Activities of Daniel FREUND related to 2021/0372(CNS)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council directive on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The detailed arrangements governing the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament are set out in Council Directive 93/109/EC. Such arrangements do not affect each Member State's provisions concerning the right to vote or to stand as a candidate of its nationals who reside outside its electoral territory and of certain persons who have close links to this Member State, other than its own nationals or Union citizens residing in this Member State.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. Nothing in this Directive shall affect each Member State's provisions concerning the right to vote or to stand as a candidate of its nationals who reside outside its electoral territory and of certain persons who have close links to this Member State, other than its own nationals or Union citizens residing in this Member State.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. In case of errors in the electoral rolls or in the lists of candidates to the European Parliament, the person concerned shall be entitled to effective legal remedies on similar terms as the laws of the Member State of residence prescribe for voters and persons entitled to stand as candidates who are its nationals.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in the first subparagraph is also provided by a helpdesk accessible 24/7 via phone, mail or Web Portal, in an official language of the Union understandable to the Union voter or candidate in question.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Member States shall designate an authority with responsibility for collecting and providing relevant statistical data to the public and the Commission, on the participation of Union citizens who are not nationals in elections to the European Parliament. This authority shall ensure that statistics on Union voters disaggregated by nationality and constituency or locality, are easily accessible during the electoral campaign.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Within six months after each election to the European Parliament Member States shall send information to the Commission and the European Parliament on the application of this Directive in their territory. In addition to general observations, the report shall contain statistical data on the participation in elections to the European Parliament of Union voters and Union citizens entitled to stand as candidates and a summary of the measures taken to support it.