens; welcomes the guidelines published by the Ombudsman instructing the institutions on how to develop their language policy in the most citizen-friendly manner;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Recalls that the EU’s multilingual communication policy is a crucial element in communicating with and engaging citizens from all Member States, which needs to be strengthened; highlights its importance in all communication channels, including social media, in order to better connect with citizens; welcomes the guidelines published by the Ombudsman instructing the institutions on how to develop their language policy in the most citizen-friendly manner;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39 a. Insists on the need to discuss the role and the dimension of the Committee on Petitions by the Parliament; points out that more consideration to citizen’s demands can be given only if a competent body makes the follow-up; highlights that currently the Committee on Petitions does not have the proper dimension and powers in order to satisfy citizen’s demand;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Stresses the need to address the shortcomings of the EU petition system, taking into consideration the special needs of persons with disabilities, in order to ensure its full democratic potential and agenda-setting role; calls on the EU institutions to use their resources to increase the attractiveness of this tool and promote citizens’ participation in EU law- making; in this regard, stresses the need for more EU funding to be allocated to the promotion of the participatory mechanisms;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. With a view to improving public participation, emphasises the need for citizens to have clear guidance to help them choose the most appropriate participatory tool; takes the view that there is a need to understand and overcome the obstacles
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 41. With a view to improving public participation, emphasises the need for citizens to have clear guidance to help them choose the most appropriate participatory tool to respond to their concerns; takes the view that there is a need to understand and overcome the obstacles people encounter when they are drawing up petitions to Parliament, complaints to the Ombudsman and initiatives for the Commission;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 42 42. Emphasises, furthermore, that where ECIs and petitions have an impact – especially involving mass media coverage or consideration by the Commission or Parliament – they should be examined to pinpoint successful strategies and best practices that could be used as learning in the future;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 43. Emphasises how important transparency is in the process of dealing with citizens’ initiatives and complaints; calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps to guarantee full transparency; expresses its support for the European Ombudsman’s efforts to make all the EU institutions and bodies much more transparent and accountable to EU citizens;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 a (new) 43 a. Strongly believes that citizens' access to all documents of the European institutions is the basis of a participatory democracy; stresses in this regard the need for transparency and accountability of the institutions to citizens;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 a (new) source: 697.540
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