12 Amendments of Domènec RUIZ DEVESA related to 2023/2104(INL)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Council has repeatedly requested that Parliament propose an objective, fair, durable and transparent method to allocate the seats in the European Parliament ; whereas, despite considering the issue , Parliament has not put forward a proposal for such an allocation method so far; whereas there is a renewed call for Parliament to present a proposal as European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament requests that by the end of 2026 and in advance of the proposal on its composition, the European Parliament should propose an objective, fair, durable and transparent seat allocation method implementing the principle of degressive proportionality, without prejudice to the institutions’ prerogatives under the Treaties; whereas the European Council Decision further states that, taking into account the impact of possible future developments, such a method should safeguard a sustainable maximum number of members of the European Parliament;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament for the 2024-2029 legislative term increases the size of Parliament from 705 to 720 members; whereas the Treaty currently sets an upper limit of 751 members; whereas the current solution used to avoid seat losses by individual member states of tapping into the remaining reserve of seats until the upper limit is reached is neither sustainable nor contributes to a more equitable allocation of seats; whereas this situation underlines the need for an agreement on an objective, fair, durablepermanent and transparent seat allocation method;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas further to these principles, a future seat allocation method should be objective and transparent in terms of procedural application and data used, fair in terms of the equality of votes, and durablepermanent with respect to its application irrespective of variations in the populations of the Member States, the number of Member States, and the total number of EP seats;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Whereas the proposal on the allocation of seats for the European Parliament composition for the 2029-2034 legislative term shall include a reserve of 28 additional seats for members elected in an Union-wide constituency in line with Parliament’s proposal on the Electoral Law as adopted on 3 May 2022; points out that, in line with that proposal, those seats can only be taken up after the elections following the entry into force of a revised Electoral Law including the necessary provisions for the Union-wide constituency;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a permanent and stable seat allocation method offers great potential for providing in the future a permanent system to allocate the seats of the European Parliament in an objective, fair, durable and transparent way;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Further notes that the ‘Cambridge Compromise’ has been criticised for neglecting the interests of citizens of medium-sized Member States, entailing seat losses for these countries; recalls that in order to counterbalance this tendency of the ‘Cambridge Compromise”, an extensive reform of the qualified voting mechanism currently in force in the Council should be implemented; regretfully acknowledges that, , due to high political hurdles, such as Treaty change, these reforms were never pursued;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Suggests that the body in charge of applying the mathematical formula should be the statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Proposes that the European Parliament should commit to propose to the European Council the results of the formula as applied by Eurostat;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls to adopt an interinstitutional agreement between Parliament and the European Council so that the European Council agrees to accept Parliament's proposal on the basis of the results of the formula for the allocation of seats applied by Eurostat;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – title
Annex I – title
establishing a permanent seat allocation method for the composition of the European Parliament
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Article 3 – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – Article 3 – point 1 a (new)
1a. In addition, subject to the entry into force of Council Regulation (xx/yy) on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that Decision, in the first elections following that event, 28 representatives in the European Parliament are elected in a Union-wide constituency, as provided for in that Regulation
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 1
Sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the parliamentary term following the next parliamentary term after the adoption of this decision, the European Parliament shall submit to the European Council, in accordance with Article 14(2) TEU, a proposal for an updated allocation of seats in the European Parliament calculated by Eurostat in accordance with the formula laid down in Article 3.