6 Amendments of Rainer WIELAND related to 2021/2229(INL)
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 36 #
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that Parliament, in previous resolutions, and the European Council, in its Decision 2013/312/EU establishing the composition of the European Parliament, undertook to establish a system which in the future will make it possible, before each fresh election to the European Parliament, to allocate seats between Member States in an objective, fair, durable and transparent way, based on the principle of degressive proportionality as laid down in Article 1 of that Decision, taking account of any change in their number and demographic trends in their population; stresses that Parliament, in previous resolutions, also considered the possibility of introducing transnational lists; stresses that Parliament’s initiative to establish such a system should be submitted before the end of the current parliamentary term in order for the system to be applied first in 2029;
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 54 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution
Article 3 – paragraph 1
resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 176 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 154 Germany 96 Estonia 7 Ireland 14 Greece 21 Spain 61 France 79 Croatia 12 Italy 76 Cyprus 6 Latvia 98 Lithuania 110 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 210 Malta 6 Netherlands 310 Austria 2019 Poland 52 Portugal 21 Romania 332 Slovenia 98 Slovakia 154 Finland 154 Sweden 21
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.