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This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, analyses the impact of digitalization on vulnerable social groups in terms of lower income and education, age, people affected by disabilities, minority ethnic groups and people living in remote/isolated geographic areas. It includes a review of the relevant academic literature, secondary data analysis, as well as three case studies focused ...

Eiropas pilsoņu iniciatīva (EPI) ir svarīgs ES pārstāvības demokrātijas instruments, kas paver iespēju vienam miljonam ES pilsoņu, kuri pārstāv ceturto daļu dalībvalstu, aicināt Komisiju izstrādāt tiesību akta priekšlikumu nolūkā īstenot ES Līgumus. Kopš ir spēkā 2011. gada regula, ar kuru nosaka detalizētas procedūras un noteikumus attiecībā uz EPI, desmit iniciatīvas sekmīgi iesniegtas Komisijai. Ar 2020. gada janvāri spēkā ir jauni noteikumi, kas padara EPI pieejamāku.

Kopš Māstrihtas līguma stāšanās spēkā ikvienam ES pilsonim un fiziskai vai juridiskai personai vai likumīgajam iedzīvotājam ir tiesības iesniegt lūgumrakstu Eiropas Parlamentam sūdzības vai lūguma formā par kādu no jautājumiem, kurš attiecas uz Eiropas Savienības kompetences jomām. Lūgumrakstus izskata Parlamenta Lūgumrakstu komiteja, kura izlemj jautājumu par lūgumrakstu pieņemamību un ir atbildīga par tajos minēto jautājumu risināšanu.

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee, assesses the status of political strikes in the EU. While workers' strikes generally seek to pressure an employer, "political strikes" are aimed at the government. Even though such political strikes are often organised to defend and protect workers' interests, they can also have exclusively political objectives. Such "purely political" strikes ...

This study, commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), demonstrates the need to change systems that respond to homelessness as an issue of individual dysfunction and inadequacy, to systems that end homelessness. The residential instability felt by the majority of those who are homeless needs to be addressed through the provision of integrated housing, welfare, and health services. Public policy should ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, discusses the impact of the ongoing cost-of-living and energy crises on the standard of living for persons with disabilities. Based on available evidence, it provides an overview on legislation, policy measures and schemes that support persons with disabilities and their families to cope with the rising cost of living at the EU level and in ...

Juridiskais pamats nepieciešamībai pēc efektīvas komunikācijas atrodams Eiropas Savienības Pamattiesību hartā (Harta), kas nodrošina visiem pilsoņiem tiesības būt informētiem par ES jautājumiem. ES iestādes ir izstrādājušas vairākus rīkus un pakalpojumus, lai uzturētu komunikāciju ar sabiedrību un to informētu. Eiropas pilsoņu iniciatīva kopš tās oficiālas uzsākšanas 2012. gadā ļauj pilsoņiem tiešāk iesaistīties jaunu tiesību aktu veidošanā un ES jautājumos.

This Briefing, written by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), provides background information for the PETI Fact-finding visit to Donegal, Ireland, scheduled from 30 October to 1 November 2023. It investigates the issue of petitions 0789/2021, 0790/2021, 0799/2021, 0800/2021, 0801/2021, 0813/2021, 0814/2021 and 0837/2021 which raise concerns about the defective quality of certain building ...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI), provides an overview of the right to petition and the rules, procedures and practices used by parliaments for handling petitions, notably in terms of the submission of petitions, admissibility criteria, powers of consideration and criteria for closing petitions. The study also discusses publicity and feedback provided by petitions ...