5 Amendments of Gerolf ANNEMANS related to 2017/2233(ACI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, according to Article 10(4) TEU, political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of the citizens of the Union, even if they are critical of the institutions of the EU and their functioning, since it can not be the intention to limit opinions or beliefs to those of proponents of the Union and its current functioning;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Commission President will be elected by the European Parliament on a proposal by the European Council, taking into account the elections to the European Parliament and after appropriate consultations have been held, and that therefore, as was the case in 2014, European political parties shallcan come up with lead candidates (‘Spitzenkandidaten’) in order to give the European citizens the choice whom to elect as Commission President in the European Parliament elections; points out that the system of the Spitzenkandidaten is a possibility that - as in 2014 - could take the form of an agreement to limit voters' options to candidates appointed by parliamentary groups; points out however that introducing such a system gives rise to the unjustified suggestion that the system of the Spitzenkandidaten is a 'so-called' democratic election of the President of the Commission, while, in fact, it continues to be an indirect imitation of a direct election by the population as a whole, which operates within the strict framework of the existing structures of the political groups and/or parties currently existing in the outgoing Parliament;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Spitzenkandidaten process is a further step in strengthening the EU’s parliamentary dimension, and therefore warns that the European Parliament willcan reject any candidate in the investiture procedure of the Commission President who was not appointed as a Spitzenkandidat in the run-up to the elections of the European Parliament; points out that the system of the Spitzenkandidaten is a possibility that - as in 2014 - could take the form of an agreement to limit voters' options to candidates appointed by parliamentary groups; points out however that introducing such a system gives rise to the unjustified suggestion that the system of the Spitzenkandidaten is a 'so-called' democratic election of the President of the Commission, while, in fact, it continues to be an indirect imitation of a direct election by the population as a whole, which operates within the strict framework of the existing structures of the political groups and/or parties currently existing in the outgoing Parliament;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the Spitzenkandidaten process fosters the political awareness of European citizens in the run-up to the elections of the European Parliament and reinforces the political legitimacy of both Parliament and the Commission by connecting their respective elections a little bit more directly to the choice of the voters; points out that the system of the Spitzenkandidaten is a possibility that - as in 2014 - could take the form of an agreement to limit voters' options to candidates appointed by parliamentary groups; points out however that introducing such a system gives rise to the unjustified suggestion that the system of the Spitzenkandidaten is a 'so- called' democratic election of the President of the Commission, while, in fact, it continues to be an indirect imitation of a direct election by the population as a whole, which operates within the strict framework of the existing structures of the political groups and/or parties currently existing in the outgoing Parliament;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that all majorseveral5a European political parties embraced the Spitzenkandidaten process in the run-up to the 2014 European elections, which is itself a sign of its success, and stresses that the 2019 European elections will be the occasion to cement the use of that process; _________________ 5aa factual correction that avoids giving the impression that some political parties or opinions are not taken into account or that their opinion should not be respected.