7 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2015/2035(INL)
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas although Article 10(2) of the Electoral Act expressly prohibits the early publication of the results of elections, such results have been made public in the past; whereas notwithstanding the fact that it is for the Member States, in the light of their electoral traditions, to decide on what day(s) in the electoral period elections take place, a harmonised time for the close of polling in all Member States would contribute strongly to the common European character of the European elections and would reduce the possibility of their outcome being influenced if election results in some Member States are made public before the close of polling in all Member States; whereas the ban on announcing election results early must be enforced in all Member States;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas not all Member States afford their citizens the possibility of voting from abroad, and among those that do, the conditions for deprivation of the right to vote vary greatly; whereas granting all Union citizens residing outside the Union the right to participate in elections would contribute to electoral equality; whereas, however, Member States need to coordinate their administrative systems better in order to prevent voters from voting twice in two different Member States;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the minimum age for eligibility to stand as a candidate across the 28 Member States varies between 18 and 25, and the minimum age for eligibility to vote ranges from 16 to 18, due to the divergent constitutional and electoral traditions in the Member States; whereas harmonisationeventual convergence of the voting age, and of the minimum age for candidates, would be highly desirable as a means of providing Union citizens with real voting equality, and would enable discrimination to be avoided in the most fundamental area of citizenship: the right to participate in the democratic process;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas first official projections of the electoral results should be announced simultaneously in all Member States on the last day of the election period at 21:00 hours CET;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes, despite the fact that Member States are free to determine the day(s) of the elections within the electoral period, that elections in all Member States end by 21:00 hours CET on the Sunday of the European elections, as this would ensure the correct application of Article 10(2) of the Electoral Act and thus reduce the possibility of the outcome of the elections being influenced if the election results in some Member States are made public before the close of polling in all Member States; advocates that the ban on early announcement of the election results should remain in force in all Member States;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes that Union citizens who reside in a third country be granted the right to cast their vote in elections to the European Parliament; considers that this would finally give all Union citizens the same right to vote in European elections under the same conditions, irrespective of their place of residence or nationality; calls on Member States, however, to coordinate their administrative systems better in order to prevent voters from voting twice in two different Member States;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. As a future step, recommends to Member States that they should consider ways to harmoniseencourage convergence of the minimum age of voters at 16, in order to further enhance electoral equality among Union citizens;