Activities of Daniel FREUND related to 2023/2016(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The European Elections 2024 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Elections 2024
Amendments (14)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the reform of the European Parliament's electoral procedure should aim to enhance the democratic and transnational public debate and dimension of the European elections and the democratic legitimacy of the Union decision-making process, reinforce citizenship in the Union, and improve the functioning of the European Parliament and the governance of the Union; whereas transnational lists, in particular in combination with the lead candidate system, would boost a European public debate on European ideas;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Member States in Council are not credibly engaging with Parliament on its position of 3 May 2022, thereby neglecting their treaty obligations and preventing a genuine reform of the electoral law;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the higher turnout in the 2019 European elections and strives to work on further increasing the turnout at the 2024 European elections; is worried about the low turnout among mobile Union citizens and is committed to increase this turnout as expressed in its position of 14 February 2023 on the Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the important role ofthat European political parties and foundations should have according to the EU treaties in contributing to the debate on European public policy issues and in forming European political awareness; notes, however, that owing to restrictive measures at European and national levels, European political parties cannot fully participate in European election campaigns; stresses, moreover, that they are not allowed to campaign in referendums that concern European matters; encourages European political parties to reach an agreement on how to adapt the provisions inpoints out that this and other provisions where meant to strengthen EUPPs’ role in the revision process of regulation1141/2014; encourages European political parties to reflect on implementing the proposals of this resolution tofor developing the electoral campaign to the European elections and on how to proceed during the post-electoral process;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the enhanced visibility of European political parties in public debates and media campaigns; insists that all national political parties should make the names and/or logos of the European political parties visible on ballots and campaign material; calls on the European political parties to draft manifestos in good time ahead of the elections so as to be able to share their proposals; considers that European political parties’ manifestos should be known before the elections, which requires clear and transparent rules on campaigning, also EU-wide; underlines the importance of democratic standards and internal party democracy rules in order to ensure that for example the nomination of candidates is pursued in a democratic manner;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that transnational lists would foster the European public debate and empower European political parties to become stronger structures of representation as well as, in particular in combination with the lead candidate system, to improve accountability in the European democratic system;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the establishment of an interinstitutional agreement between the Parliament and the European Council on the lead candidate system within the framework of Article 17(7) TEU; asks the President of the European Parliament to immediately start the preparatory work leading to such an agreement afters soon as possible, but latest during the first session of the new Parliament following the elections; believes that European political parties and their respective parliamentary groups should engage in negotiations after the next European election to agree on behalf of the European Parliament on a common candidate to preside over the Commission before the European Council makes its proposal;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Commits itself to upholding the lead candidate system by ensuring that the next Commission President will be the lead candidate of the European political party that can ensure a majority in the European Parliament; believes that the lead candidate gaining most seats in Parliament via one group or a coalition of groups should have the first right to form a necessary majority; believes that if this first lead candidate fails to find this majority, the second placed lead candidate should have the right to form the necessary majority, and so on;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes that the European political parties and their parliamentary groups adopt a ‘legislature agreement’ for the legislative period 2024 – 2029 as a way of securing a majority in Parliament ahead of the appointment of the Commission as a basis for its work and a guarantee, to European voters, of a coherent follow-up to the elections; is of the opinion that the involvement of relevant persons from national governments and all levels of the parties could improve the acceptance and implementation of such an agreement;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the President of Parliamentlead candidates in their before mentioned order should lead consultations with the leaders of the European political parties, the presidents of the parliamentary groups and the European Council after the European elections regarding the nomination of the Commission President; considers that to strengthen the link between the citizens’ vote and the appointment of the Commission, the European Council President should also engage in consultations with the Presidents of the European Political parties;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a reform of the Treaties and in particular of Article 223 TFEU on the provisions necessary for the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage; urges Council and ultimately the European Council to act on its proposal to trigger Article 48 TEU in order to establish a convention with the aim to also reform European electoral processes;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the accessibility of the elections through the introduction of measures aimed at ensuring access to information and accessible voting arrangements – for instance the use of assistive technologies, formats and techniques like Braille, QR codes, large print, audio-based information and tactile stencils, easy to read information and sign language communication; believes that public awareness campaigns are key to increasing turnout and calls on the Member States to make all efforts in this regard, also involving civil society organisations;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the introduction of postal voting to ensure that the inability to go to the polling stations on Election Day does not prevent citizens of the Union from exercising their right to vote; further advocates introducing complementary tools to facilitate voting, such as advance physical voting and proxy voting, as well as electronic and online voting;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. WConsiders gender equality to be a key element for improving representation in elections; welcomes the progress made towards a gender-balanced Parliament following the 2019 European elections, but underlines the existing disparities between Member States with regard to their levels of representation of women; encourages, in this regard, the implementation of the provisions adopted by Parliament on 3 May 2022 on the new European electoral law, namely the use of zipped lists or quotas;