Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC related to 2016/2149(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning national Parliaments (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning national parliaments PDF (396 KB) DOC (71 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas national parliaments play an essentialimportant role in granting and completing the democratic legitimacy of the Union, thereby ensuring its good constitutional functioning (Article 12 TEU);
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas national parliaments should takeplay a part in any kind of revision of the European Treaties and have recently been called upon to play an active role in a series of EU democratic conventions;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas some national parliaments are sometimes critical of the EWS, claiming that its provisions are not easy to put into practice and lack a broad scope of application;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the implementation of the EWS could be greatly improved, as demonstrated by the limited usage of the yellow card procedure and the ineffectiveness of the orange card procedureack of coordination between national parliaments when making use of their right to submit reasoned opinions on an alleged breach of the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas many national parliaments do not make full use of the eight-week period laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 has proven to be inadequate for timelyfor monitoring of compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that national parliaments should bare granted enough time and powers to scrutinise the activity of national governments at European level, whether in the Council or in the European Council, in full compliance with the Member States’ constitutions; believes that an exchange of best practices between national parliaments should be promoted in this respect;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that politicalWelcomes that budgetary calendars at national and European level should bare better coordinated, by aligningthrough the European Semester with the agendas of national parliaments, in order to coordinate economic policies, but without disregard for the powers of self-governance and the specific rules of procedure of each parliamentary chamber; suggests, therefore, the implementation of a national period for budgetary dialogue, during which national parliaments would be able to prepare the European Semester by mandating their own governments in their relations with the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the alignment of different political stances across the Member States could strengthen and expand cross-sectional debates at European level; considerrecommends, therefore, that national parliamentary delegations acting before the European Institutions should consist of members from several political parties; stresses the relevance of the principle of proportionality in this regard;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls forSuggests the establishment of an annual European week, during which Members of the European Parliament and Commissioners would simultaneously stand before all national parliamentary assemblies in order to discuss the European agenda; undertakes to coordinate the implementation of a European week, possibly by reviewing its own rules of procedure in order to endorse the initiative, and encourages national parliaments to do the same;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that the EWS has seldom been used since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, and believes that it could be reformed within the current constitutional framework;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the Commission should not be granted the discretion to give notice of the date on which a draft legislative act is transmitted to national parliaments; believes, accordingly, that the Commission should not have the competence to monitor the eight-week period within which national parliamentary chambers may issue reasoned opinions on compliance with the principle of subsidiarity; calls, therefore,alls for the implementation of a technical notification period within the EWS, in order to accommodate the time delay between the date on which the draft legislative acts are sent by the Commission and the date on which they are actually received by national parliamentary chambers;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Suggests the implementation of a procedureRecalls the Barroso initiative, whereby national parliaments couldan submit reasoned opinions to the Commission with the aim of positively influencing its powers of legislative initiative, and whereby the Commission could either legislate in line with such opinions or issue a reasoned veto underlining its reasons for not doing soEuropean policy; points out that such a procedure candoes not consist of a right to legislative initiative, or a right to withdraw or amend legislation, as it would otherwise subvert the Union method and violate the Treaties;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Believes that the idea of a 'green card' procedure, whereby national parliaments could submit legislative proposals to the Council for its consideration, should be considered as a positive and constructive means of raising the participation and activity of national parliaments in the EU legislative process; considers that, as part of the same package, the two co-legislators should be granted the right of initiative;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that national parliaments would better cope with the information sent to them either by virtue of the EWS, or under their right to information, if the IPEX platform was given the relevance of an Agora, or forum, for a permanent dialogue among national parliaments and between these and the European institutions; resolves, therefore, to promote the use of the platform for the enhancement of political dialogue, and for flagging up subsidiarity concerns swiftly; undertakes to instructoffers assistance to guide the staff of national parliamentary chambers on how to work with the platform;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates, however, the need to simplify and harmonize the current framework of relations between the Union and national parliaments, as evidenced by the disproportionate numbervariety of entities, bodies and meetings at present;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that strengthening political and technical dialogue between parliamentary committees, both at national and at European level, would be a greatly productive step towards full interparliamentary cooperation; takes the view that additional budgetary resources should be allocated to the Committees of the European Parliament, with the aim of allowing rapporteurs to undertake missions in order to informally discuss with national parliamentary committees the content of their reports;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Acknowledges the relevance of the Interparliamentary Committee Meetings (ICM) established in Articles 9 and 10 of Protocol No 1; believes that better interinstitutional cooperation could be attained if the ICM were given more relevance by the Members of the European Parliament and the national parliaments and were prepared in closer cooperation with national parliamentary chambers;