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15 Amendments of Gerolf ANNEMANS related to 2017/2054(INL)

Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas its resolution of 11 November 2015 on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union2 outlined its position on establishing a joint constituency in which lists are headed by each political family’s candidate for the post of President of the Commission; __________________ 2deleted Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0395.
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas a modification of the electoral law of the EU will be necessary to create the legal basis for such a joint constituency;deleted
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the legal uncertainty created by the triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union by the United Kingdom, the unknown date for finalisation of the Brexit negotiations and the impossibility of adjusting, without a change in the Treaty, the Council’s qualified majority voting system, which should be defined in connection with the allocation of seats in Parliament in order to better ensure the inter-institutional balance;deleted
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that, whilst the mathematical formulas display great potential for providing a permanent system for the distribution of seats in the future, the political and legal uncertainty as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU ultimately make it politically unviable for Parliament to suggest a permanent system at this stage and that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will take place on 29 March 2019 at the latest;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that until the United Kingdom withdraws from the Union, the most viable solution providing legal certainty to Member States would be to maintain the same distribution of seats iand sending a political signal to citizens that fewer Member States means fewer Members of the European Parliament ais the one applio subtract the 73 seats allocated to the United Kin respect of the 2014 - 2019 parliamentary termgdom from the maximum number of Members of the European Parliament as set out by Article 14(2) TEU;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes that a new distribution of seats in Parliament should immediately apply once there is legal certainty and the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective; insists that the MEPs that will occupy the seats resulting from this new distribution shall all take up their seats in Parliament at the same time;deleted
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Proposes that this new distribution of seats should be fair, objective and based on the following principles: respect for the principle of degressive proportionality, no loss of seats for any Member State, and the use of only a minimal fraction of the seats vacated by the UK;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the new distribution proposed would allow for a reduction in the size of Parliament to 69977 members plus the President, thereby leaving sufficient room for manoeuvre to accommodate potential future enlargements of the EU and members elected in a joint constituency;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the proposed distribution based on principles provides a solid foundation for the future establishment of a permanent system and calls for the adoption of such permanent system in the near future; proposes that this system be chosen well in advance ofbefore the elections to the European Parliament in 202419;
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recital 3
(3) From the European elections after the adoption of the legal basis for transnational lists, a number of representatives in the European Parliament should be elected in a joint constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union;deleted
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
However, once the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State, for the 2019 - 2024 parliamentary term, shall be set as follows:by a European Council decision
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – table
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2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. If the date on which the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective falls after the European Parliament elections in 2019, each Member State concerned shall designate the persons who will fill the additional seats resulting from the difference between the number of seats allocated to that Member State in Article 3 of Decision 2013/312/EU and the number of seats allocated to it in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article. Member States shall designate the persons who will fill those additional seats in accordance with their legislation, provided that the persons in question have been elected by direct universal suffrage and by reference to the results of the European Parliament elections in 2019.deleted
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The representatives in the European Parliament who fill the additional seats referred to in paragraph 2 shall take up their seats in Parliament at the same time.deleted
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 4
Sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2024 – 2029 parliamentary term, the European Parliament shall submit to the European Council, in accordance with Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, a proposal for a permanent method for the allocation of seats between Member States.Article 4 deleted
2017/10/20
Committee: AFCO