Activities of Jasenko SELIMOVIC 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)
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 (16)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Treaty provides for the President of the Commission isto be 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 whereas the Treaties also provide for a procedure in the eventuality that parliament was to reject the proposed candidate;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Commission has a legalTreaty based obligations to report regularly to Parliament as follows: yearly on the general activities of the Union (Article 249 TFEU); every three years on the application of the provisions on non- discrimination and citizenship of the Union (Article 25 TFEU); on the results of multilateral surveillance in economic policy (Article 121(5) TFEU); every three years on the progress made on social policy (Articles 159 and 161 TFEU); every three years on the progress made towards achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion (Article 175 TFEU); yearly on research activities in the Union (Article 190 TFEU); yearly on the fight against fraud (Article 325 TFEU); and when conducting negotiations with third countries or international organisations (Article 207 TFEU);
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas, additionally, in secondary legislation the Commission is instructed to review and evaluate various Directives and Regulations and report on its findings;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas stronger cooperation between the European Parliament and national and regional parliaments, in line with their respective constitutional competences, is necessary to address the issue of multi-layeredparliamentary control of executive functions when it comes to the implementation of European legislation;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the fact that thepotential of stronger politicisation of the Commission since the first successful implementation of the Spitzenkandidaten process has narrowed the democratic gap, by allowingdue to the Spitzenkandidaten when all European citizens have a direct say in the choice of the president of the Commission by means of a vote on their preferential candidate; therefore strongly supports the pursuitintroduction of this practice for the 2019future European elections;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Is convinced that the Spitzenkandidaten should head the lists of the European political parties in the elections to the European Parliament;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the threshold enshrined in the Treaties for a motion of censure to be too high to allow the effective use of this instrument, and dDeplores the lack of possibilities to hold individual commissioners to account;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that Parliament’s role of oversight towards the executive should be mirroris complemented by similar competences of the national parliaments over their own executives when dealing with European affairs;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the exercise of control by Parliament over the executive pursuant to Article 14 TEU has been made difficult, if not sometimes impossible, by the lack of a clear catalogue of Union executive competences and policies and by the multilayered- level attribution of competences between European, national and regnational executives;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on Parliament to reinforce its capacity for assessment of the implementation of delegated and implementing acts;
Amendment 76 #
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 theintroduce a procedures for holding individual commissioners accountable to Parliament throughout their term of office, which to abuilding on the limited extent as it already exists in the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is convinced of the usefulness of parliamentary questions as an oversight tool; considers it necessary, therefore, to undertake an in-depth assessment of the quality of the answers provided by the Commission to Members’ questions, as well as on the quantity and quality of the questions asked by Members;
Amendment 80 #
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;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the national parliaments of the Member States, and the European Committee of the Regions and the regional parliaments.