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11 Amendments of Elmar BROK related to 2013/2185(INI)

Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas although the national parliaments’ role and contribution are clear under the new institutional set-up stemming from the Lisbon Treaty, the new provisions have been implemented in the absence of a clear overall institutional vision;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas this is due in part to the fact that the role of the EU Speakers’ Conference as a political driving force in interparliamentary relations still needs to be more clearly defined and placed on a more formal institutional footing;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
U. whereas, almost five years after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, with a view to future Conventions, rel a reflection is needed on the experience drawn from the different forms of cooperations between the European Parliament and the national parliaments now need be consolidated and properly organised in order to avoid duplication and to help to giwith a view to giving ever greater democratic legitimacy to the European integration process, as well as to ensureing that democratic scrutiny is exercised in a timely manner and at the level at which decisions are taken and implemented and that everyone all parties in the legislative process receive the information they require;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas this reflection should be carried out after the forthcoming European elections, in close cooperation with national parliaments
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Views interparliamentary meetings as places where EU policies and national policies come together and feed off each other, to the benefit of both; believes that a key function of such meetings is to allow national parliaments to take account of the European perspective in national debates, and the European Parliament to take account of the national perspective in European debates; reiterates that the aim of such cooperation is not to form a new joint parliamentary body for inclusion in the Union’s current decision-making set- up, as this would be both ineffective and undemocratic and unconstitutional;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Draws attention the fact that the novel European interparliamentary system that isis still in the process of taking shape is in need of a legal framework and of more formal procedures, to be established jointly with the national parliaments, in order to move forward with the process of ‘parliamentarising’ the European Union and consolidate the multitier parliamentary system; takes the view therefore that any attempt to devise a common framework for all types of interparliamentary cooperation is premature;
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that such cooperation cannot be separated from the aim of contributing ‘actively to the good functioning of the Union’ and that interparliamentary meetings and cooperation arrangements therefore need to be better coordinated in order to enhance their effectiveness and quality, as well as the contribution they make to the integration process;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the development of formal interparliamentary conferences should be based on common ground rules which make allowance for the special features of each type of conference;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls, with a view to avoiding duplication, cutting costs and increasing effectiveness, for greater internal and external coordination between the programme put forward by the parliament of the Member State holding the Council Presidency and the work programmes of the European Parliament’s committees;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Draws attention to the need for the EU Speakers’ Conference to lend greater political impetus to and shape interparliamentary cooperation, in keeping with the remit for each conference and meeting;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Proposes that an interparliamentary agreement should be concluded between the national parliaments and the European Parliament, to form the basis for organised, efficient cooperation pursuant to Article 9 of Protocol No 1 to the Lisbon Treaty and Rule 130 of its own rules of procedure and to cover, inter alia: (a) the basic features of interparliamentary cooperation; (b) common ground rules; (c) the European issues, both general and sector-specific, that are of shared interest; (d) exchanges of information, documents and best practice; (e) reciprocal arrangements facilitating interparliamentary relations;deleted
2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO