Report | Doc. 11950 | 15 June 2009
Draft Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority
(Former) Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs
Summary
In a letter dated 27 May 2009, the Chair of the Ministers’ Deputies asked the Parliamentary Assembly for an opinion on the Draft Additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority.
The committee considers that democratic participation at local level is an essential component of democracy in the 21st century and therefore can only support the adoption of the Additional Protocol by the Committee of Ministers.
A. Draft opinion
(open)B. Explanatory memorandum by Mr Dorić, rapporteur
(open)(open)
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Reporting committee: Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs
Reference to committee:Doc. 11935, Reference No. 3576 of 28 May 2009 (Request for an opinion from the Committee of Ministers)
Draft opinion adopted unanimously by the committee on 11 June 2009
Members of the Committee: Mr Alan Meale (Chairman), Mrs Maria Manuela de Melo (1st Vice-Chairperson), Mr Juha Korkeaoja (2nd Vice-Chairman), Mr Cezar Florin Preda (3rd Vice-Chairman) (alternate: Mr Iosif Veniamin Blaga), Mr Remigijus Ačas, Mr Ruhi Açikgöz, Mr Artsruni Aghajanyan, Mr Miloš Aligrudić, Mr Alejandro Alonso Nùñez (alternate: Mr Gabino Puche Rodríguez-Acosta)), Mr Gerolf Annemans, Mr Miguel Arias Cañete, Mr Alexander Babakov, Mr Ivan Brajović, Mrs Elvira Cortajarena Iturrioz, Mr Veleriu Cosarciuc, Mr Vladimiro Crisafulli, Mr Taulant Dedja, Mr Hubert Deittert, Mr Karl Donabauer, Mr Miljenko Dorić, Mr Gianpaolo Dozzo, Mr Tomasz Dudziński, Mr József Ékes, Mr Savo Erić, Mr Bill Etherington (alternate: Mr Edward O’Hara), Mr Nigel Evans (alternate: Mr John Prescott), Mr Joseph Falzon (alternate: Mr Joseph Debono Grech), Mr Gianni Farina, Mr Ivàn Farkas, Mr Relu Fenechiu (alternate: Mr Ionut-Marian Stroe), Ms Eva Garcia Pastor, Mr Zahari Georgiev, Mr Peter Götz, Mr Rafael Huseynov, Mr Jean Huss, Mr Fazail Ibrahimli, Mr Ivan Ivanov, Mr Igor Ivanovski, Mr Bjørn Jacobsen, Mrs Danuta Jazłowiecka, Mr Birkir Jón Jonsson, Mr Stanisław Kalemba, Mr Guiorgui Kandelaki, Mr Haluk Koç, Mr Bojan Kostres, Mr Dominique Le Mèner, Mr Pau Lempens, Mr François Loncle, Mr Aleksei Lotman, Mrs Kerstin Lundgren, Mr Theo Maissen, Mr Yevhen Marmazov, Mr Bernard Marquet, Mr José Mendes Bota, Mr Peter Mitterer, Mr Pier Marino Mularoni, Mr Adrian Năstase, Mr Pasquale Nessa, Mr Tomislav Nikolić, Mrs Carina Ohlsson, Mr Joe O’Reilly, Mr Germinal Peiro (alternate: Mr Alain Cousin), Mr Ivan Popescu, Mr René Rouquet, Mrs Anta Rugāte, Mr Giacento Russo, Mr Fidias Sarikas, Mr Leander Schädler, Mr Herman Scheer, Mr Mykola Shershun (alternate: Mrs Olha Herasym’yuk), Mr Hans Kristian Skibby, Mr Ladislav Skopal, Mr Rainder Steenblock, Mr Valerij Sudarenkov, Mr Laszlo Szakacs, Mr Vyacheslav Timchenko, Mr Bruno Tobback, Mr Dragan Todorović, Mr Nikolay Tulaev, Mr Tomas Ulehla, Mr Mustafa Ünal, Mr Peter Verlić, Mr Rudolf Vis, Mr Harm Evert Waalkens, Mr Hansjörg Walter, Mrs Roudoula Zissi
N.B. The names of those members present at the meeting are printed in bold.
Secretariat to the committee: Mrs Nollinger, Mr Torcătoriu and Mrs Karanjac