Activities of Jaak MADISON related to 2022/2142(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of passerelle clauses in the EU Treaties
Amendments (8)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the unanimity requirement in the Council continues to be one of the biggest impediments in EU decision- making processes; whereas some Member States have used their right to veto to block or delay decisions in order to raise concerns on other unrelated issuthe main guarantee of sovereignty of the Member States and the intergovernmental character of the EU, which are preconditions for mutually beneficial and harmonious cooperation between independent European nation states;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas passerelle clauses do not change EU competences but only decision-making rules, allowingare a serious attempt to distort EU competences and to move towards a movre from unanimity to qualified majority voting (QMV) and/or from special legislative procedures to the ordinary legislative procedure (OLP) in specific caseederalist EU without necessary democratic checks and balances i.e. changes of treaties and referendums;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the Union must be able to respond rapidly and effectively to the unprecedented challenges it is facing; regrets that, even though the Union has proven in specific cases to be able to act decisively, the unanimity voting requirement has often blocked EU action in different areasreturn to the intergovernmental cooperation model and preserve the unanimity voting requirement; regrets that willingness of some Member States to abide by the EU treaties and to maintain their sovereignty is being used as a scapegoat for the EU's internal problems to further a federalist agenda;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it urgent, therefore, to go beyondmaintain unanimity and move as soon as possible toreject QMV and OLP in key policy fields in order to improve the EU’s capaconsensus and ability to act;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Stresses that passerelle clauses could be a useful tool to move towards QMV in specific fields of the CFSP, in particular fordefinitely should not be applied in fields of the CFSP because of following reasons:
Amendment 54 #
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 Regimealthough enabling the EU to reach decisions more quickly, the decisions would carry much less weight in the eyes of third powers, if they saw only a part of the Member States to back them;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point b
Paragraph 8 – point b
b) the adoption of statements or decisions on international human rightsEU risks of being fragmented, with multiple smaller and weaker centres of power in specific issues;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
c) and decisions regarding civilian common security and defence policy (CSDP) missionsit would be self-defeating for the EU to undo the unanimity rule that enables even the smallest Member States to secure their core national interests inside the EU;