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Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas the inclusion of national parliaments in a European parliamentary system needs to be properly regulated with a view to building a Union that is ever more ~~integrated,~~ democratic, transparent and close to the people;

2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO

Philip CLAEYS

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas interparliamentary cooperation can play an essential role in driving the European integration process forward by allowing exchanges of information, a joint examination of issues, mutually beneficial dialogue and smoother transposition of EU legislation into national law;deleted

2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO

Philip CLAEYS

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas, what is more, at the current stage in the integration process, although they do not have a direct legislative role at Union level, the national parliaments have their own special role to play in bolstering ‘European awareness’ in the Member States and bringing citizens closer to the EU;deleted

2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO

Philip CLAEYS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Views interparliamentary meetings as places where EU policies and national policies come together and feed off each other, to the benefit of both; believes that a key function of such meetings is to allow national parliaments to take account of the European perspective in national debates, and the European Parliament to take account of the national perspective in European debates; reiterates that the aim of such cooperation is not to form a new joint parliamentary body for inclusion in the Union’s current decision-making set- up, as this would be both ineffective and undemocratic and unconstitutional;

2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO

Philip CLAEYS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

~~29. Believes that COSAC should serve primarily as a forum for in-depth discussion of the state of the Union, with a view to the gradual integration of the peoples and states of Europe;~~deleted

2014/03/04
Committee: AFCO

5 Amendments of Philip CLAEYS related to 2013/2185(INI)

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