17 Amendments of Dennis de JONG related to 2014/2248(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasizes that any change of competences of one or more EU institutions, should go hand in hand with measures safeguarding the democratic and financial accountability of these institutions, and should, in particular, be accompanied by measures ensuring full budgetary control by the Parliament, whenever the financial interests of the Union are affected;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that all Member States should be obliged to provide an annual declaration to account for its use of EU funds;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the idea of a federal Europe is in total contradiction to the will of ordinary people who see the neighbourhood as basis; therefore calls to work towards a European Union where all people will be able to lead a life of dignity, where Member States will decide over their own public services, where national parliaments will determine the size and content of their national budget, where Member States will decide how to regulate their own labour market in order to address social dumping with extreme firmness, where trade and investment treaties will only be closed if they contribute to the mutual benefit of ordinary people in the participating countries, and where amendments to the EU Treaty or proposals for the enlargement of the Union, depending on national capacities, will be submitted to citizens via referenda; underlines the necessity of a European Union where not the market but the neighbourhood will serve as basis;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that changes to treaties or proposals for enlargement of the European Union not only require approval from national parliaments, but, depending on national arrangements, sometimes need to be put to citizens via a referendum;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that Member States themselves must look at public services such as social housing, care, water, electricity, public transport, Internet and education and all other core functions that citizens consider to be of general interest;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers it essential in order to counter social dumping that Member States be able to regulate their own labour market, even if this means a temporary suspension of the free movement of workers in states of emergency; stresses that Member States themselves must see to controls in the work place to combat illegal and exploitative labour practices;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the necessity for a European Union where human considerations rather than the interests of multinationals and financial institutions are central;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13b. states that national parliaments should determine the size and content of national budgets without being dictated by the European Union;
Amendment 775 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Stresses that there is no need for an EU minister of Foreign Affairs and disapproves of the use of a qualified majority vote with regard to foreign policy in the Council;
Amendment 796 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that for the Union to strengthen the defence of the EU territory, as a pillar within NATO, which remains the cornerstone of the European security architecture, and to enable the Union to act autonomously in operations abroad, mainly with a view to stabilising its neighbourhood, the Treaties should provide for the possibility ofCalls for an undertaking to guarantee the sovereignty of Member States and therefore to combat the creeping development towards a military Union by refraining from reinforcing the European Defence Agency and taking any steps towards establishing a European defence unionarmy;
Amendment 822 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Believes that Member States should jointly decide on international trade and that an end should be put to the exclusive competence of the Commission in this regard;
Amendment 848 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Proposes transforming the Commission into the principle executive authority or government of the Union with the aim of strengthening the ‘Union method’, increasingRejects the Commission in its current form and wants the Commission to be nothing more trhansparency and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of action taken at the level of an executive and serving body; proposes to transfer the right of initiative to the Member States and the European UnionParliament;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Proposes to allow Member States an ‘opt-out’ possibility in the case of new legislation in important areas such as criminal law;
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Reiterates its commitment to initiating an ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to proposing the changes to Article 341 TEU and Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation;
Amendment 901 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call for a single seat for the European Parliament; proposes that Parliament and the Council each decide the location of their own seat after having obtained the consent of the other; further proposes that the seats of all the other EU institutions, agencies and bodies be determined by Parliament and the Council on a proposal by the European executive, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure;
Amendment 1025 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Underlines that European policy and decision-making pertaining to it should be transparent and open to the scrutiny of anyone; stresses that public access to policy papers should not be subject to the arbitrary decisions of European institutions;
Amendment 1027 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 b (new)
Paragraph 52 b (new)
52b. Notes that large companies currently have a disproportionately strong influence on European legislation; stresses that the influence of lobbyists should be transparent and that all interests, including those of for instance SMEs, the environment, trade unions and consumers, should be taken into equal account;