12 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2018/2112(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, pursuant to Article 20(2) TEU, enhanced cooperation is meant to be a measure of last resort when the objectives of a cooperation cannot be attained within a reasonable period by the Union as a whole;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that even though enhanced cooperation, due its nature as a last resort measure, has not been used extensively since its inception in the Treaty of Amsterdam,; notes, however, that it seems to be gaining importance and delivers tangible results;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that even though enhanced cooperation benefits from the Union institutional and legal order, its automatic integration into the acquis is not foreseen;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the political impetus for enhanced cooperation should come from the Member States, but discussions on its contents should be based on a Commission proposal, where available;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Finds it necessary that the decision authorising enhanced cooperation should specify the framework for relations with the non-participating Member States; considers that Member States not participating in the enhanced cooperation should nevertheless be fully involved in the deliberations on the subject of enhanced cooperation;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that both the Commission and the Council secretariats have an important role to play in ensuring that the non-participating Member States do not feel left behind by the activation of enhanced cooperations of enhanced cooperation are not left behind in a way that makes their participation at a later stage burdensome or deterrent.;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Finds it necessary to strengthen Parliament’s role in enhanced cooperation; believes that, to this end, standing committees should be entrusted with the task of following each case of enhanced cooperation from adoption through to the end of its period of application, and of examining possible additional areas where this tool could be useful; recommends that each standing committee be free to decide what form of internal organisation would be most suitable for this purpose; advises that, when it comes to the vote, only those MEPs elected in Member States participating in the enhanced cooperation should have the right to vote, but that this vote should ultimately be confirmed by a formal vote in plenary as a whole;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that operating expenditure linked to enhanced cooperation should be borne by the participating Member States, and ifunless the two co-legislators agree that thise cost is borne by the EU budget the non- participating Member States should be reimbursed;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Proposes the creation of a special enhanced cooperation unit in the Commission, under the leadership of athe Commissioner responsible for Inter- institutional relations, to coordinate and streamline the institutional setting up of enhanced cooperation initiatives;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers it necessary to make the role of both the Commission and Council secretariats more proactive in the context of enhanced cooperation, and therefore proposes that they actively search for areas where enhanced cooperation could be useful for the advancement of the European project or for areas adjacent to existing forms of enhanced cooperation in order to avoid overlaps or contradictions;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes that clear rules should be laid down in all cases of enhanced cooperationrules on the withdrawal of a Member State that no longer wishes to participate and on the expulsion of a Member State that no longer fulfils the conditions of the enhanced cooperation should be considered; advises that theeventual terms and conditions of the possible withdrawal or expulsion of a Member State should be specified in the act establishing the enhanced cooperation;