8 Amendments of György SCHÖPFLIN related to 0000/2013(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of the citizens of the Union, which is of particular significance in the light of the European Parliament's wider competences under the TEU;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the resolution of the current crisis of governance in the EU requires a fuller democratic legitimation of the integration process, and this necessarily involves the ever greater political role played by the European Commission;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas repeated opinion polls suggest that a large majority would be inclined to vote if they were better informed about the European Parliament, the political parties, their programmes and candidates, hence, encourages all media outlets to treat the elections with maximum attention;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to see that the names and emblems of the European political parties appear on the ballot paper alongside their respective lists of candidates, and requests a commitment from those elected that they will, in fact, serve as Members, unless they are appointed to an office in another institution of the European Union;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Requests the European political parties to nominate their candidates for the Commission presidency sufficiently well in advance of the election for them to be able to mount a significant campaign that concentrates on European issues;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Insists that the European political parties adopt democratic and transparent procedures for the selection of their candidates for the European Parliament and for the Presidency of the Commission;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to permit political broadcasts by the European political parties in any of the official languages of the EU, with subtitles as appropriate;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that no results of the elections or exit polls be published in any Member State until 20h00 CETafter the close of polling in the Member State whose electors are the last to vote on Sunday 25 May 2014;