Activities of Damian BOESELAGER related to 2022/2142(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the passerelle clauses in the EU Treaties
Amendments (25)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas a growing number of threats, including Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the continued rise of global authoritarianism, the assertive foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China, the climate emergency, and the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic, are profoundly reshaping the EU’s immediate geopolitical environment and are urging it to play a stronger and more coherent role in the international arena; whereas in light of a possible future enlargement of the Union, internal reform and abolishing unanimity becomes even more pressing ; whereas the present de facto requirement of Council unanimity in all matters under Title V TEU is one of the major shortcomings of the EU, affecting its ability to act and making it unfit to tackle many of today's challenges ; whereas a reform of the EU's decision-making should therefore be a priority for Member States to ensure that the EU can react more swiftly to the proliferation of new and emerging challenges;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe; reiterates its commitment to following them up effectively and itsbased on the citizens' recommendations and their call for the Treaties to be amended urgently5; _________________ 5 Resolution of 9 June 2022 on the call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties.
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that, if approved, Treaty changes extending QMV to areas where unanimity is currently required would require time before coming into forcebased on their preparation by a convention within an ordinary treaty revision procedure would require time before coming into force, while, under the current Treaties, passerelle clauses can be activated immediately and therefore provide an important tool to enhance the effectiveness of decision-making in Council and thus ultimately to meaningfully improve the EU‘s ability to act;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests that the activation of passerelle clauses should be possible through reinforced QMV and calls for the Treaties to be changed to allow for this;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Suggests to the Council or the European Council to make use of the instruments of enhanced cooperation and constructive abstention when foreseen in the Treaties instead of preventing any decision to be taken under the threat of a veto in a unanimity stalemate while continuously moving towards applying QMV;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Stresses that passerelle clauses cshould be a useful toold to move towards QMV in specific fields of the CFSP, in particular for:
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a
Paragraph 8 – point a
a) the adoption of restrictive measures, including under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regim and other instruments linked to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b
Paragraph 8 – point b
b) the adoption of statements or decisions on international human rights issues, including under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point b a (new)
b a) interim steps in the enlargement process;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
c) and decisions regarding civilian cCommon sSecurity and dDefence pPolicy (CSDP) missions and operations without an executive mandate;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Understands that several of these specific fields of CFSP have found strong support by many Member States in the last Council discussions based on the replies to the questionnaire of the Czech Presidency; urges the Swedish and upcoming Spanish and Belgian Council Presidencies on this basis to follow up on the initiative of the Czech Council Presidency in an effective way and to foster a momentum in Council to gradually make use of passerelle clauses starting with decisions on CFSP and other matters;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that moving from unanimity to QMV on certain tax matters, such as in largely integrated tax policies and the implementation of international agreements, would contribute to a more effective and coherent framework for collecting taxes and tackling tax evasion and avoidance and addressing fraud concerns;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission in its resolution of 6 July 2022 on national vetoes to undermine the global tax deal to relaunch the discussion on the use of qualified majority voting for tax matters through a phased approach, as a follow-up to the Commission communication of 15 January 2019 entitled ‘Towards a more efficient and democratic decision making in EU tax policy’, and as a response to the outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Social and anti-discrimination policyies
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
EU Democracy
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the European Council to adopt a decision under Article 31(3) TEU establishing that restrictive measures (Article 29 TEU) are to be taken by QMV, particularly given the necessity to act rapidly in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; furthermore calls on the European Council or the Council to urgently use passerelle clauses for the adoption of statements or decisions on international human rights issues, including under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, for interim steps in the enlargement process, and for decisions regarding Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions and operations without an executive mandate;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the European Council, in light of the ongoing energy crisis, to activate the general passerelle clauses to allow measures on energy policy which are primarily fiscal ((Article 192(2), Article 194(3) TFEU) to be approved by QMV and OLP;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11
Subheading 11
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the European Council to activate the general passerelle clauses to switch to QMV and OLP in policies related to largely harmonised tax policies, particularly in the VAT taxation (Article 113 TFEU), and for all acts which directly affect the functioning of the internal market (Article 115 TFEU), in particular those related to previously agreed international agreements and administrative cooperation;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 12
Subheading 12
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Urges the European Council or the Council to activate passerelle clauses to move to QMV and OLP for decisions in all possible areas affecting the democratic functioning of the Union, including the elections to the European Parliament;