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Activities of Gerald HÄFNER related to 2009/0813(NLE)

Plenary speeches (1)

Revision of the Treaties – Transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament - Decision not to convene a Convention for the revision of the Treaties with regard to transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2009/0813(NLE)

Amendments (2)

Amendment 15 #

Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the Council did not adopt the necessary measures in time to enable the additional MEPs to take up their seats as soon as the Lisbon Treaty entered into force, and that one of the soluthe proposed third options envisaged in the context of the amendment sought is not in keeping with the spirit of the 1976 Actclearly in breach of EU primary law, which wais designed to ensure that MEPs are elected directly, ra and not, as proposed in ther thanird option, indirectly through an election within a national parliament;
2010/03/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 19 #

Paragraph 3
3. ADoes not agrees, however,therefore, at this stage to the convening of an intergovernmental conference, provided that it is confined to the specific issueand reserves its right to postpone its decision ofn the adoption of transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament for the rest of the 2009-2014 parliamentary termconvening of a Convention until there is an agreement to withdraw the proposed inclusion of the third option in the amended Protocol No 36;
2010/03/11
Committee: AFCO