Fittex

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 ...

L-Inizjattiva taċ-Ċittadini Ewropej (IĊE) hija strument importanti tad-demokrazija parteċipattiva fl-UE, li tippermetti lil miljun ċittadin li joqogħdu fi kwart tal-Istati Membri jistiednu lill-Kummissjoni tressaq proposta għal att legali biex jiġu implimentati t-Trattati tal-UE. Sa mill-applikazzjoni ta’ Regolament tal-2011 li jistabbilixxi l-proċeduri dettaljati għall-IĊE, għaxar inizjattivi tressqu b’suċċess quddiem il-Kummissjoni. Minn Jannar 2020, bdew japplikaw regoli ġodda biex l-IĊE ssir ...

Minn kemm ilu fis-seħħ it-Trattat ta’ Maastricht, kull ċittadin tal-UE u r-residenti fiżiċi jew ġuridiċi kollha li jirrisjedu fl-Istati Membri għandhom id-dritt iressqu petizzjoni quddiem il-Parlament Ewropew, fil-forma ta’ lment jew talba rigward kwistjoni li tikkonċerna wieħed mill-oqsma ta’ kompetenza tal-Unjoni Ewropea. Il-petizzjonijiet jiġu eżaminati mill-Kumitat għall-Petizzjonijiet tal-Parlament, li jieħu deċiżjoni dwar l-ammissibilità tagħhom u huwa inkarigat mill-ipproċessar tagħhom.

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 ...

Il-ħtieġa għal komunikazzjoni effettiva għandha bażi ġuridika fil-Karta tad-Drittijiet Fundamentali tal-Unjoni Ewropea (il-Karta), li tiggarantixxi d-dritt taċ-ċittadini kollha li jkunu infurmati dwar kwistjonijiet tal-UE. L-istituzzjonijiet tal-UE żviluppaw diversi għodod u servizzi biex jibqgħu f’kuntatt mal-pubbliku u jinfurmaw lill-pubbliku. Minn meta tnediet formalment fl-2012, l-Inizjattiva taċ-Ċittadini Ewropej ippermettiet liċ-ċittadini jiġu involuti b’mod aktar dirett fil-leġiżlazzjoni l-ġdida ...

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 ...