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8 Amendments of Vital MOREIRA related to 2009/2134(INI)

Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that an additional 25 MEPs will be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; transnational lists will be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and will be gender-balanced; each elector will be enabled to cast one vote for the EU-wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list: voting for the EU constituency will be in accordance with the preferential semi-open list system (whereby votes are allotted either to the party list or to individual candidates within a list); and seats will be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method2; further, proposes that an electoral authority will be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the EU- wide list; 1 The Sainte-Laguë method uses divisors of 1, 3, 5, 7, etc, and was used in the 2009 European elections in Germany, Latvia and Sweden. It produces a slightly more proportional result than the D'Hondt method. 2 The Sainte-Laguë method uses divisors of 1, 3, 5, 7, etc, and was used in the 2009 European elections in Germany, Latvia and Sweden. It produces a slightly more proportional result than the D'Hondt method.Or. en
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 101 #

Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. 2a. Theyre shall not exceedbe seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the Presidentone seats allocated to constituencies established in the Member States. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats. The distribution of those seats among the States shall be reviewed regularly accordingly with the total resident population of the States. Not later than twelve months before the end of the mandate of each Parliament the European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament, respecting the principles referred to in the first subparagraphon the redistribution of seats.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 104 #

Article 7
No administrative or other restriction shall be imposed on the free movement of Members of the European Parliament travelling to or fromMembers of the European Parliament shall enjoy freedom of movement throughout the European Union. This right should take into account the following: 1. Any restriction of a Member’s personal freedom shall be permitted only with the consent of the European Parliament, except where he/she is caught in the placet of meeting of the European Parliament. Membercommitting an offence. 2. The seizure of a Member’s documents or electronic records ofr the European Parliament shall, in respect of customs and exchange control,searching of his/her person, office or place of residence or interception of his/her mail and telephone calls may be accorded: (a) by their own government, the same facilities as those accorded to senior officials travelling abroad on temporary official missions; (b) by the government of other Member States, the same facilities as those accorded to representativred only with the consent of the European Parliament. 3. A Member shall be entitled to decline to give evidence about information which that Member has obtained in the exercise of his/her mandate or about persons from or to whom he/she has obtained or given such information, accordingly with the principle of transparency and the current legislation on the register of interest groups. 4. Investigations or criminal proceedings against a Member shall be suspended at the request of foreign governments on temporary official missionsthe European Parliament. 5. Consent pursuant to paragraph 2 may be applied for only by the authorities competent under national law.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 105 #

Article 7
No administrative or other restriction shall be imposed on the free movement of Members of the European Parliament travelling to or from the place of meeting of the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament shall, in respect of customs and exchange control, be accorded: (a) by their own government, the same facilities as those accorded to senior officials travelling abroad on temporary official missions; (b) by the government of other Member States, the same facilities as those accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official missionsMembers of the European Parliament shall enjoy freedom of movement throughout the European Union. This right should take into account the article 9.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 109 #

Article 9
During the sessions of the European Parliament, its Members shall enjoy: (a) in the territory of their own State, the immunities accorded to members of their parliament; (b) in the territory of any other Member State, immunity from any measure of detention and from legal proceedings. Immunity shall likewise apply to Members while they are travelling to and from the place of meeting of the European Parliament. Immunity cannot be claimed when a Member is found in the act1. Any restriction of a Member’s personal freedom shall be permitted only with the consent of the European Parliament, except where he/she is caught in the act of committing an offence. 2. The seizure of a Member’s documents or electronic records or the searching of his/her person, office or place of residence or interception of his/her mail and telephone calls may be ordered only with the consent of the European Parliament. 3. A Member shall be entitled to decline to give evidence about information which that Member has obtained in the exercise of his/her mandate or about persons from or to whom he/she has obtained or given such information, accordingly with the principle of transparency and the current legislation on the register of interest groups. 4. Investigations ofr committing an offence and shall not prevent the European Parliament from exercising its right to waive the immunity of one of its Membersriminal proceedings against a Member shall be suspended at the request of the European Parliament. 5. Consent pursuant to paragraph 2 may be applied for only by the authorities competent under national law.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 117 #

Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a For the purposes of distributing seats between Member States in accordance with the principle of degressive proportionality pursuant to Article 14(2a) of the Treaty on European Union, the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each State must vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member from a more populous State represents more citizens than each Member from a less populous State and also, conversely, that no less populous State has more seats than a more populous State.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 120 #

Article 2 b (new)
Article 2b 1. Pursuant to Article 14(2b) of the Treaty on European Union, there shall be one additional constituency formed of the entire territory of the Union from which shall be elected twenty-five Members. 2. An electoral authority shall be established to conduct and verify the electoral process of the European Union constituency. The authority shall comprise representatives of the European Parliament, the Commission and each Member State. 3. Transnational lists of candidates for election in the European Union constituency submitted by the European political parties shall be admissible only: (a) if composed of candidates resident in at least one third of the States, and (b) if balanced by gender. 4. Each elector shall have one supplementary vote that may be cast for the European Union-wide list. Seats shall be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method. 5. Detailed arrangements for the European Union constituency election, including the delegation of powers to the electoral authority, shall be laid down in implementing measures to be adopted in accordance with Article 14.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 135 #

Annex to Article 2 a (new)
(mathematical formula proposed by the Rapporteur)deleted
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO