6 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2009/2134(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Member States and the European and national political parties in this context to put forward a strong case both for more uniform voting rights across Europe which will accurately reflect the existing diversity of political views in the European Parliament and contribute to harmonising the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and for uncoupling this from national and Union citizenship in all the Member States;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point (ii)
Paragraph 4 – point (ii)
(ii) Proposes to enter into a dialogue with the European Council to explore the possibilityways of reaching agreement on a durable and transparent mathematical formulademocratic solution for the apportionment of seats in Parliament respecting the criteria laid down in the Treaties and the principles of plurality betweenof political parties and, solidarity among States and demographic developments in the Member States;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 4 – point (ii a) (new)
Article 4 – point (ii a) (new)
(ii a) Decides that the dialogue with the European Council will be conducted by a European Parliament delegation comprising representatives of all groups and furnished with a clear mandate;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Decides to reform its electoral procedure in good time before the 2014 elections with the aim of enhancing the legitimacy and efficacy of Parliament by strengthening the European democratic dimension and by providing for a fairer distribution of seats among the States in accordance with the Treaties, whilst preserving the system of proportional representation in force in all Member States;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Member States and the European and national political parties in this context to put forward a strong case in a broad social dialogue for more uniform and clearer voting rights across Europe that will boost voter turnout, and in so doing to also agree on the means and timetable for doing away with existing national thresholds for European Parliament elections, for harmonising the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and uncoupling this from national and Union citizenship and agreeing on a uniform method of allocating seats that effectively excludes distortions in seat allocation;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that an additional 25 MEPs will be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; transnational lists will be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and will be gender-balanced; each elector will be enabled to cast one vote for the EU-wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list: voting for the EU constituency will be in accordance with the preferential semi-open list system (whereby votes are allotted either to the party list or to individual candidates within a list); and seats will be allocated without a minimum threshold in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method16; further, proposes that an electoral authority will be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the EU- wide list;