5 Amendments of Nirj DEVA related to 2008/2063(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the fact that Article 208 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) stipulates that the "Union's development cooperation policy and that of the Member States complement and reinforce each other" as opposed to the actual Article 177 (1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community "Community policy in the sphere of development cooperation, which shall be complementary to the policies pursued by the Member States"; stresses that this gives the Union a greater role of initiative in policy setting which should lead to a better donor coordination and division of labour and to greater aid effectiveness but which also entails greater res and therefore entails greater responsibilities for the Union's institutions, including Parliament; regrets the diminution of national sovereignty of Member States that this shift represents, a shift that many Members of the European Parliament were elected to oppose, and calls for referenda (where constitutionally ponssibilities for the Union's institutions, including Parliamentle) across the Union so that the TFEU might be legitimised with a popular mandate;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that both the Parliament and the Commission should be present at all Council meetings and related preparatory meetings when external action issues are considered, in order to ensure consistency of the external action of the Union as a whole;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Regrets the diminution of national sovereignty of member states that the Treaty of Lisbon represents, a shift that many MEPs were elected to oppose, and calls for referenda (where constitutionally possible) across the Union so that the TFEU might be legitimised with a popular mandate – or contrariwise rejected – as the peoples of Europe see fit;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Demands a larger role for Parliament iwithin the EU institutions on international agreements dealing with foreign policy matters, where the competence of the EU is so mandated by the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23