1 Amendments of Andor DELI related to 2015/2040(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the formation of the Juncker Commission was delayed owing to the late nomination by some Member States of their candidate commissioner, while an acceptable degree of gender balance was only achieved at the last minute thanks to Parliament’s firm insistence that the new Commission must contain at least the same number of women as the outgoing Commission; considers that such a situation could be prevented in future by setting a deadline by which Member States have to nominate their candidates, and by encouraging Member States to propose at least two nominees – one male and one femalwith due regard for gender balance – for consideration by the President-elect, taking into account the fields of expertise of the candidates and the work that they have done to date;