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11 Amendments of Roberts ZĪLE related to 2012/2309(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
1 Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom (OJ L 278, 8.10.1976, p. 1, as amended by Council Decision 93/81/Euratom, ECSC, EEC (OJ L 33, 9.2.1993, p. 15)Ba. whereas there are no clear provisions on the way in which seats in the European Parliament are to be distributed when a new Member State joins the Union, and whereas it is necessary to take into account the fact that further expansion of the Union is expected, which will raise new questions on the representation of each Member State within the European Parliament and bythe Council Decision 2002/772/EC, Euratom (OJ L 283, 21.10.2002, p. 1).of the European Union, Or. en
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the current allocation of seats in the European Parliament is not proportional and is thus in contradiction with the Treaty on European Union, and whereas the representation of each Member State in the European Parliament cannot be discussed separately from representation in the Council of the European Union,
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the demographic changes that have occurred since the last elections to the European Parliament should be taken into consideration,deleted
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas, given that the problem of truly degressive proportional representation in the European Parliament and the Council can be definitively solved only by changes to the Treaty on European Union, a temporary solution must be found pending the resolution of that question by changes to the Treaty,
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
1 See note "The allocation between the EU Member States of the seats in the European Parliament - Cambridge compromise" by Parliament's Policy Department C (PE 432.760). Ca. whereas those demographic changes of a temporary nature, caused by economic cycles, that have affected Member States which, by remaining committed to the agreements under the EU Balance-of- Payments financial assistance programmes, have implemented demanding economic adjustment measures and maintained fixed exchange rates, thus helping to ensure financial stability and confidence across the Union, should not be taken into consideration,
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the only possible temporary solution, in order not to distort the balance of representation of the Member States within the Union, is to temporarily increase the number of seats in the European Parliament from the 2014- 2019 parliamentary term, pending changes to the Treaty;
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Recital 4
(4) This Decision mustshould have respected the criteria laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, namely representatives of the Union's citizens not exceeding seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the President, that representation being degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State and no Member State being allocated more than ninety-six seats,
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 1 – introductory part
In the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the following principles shallould have been respected as far as possible:
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 1 – indent 1 a (new)
– the number of seats is not reduced for those Member States which under the EU Balance-of-Payments financial assistance programmes have implemented demanding adjustment measures and maintained fixed exchange rates, thus helping to ensure financial stability and confidence across the Union;
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 3
Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 212 Bulgaria 178 Czech Republic 212 Denmark 13 Germany 969 Estonia 6 Ireland 112 Greece 212 Spain 54 France 74 Croatia 112 Italy 73 Cyprus 6 Latvia 89 Lithuania 112 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 212 Malta 6 Netherlands 26 Austria 19 Poland 51 Portugal 212 Romania 323 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 13 Finland 13 Sweden 1920 United Kingdom 73
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 4
This Decision shall be revised sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019- 2024 parliamentary term with the aim of establishing a system which in future will make it possible, before each fresh election to the European Parliament, toremain in effect until such time as new principles are laid down for the reallocate theion of seats between the Member States in an objective manner, based on the principle of degressive proportionality set forth in Article 1, taking account of any increase in their number and demographic trends in their population as duly ascertained, as well as voting rights in the Council.
2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO