8 Amendments of Gerald HÄFNER related to 2012/2309(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the modification hereby called for of the distribution of seats among the Member States should not be arbitrary but should be based on a mathematical principle, to be applied in a pragmatic manner, that limits the possible losses to at most one seat for all Member States,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas, in order to establish full legitimacy, it would be not appropriate to leave the allocation of seats within the European Parliament to ever new negotiations and legislation following every change in the population figures of the Member States, and whereas it is therefore imperative to calculate the distribution of seats on a longer-term basis, using a well- defined mathematical formula that establishes a clear, transparent and objective relationship between the population of each Member State and the number of seats in the European Parliament to which it is entitled, while fully complying with the requirements laid down by the Treaties,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Undertakes to submit sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term a new proposal for a decision of theCommits itself to submit, by 31 December 2015, a new proposal for amendment of the Treaties by way of an ordinary revision procedure pursuant to Article 48 of the Treaty on European CouncilUnion with the aim of establishing a system which in future, before each election to the European Parliament, will allow, whenever necessary, a reallocation of the seats amongst the Member States in an durable, objective manner, based onand transparent manner, based on a non-linear mathematic formula that satisfies the principle of degressive proportionality as set forth in Article 1 of the decision, taking account of any increase in their number and demographic trends in their population as duly ascertained, and without excluding the possibility of reserving a number of seats to members elected on transnational lists;
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 1
Article 1
In the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the following principles shall be respected as far as possible: – the minimum and maximum numbers set by the Treaty: – the allocation of seats in the European Parliament shall be fully utilised to ensure that the allocation of seats in the European Parliamenthe minimum and maximum numbers set by the Treaty in order to reflects as closely as possible the sizes of the respective populations of the Member States; – the largerratio between the population of a Member State, the greater its entitlement to a large number of seats; – the larger the population of a Member State, the greater the number of inhabitants represented by each of its Members of the European Parliamentand the number of seats of each Member State before rounding to whole numbers must vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member from a more populous Member State represents more citizens than each Member from a less populous Member State and, conversely, that no less populous Member State has more seats than a more populous Member State.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 3
Article 3
Pursuant to Article 1, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State is hereby set as follows, with effect from the beginning of the 2014-2019 parliamentary term: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 17 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 13 Germany 96 Estonia 6 Ireland 112 Greece 21 Spain 54 France 74 Croatia 112 Italy 73 Cyprus 6 Latvia 8 Lithuania 11 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 21 Malta 6 Netherlands 26 Austria 198 Poland 510 Portugal 21 Romania 32 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 13 Finland 13 Sweden 19 United Kingdom 73
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a Decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament
Article 4
Article 4
This Decision shall be revised sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019- 2024 parliamentary term with the aim of establishing a system which in future will make it possible, before each fresh election to the European Parliament, to reallocate the seats between the Member States in an durable, objective manner, based onand transparent manner, based on a non-linear mathematic formula that satisfies the principle of degressive proportionality set forth in Article 1, taking account of any increase in their number and demographic trends in their population as duly ascertained.