54 Amendments of Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ related to 2020/2220(INL)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas since 1976, when the European Electoral Act paved the way for the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage for the first time, the EP has continuously requested the reform of EU electoral law and moves towards a more a genuine, uniformmore harmonised and European electoral procedure;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, despite some steps forward in defining common standards of electoral procedures for the European Parliament, today EU elections are still mostly governed by national laws and therefore more improvements are needed to establish a genuinely uniformmore harmonised procedure for European elections;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas although a record turnout was registered at the last European elections in 2019, the turnout for European elections remains well below that for national elections; stresses that communication efforts must be made to increase citizens’ interest in European issues and the role of European political parties and foundations in this regard;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the right of all citizens of the Union to participate, on an equal basis, in the democratic life of the Union would be promoted by a genuinen increasing harmonisation of the procedure for elections to the European Parliament in all the Member States , which would also strengthen the political dimension of European integration;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas proposals to introduce a joint constituency have been repeatedly rejected by the European Parliament, and whereas such a measure would increase the complexity of the EU electoral system;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T b (new)
Recital T b (new)
Tb. whereas national and local constituencies enable candidates to forge links with their voters; whereas such links are likely to increase citizens’ interest in European issues;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas postal, electronic and internet voting could make the conduct of European elections more efficient and more appealing for voters, whilston condition that such procedures ensuringe the highest possible standards of data protection;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it essential to improve the transparency and democratic accountability of the Parliament, by strengthening the European dimension of the elections, notably by shifting the debate in election campaigns away from national topics towards genuinely European issues; in addition, considers it essential to transform the European elections into a single European election, as opposed to the collection of 27 separate national elections, which is the way that European elections are mainly perceived today;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European institutions to take into account the priorities identified by European citizens in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the overall improvement in gender equality in the last elections; stresses, however, that there are significant differences between Member States, with some not having elected to Parliament a single woman;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that all European voters should be allowed to indicate their preferred candidate for the President of the Commission, and that leading candidates should be able to stand in all Member States, nominated by a European political party, by a movement or by a coalition of European parties, putting forward a common electoral programme;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on European political parties and movements to nominate their candidates for the position of President of the Commission - or common candidates of a coalition of European parties and movements - at least 12 weeks before the start of the electoral period; considers that binding democratic procedures and transparency in the selection should be ensured; expects candidates to be placed in the first position of the corresponding list of the joint constituency;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that a coordinated media strategy at European level to ensure coverage and monitoring of the European elections would help to increase citizens’ interest in them;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls that the minimum age for eligibility to stand as a candidate across the 27 Member States varies between 18 and 25; calls foron the introduction of a single,Member States to coordinate with a view to harmonising thed age for passive and active voting rights across Member States as a way to ensure real voting equality and to avoid discrimination in the most fundamental area of citizenship, namely the right to participate in the democratic process ;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Suggests that measures be taken and safeguards be put in place to avoid foreign interference in the electoral process;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Believes that establishing a common European voting day would create a more coherent pan-European election and therefore suggests fixing 9th May as the European election day, regardless of the day of the week on which it falls, with the possibility of that day becoming a public holiday; considers it important that the first official projections of the electoral results are announced simultaneously in all Member States on the election day at 21:00 hours CET;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 5
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 5
(5) Article 17(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) gives the European Parliament the right to elect the President of the European Commission. In order to give that right its appropriate expression, the European public sphere should be developed in such a way that all European voters are allowed to indicate their preferred candidate for the President of the European Commission. For this to happen, the lead candidates nominated by a European political party, by a movement or by a coalition of European parties, need to be able to stand behind a common electoral programme in all Member States. Likewise, a Union-wide constituency, in which lists are headed by each political family’s candidate for President of the Commission, should be created, in order to enhance the democratic and pan- European dimension of the European elections. That Union- wide constituency should be subject to clear rules ensuring gender and demographic proportionality, with particular attention to small and medium sized Member States.
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 6
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 6
(6) According to Article 10(4) of the TEU, political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens of the Union. European political parties and movements should therefore play a more central role in the European elections’ process, including by giving them the possibility of tabling pan- European lists in the Union-wide constituency, so that they become known by and more visible to electors, both on ballot papers and in campaign materials and publications.
