Activities of Elmar BROK related to 2018/2113(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Treaty provisions related to EU Citizenship - Implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning enhanced cooperation - Implementation of the Treaty provisions on Parliament’s power of political control over the Commission - Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Treaty provisions on Parliament’s power of political control over the Commission PDF (227 KB) DOC (84 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the institutional framework of the Union as enshrined in the Treaties confers on Parliament, as a legislative body of the Union, the responsibility of political oversight over the Commission;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the President of the Commission is elected by Parliament on a proposal by the EU heads of state and government and, taking into account the results of the European elections and the consultations with the European Parliament;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas all commissioners- designate are subject to a hearing before the investiture of the College of Commissioners, and whereas over its mandate Parliament can review the commitments and priorities expressed by the commissioners-designate during their appointment hearings, including an evaluation of whether their personal backgrounds qualify them for fulfilling the requirements the office demands;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that Parliament is not making full use of all its instruments of political control over the executive, owing to a variety of reasons, some being inherent to the institutional structure of the Union and others being for example the results of the changing interinstitutional dynamics, which have made some of the instruments difficult to apply or not sufficiently effective;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsidersReminds that the threshold enshrined in the Treaties for a motion of censure to be too high to allowis intended to reserve the effective use of this instrument, and deplores the lack of for serious cases, acknowledges that, as in most parliamentary democracies, the possibility of a motion of censure works mostly as a deterrent; and recalls the lack of Treaty- based possibilities to hold individual commissioners to account;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the facPoints out that the politicisation of the Commission has not been followed by a subsequent Treaty change, which would have enabled the consolidation of Commission’s role as the European executive branch throughis a direct effect of the changes introduced in the Lisbon Treaty; notes that these changes did not include the adoption of provisions that would allow holding individual commissioners to account and would lower the threshold required for a motion of censure;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to take more serious account of the legislative initiatives launched by Parliament under Article 225 TFEU, calls on the next Commission President to commit to this objective and welcomes respective statements of Spitzenkandidaten in this regard; and wishes to see more initiatives result in legislative proposals; at the same time, commends the Commission for its positive follow-up to Parliament’s recommendations expressed in its resolution of 16 February 2017 on improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Welcomes the current effort of the three institutions to establish clear criteria for the delineation of the use of delegated and implementing acts; and urges that these criteria should be applied as soon as possible;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers it necessary in a future Treaty change to amend the provisions regarding the motion of censure, in order to lower the required threshold, as well as to reinforce the procedureto improve instruments for holding individual commissioners accountable to Parliament throughout their term of office, which to a limited extent already exist in the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls once again on the Commission to review its administrative procedures for the appointment of its Secretary-General, Directors-General and Directors, with the objective of fully ensuring that the best candidates are selected within a framework of maximum transparency and equal opportunities; suggests that in the context of a further parliamentarisation of the institutional structure of the Union, parliamentary hearings of senior officials of the Union executive should be envisaged;