7 Amendments of Peter van DALEN related to 2022/2051(INL)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe served as an unprecedented platform for discussion between citizens and politicians and resulted in concrete proposals that need to be hconousidered even if they necessitated Treaty changes;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the citizens’ panel 4 “EU in the world/ Migration” made several importantspecific recommendations in the field of foreign affairs, which are all long- standing calls of the European Parliament;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Article 48(7) and Article 31(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contain passerrelle clauses that can make switching from unanimity to qualified majority voting possible in the area of common foreign and security policy (CFSP) without military implications; calls for a switch to QMV in all decisions in the field of CFSP, notably those concerning sanctions and human rights, as the passerelle clauses have never been used due to the lack of political will;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to strengthen the role of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice, as requested by the citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice-President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would makeby making him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allowing him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by the Member States, whilst respecting the competences of national foreign ministers;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it necessary to broaden the scope of threatasks defined in the mutual defence clause stipulated in Article 42(73(1) TEU to include combating hybrid threats, disinformation campaigns and economic coercion by third countries;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that, if a Convention were to be convened for the purpose of Treaty change, the Member States are morally obliged to use this opportunity to change Protocol (no. 6) point a. to the Treaties, making Brussels the only and official seat of the European Parliament; is of the position that continuing the monthly commute to Strasbourg at the expense of taxpayers money would be disrespectful to European citizens, especially in times of increasing concerns regarding the cost of living and the environment;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Council to convene a specific ad-hoc working group to reflect on possible Treaty changes, with a viewbefore deciding whether to conveninge a convention composed of representatives of the national parliaments, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission.