8 Amendments of Vladimír BILČÍK related to 2021/2229(INL)
Amendment 17 #
Recital E
E. whereas the determination of the number of seats of a potential Union-wide constituency falls within the remit of the European Council decision on the composition of the European Parliament based on Article 14(2) TEU, while the provisions necessary for its establishment are based on Article 223(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and require changing the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage ;
Amendment 21 #
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the current allocation of seats in the European Parliament as established in European Council Decision 2018/937/EU only applies to the 2019- 2024 parliamentary term; stresses, therefore, that a new decision on the composition of the European Parliament for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is required without delay;
Amendment 23 #
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the current allocation of seats in the European Parliament breaches the principle of degressive proportionality in six instances, and therefore mustshould be corrected in a new allocation to be applied as of the next European elections in 2024;
Amendment 30 #
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the proposed allocation of seats should include a reserve of 28 additional seats for members elected in an Union-wide constituency in line with Parliament’s proposal on the Electoral Law as adopted on 3 May 2022; however, points out that, in line with that proposal, those seats canshall only be taken upeffectively established after the elections following the entry into force of a revised Electoral Law including the necessary provisions for the Union-wide constituency;
Amendment 35 #
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that a, whilst mathematical formulas displays great potential for providing in the future a permanent system tofor the allocate theion of seats ofin the European Parliament in an objective, fair, durable and transparent way; Considers that such a permanent system needs further deliberation and should be introduced well in advance of elections of the European Parliamentfuture, it is politically unviable for Parliament to suggest a permanent system at this stage;
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 6
6. Adopts and submits to the European Council the annexed proposal for a decision of the European Council establishing the composition of the European Parliament, on the basis of its right of initiative laid down in Article 14(2) TEU; reminds that the Parliament will need to give its consent to the decision, therefore requests to be immediately informed if and how the European Council intends to deviate from the submitted proposal; underlines the urgent need to adopt the decision so that the Member States can enact, in good time, the necessary domestic provisions to enable them to organise the elections to the European Parliament for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term; commits therefore in the spirit of mutual sincere cooperation, to proceed swiftly with the consent procedure;
Amendment 45 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution
Recital 4
Amendment 60 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution
Article 3 – paragraph 2
resolution 2. In addition, to the number of Members of the European Parliament elected in each Member State, set in Article 3(1), and subject to the entry into force of Council Regulation (xx/yy) on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that Decision, in the first elections following that event providing for a Union-wide constituency, 28 representatives in the European Parliament are elected in a Union-wide constituency in the first elections following that event, as provided for in that Regulation.