9 Amendments of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2012/2308(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)
Paragraph B a (new)
Ba. whereas there were historical reasons for the decision to hold part-sessions in Strasbourg, in particular the symbolic significance of that city and the need to have a multi-centre European Union;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. whereas since 2006 attempts by the Petitions Committee to consider this issue on a parliamentary level have repeatedly been obstructed despiled to the holding of a number of debates which have demonstrated the widespread interesthigh level of interest which all MEPs have in theis issue amongst MEPs;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the decision by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw up a report on the location of the seats of the European Union’s institutions;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the principle that the European Parliament would be more effective, cost-efficient and respectful of the environment if it were located in a singlTakes note of the petitions submitted requesting that the European Parliament no longer meet in more than one place;, and notes that the continuation of the monthly migration between Brussels and Strasbourg has become a symbolic negative issue amongst most EU citizens which is detrimental to Parliament’s reputationof the arguments put forward in that respect;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Respects the historic reasons for the location of its plenary sessions in Strasbourg and the Treaty requirements that necessitate the two-seat system; nevertheless insists that such an arrangement cannot continue in perpetuity and that Parliament itself must be able to state a preference for its future;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Points out, too, that Parliament’s Strasbourg seat, which achieved a 57% reduction in CO2 emissions between 2006 and 2010, is leading the way on respect for the environment and that, as data compiled by Parliament’s Secretariat shows, its detractors have substantially overestimated its annual costs;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for Parliament to express its view as to whetherEmphasises that only the cEurrent arrangement should continue; and if an appropriate majority vote is recorded, recommends that Parliament propose Treaty changes under Article 48opean Council has a remit to determine Parliament’s seat; sees the location of Parliament’s seat as part of the broader question of determining the seats of all the EU institutions.