4 Amendments of Alexandra THEIN related to 2009/2134(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that 25 MEPsa number of Members, corresponding to at least one-tenth of the maximum permissible number of MEPs, will be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; pan- European lists would be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and may ensure an adequate gender representation; each elector would be enabled to cast one vote for the EU- wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list:, and seats would be allocated without a minimum threshold in accordance with the D’Hondt method; further, proposes that an electoral authority be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the pan-European list;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that an additional 25 MEPs will be elected by a single constituency 1 The Sainte-Laguë method uses divisors of 1, 3, 5, 7, etc, and was used in the 2009 European elections in Germany, Latvia and Sweden. It produces a slightly more proportional result than the D'Hondt method. number of Members, corresponding to at least one-tenth of the maximum permissible number of 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);closed list system and seats will be allocated in accordance with the Sainte- Laguë method14; 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;
Amendment 100 #
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. They shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the President. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats. The European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament, respecting the principles referred to in the first subparagraph2a. The distribution of those seats among the States shall be reviewed regularly in accordance with a formula based on the total resident population of the States. Not later than twelve months before the end of the mandate of each Parliament the European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision on the basis of this formula on the redistribution of seats. 2b. Out of the 751 seats, a number of Members corresponding to at least one- tenth of the maximum permissible number of Members of the European Parliament shall be allocated to a single constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union.
Amendment 119 #
Article 2 b (new)