11 Amendments of Sabrina PIGNEDOLI related to 2020/2088(INI)
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the outcome of the 2019 European elections fragmented political representation in Parliament, leading to increased complexity in the decision- making process; whereas this problem could be remedied by introducing the possibility for European political parties and movements to form pre-electoral coalitions;
Amendment 74 #
K. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten process has yet to be fully developreformed; whereas it lacks, among other things, the possibility for Spitzenkandidaten to stand as official candidates in all Member States on transnational lists, allowing all European voters to choose and vote for their preferred Spitzenkandidat; whereas the Spitzenkandidaten system and transnational lists should be open to coalitions of European political parties or movements, representing at least a quarter of Member States, or even to mixed coalitions of political parties and movements as long as they share a common political programme and a common Spitzenkandidat; whereas Parliament raised this issue in its decision of 7 February 2018 on the revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission15 ; _________________ 15 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0030.
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten system needs to be improvreformed and formalised in the EU’s primary law after an in-depth institutional reflection; whereas this reflection should also include the de facto political role of the Commission and its President and any related changes to the decision-making process of the Union;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas institutional improvements such as transnational lists, as acknowledged by Parliament in its resolution of 7 February 2018 on the composition of the European Parliament, or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union, as proposed in its resolution of 16 February 2017 on possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set- up of the European Union, or the introduction of the possibility for European political parties and movements to form pre-electoral coalitions, would radically transform the European elections into one true European election, as opposed to the collection of 27 separate national elections that it is today;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the intensified political exchanges in Parliament have also highlighted the shortcomings of several standing procedures such as the hearings of Commissioners-designate, with particular regard to the conditions for the legal assessment of their applications (e.g. declarations of financial interests); whereas, furthermore, such hearings are playing an increasing role in determining the make-up of the European Commission, and whereas, therefore, at such hearings, pluralism and the participation of all political forces, including those that do not belong to political groups of the European Parliament, should be ensured as far as possible;
Amendment 108 #
Q. whereas European political parties and foundations are the primary facilitators of a successful European political debate, both during and beyond European elections; whereas, by virtue of this important role, the European political parties and political foundations should ensure maximum financial transparency on the funds they manage, particularly on funds from the EU budget;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the reason why the Spitzenkandidaten process failed to produce a President of the European Commission after the 2019 elections is because no improvements were made to it following the experience of 2014; intends to strengthenreform the democratic process for choosing the Commission President before the next European elections of 2024;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that the democratic process of appointing a Spitzenkandidat could be facilitated by allowing European parties and movements to form coalitions ahead of the European elections, and so to put forward a joint programme and a single coalition Spitzenkandidat;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the outcome of the European elections has reinforced the political dimension of the election of the European Commission, and therefore the need for more accurate and objective scrutiny of the declarations of interests of the Commissioners-designate; calls for the creation of an independent body, endowed with the appropriate means, to have this scrutiny included in its responsibilitiessupport the relevant parliamentary committee in exercising the level of scrutiny required to check for any conflicts of interest or other impediments to a Commissioner's appointment;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes to amend Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations16 to allow European political parties and foundations to fully participate in the European political space while at the same time increasing the transparency of their funding, especially as regards the management of funds from the European budget and when funding comes from member parties outside the EU; _________________ 16 OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 1.
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the outcome of the European elections is a clear signal for an in-depth institutional reflection that will allow citizens, civil society and their representatives to shape the future of the Union; calls, therefore, on all institutional partners to assume their responsibility and deliver an ambitious Conference on the Future of Europe that strives, without restraint, to achieve the real shift required to reinvigorate the European project;