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 9
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 9
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 12
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 12
(12) The minimum age for the exercise of active passive voting rights varies across the 27 Member States. AThe Member States should coordinate to introduce a single harmonised age for active and passive voting should be introduced across the Union in order to ensure equality and to avoid discrimination in the most fundamental civic and political right - the right to vote.
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 13
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 13
(13) The 1976 Electoral act established a common electoral period, giving the Member States the power to set the exact date and the time for the elections within that period. A truly pan-European election requires not just a common period, but a common European voting day. The elections for the European Parliament should be held on 9 May, Europe Day, marking the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950.
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 1
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 1
(1) ‘political party’ means an association of citizens which pursues political objectives and which is either recognised by, or established in accordance with, the legal order of at least one Member State and that intends to form or to join a European coalition of national political parties and/or national political movements in order to table a list of candidates to, and campaigning for, the Union-wide constituencyor is established in accordance with that legal order;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 2
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 2
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 3
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 3
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 4
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 4
(4) ‘European political party’ means a political alliance of national political parties which pursues political objectives and is registered with the Authority for European political parties and foundations in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/20148 for the purposes of tabling a candidacy to, and campaigning for, the Union-wide constituency; __________________ 8 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations, OJ 2014/L 317/1.
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 5
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 5
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 6
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 6
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 7
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 7
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 8
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 8
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 4
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 4
Every European Union citizen from 18 years of age shall havewho, in respect of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate for election to the European Parliament, in both the national and in the Union-wide constituency, without prejudice to those Member States that, at the date of the entry into force of this Regulation, have set the minimum age that is lower than 18 for eligibility to vote and for eligibility to stand as a candidate, satisfies the same conditions which the state in which he or she votes imposes by law on its own nationals shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate for election to the European Parliament.
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 6 – paragraph 1
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. No one shall vote more than once in any election of members of the European Parliament in the national constituencies.
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 6 – paragraph 2
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take measures necessary to ensure that double voting in elections to the European Parliament in the national constituencies is subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties.
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 12 – paragraph 2
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Members of the European Parliament shall be elected as representatives of the citizens of the Union on the basis of proportional representation, in each Member State and in the Union- wide constituency.
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 12 – paragraph 4
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 13 – paragraph 2
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 13 – paragraph 2
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 14 – paragraph 2
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 14 – paragraph 2
Each Member State shall regulate and set a ceiling for candidates' electoral campaigning expenses in the respective national constituency, in accordance with the respective national provisions.
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 15
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 15
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 16
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 16
Amendment 592 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. In the national constituencies, tThe ballot papers used in elections to the European Parliament shall give equal visibility to the names and logos of national parties and if applicable, national political movements, and to those of the European political parties, European political movements, and European electoral alliances, when affiliated to any of them.
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 17 – paragraph 4
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 17 – paragraph 4
Amendment 607 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 18 – paragraph 1
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a contact authority responsible for exchanging data on voters and candidates with its counterparts in the other Member States and with the European Electoral Authority established under Article 27.
Amendment 612 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 18 – paragraph 2
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The national authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall, in accordance with the applicable EU law concerning the protection of personal data, begin transmitting to thoseits counterparts and the European Electoral Authority, no later than six weeks before the Election day as defined in Article 19(1), the data indicated in Council Directive 93/109/EC10 concerning citizens of the Union who, in a Member State of which they are not nationals, have been entered on the electoral roll or are standing as candidates. __________________ 10 Council Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (OJ L 329, 30.12.1993, p. 34).
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 19 – paragraph 1
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Elections to the European Parliament shall be held on 9 May of the last year of a parliamentary term, as referred to in Article 20a common day determined by the Member States. The election shall end in all Member States by 21:00 hours local time on that day.
Amendment 622 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 19 – paragraph 3
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 19 – paragraph 3
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 22 – paragraph 2
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 22 – paragraph 2
For this purpose it shall take note of the results declared officially by the Member States and by the European Electoral Authority, and shall rule on any disputes which may arise out of the provisions of this Regulation other than those arising out of the national provisions to which this Regulation refers.
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 26 – paragraph 5
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 27
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 27
Amendment 714 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 30
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 30