41 Amendments of Roberto GUALTIERI related to 2009/2134(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. pursuant to Article 10(2) TEU, citizens are directly represented at Union level in the European Parliament,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. the concept of European Union citizenship, formally introduced into the constitutional order by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993, included the right to participate under certain conditions in European and municipal elections in Member States other than one’s own, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which now has binding legal force under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, has reinforced that right and other civicrelated rights,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. overall turnout in the elections to Parliament has fallen steadily from 63 per cent in 1979 to 43 per cent in 2009; the new provisions resulting from the Lisbon Treaty oblige the European Parliament and all the other institutions to promote popular participation in the Union’s democratic process,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. according to the case-law of the Court of Justice, while States enjoy substantial discretion in defining who can vote in European parliamentary elections, they are nevertheless boundnew provisions resulting from the Lisbon Treaty and in particular Article 10 TEU, Member States have to respect the general principles of Union law and are precluded from treating different categories of Union citizens who are in the same circumstances in a way that discriminates between them1; likewise, while it is for each State to lay down its own conditions for the acquisition and loss of nationalitycitizenship, it must at the same time have regard to the status of citizenship of the Union2,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. Parliament has urged the Council to bring forward the date of the election to May so that it can better organise itself to expedin the light of the principles of the TEU, it is for the European Parliament to determine, witeh the elecparticipation of the new Commission President and avoid the beginning of the summer vacation in several States3Council, the date of the European elections,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. Parliament lacks an autonomous system for regulating the legal privileges and immunities of its Members; the Council has previously agreed to examine the request of Parliament to revise the 1965 Protocol on Privileges and Immunities once the Members’ Statute was adopted1,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Decides to reform its electoral procedure with the aim of enhancing the legitimacy and efficacy of Parliament, in the light of Article 10 TEU, by strengthening the European democratic dimension and by providing for a fairer distribution of seats among the States in accordance with the Treaties;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point (i)
Paragraph 4 – point (i)
(i) Determines that Parliament will initiate a proposal for aProposes that the decision establishing the redistribucomposition of the 751 seats among States, if justified objectively by figures established by Eurostat before every election; this decision should be adopted before the end of the fourth calendar year of the parliamentary termEuropean Parliament be adopted by the European Parliament, acting by the majority of its component Members, and the European Council, acting by consensus;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. according to Art. 10.2 TEU citizens are directly represented at Union level in the European Parliament,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Determines to bring forward the timProposes that the date of the European elections shall be determined by the European Parliament, acting ofby the European elections from June to Maymajority of its component Members and with the approval of the Council, one year before the end of the five year term and not later than six months before;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. the concept of European Union citizenship, formally introduced into the constitutional order by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1993, included the right to participate under certain conditions in European and municipal elections in Member States other than one's own, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which now has binding legal force under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty, has reinforced that right and other civiconnected rights,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. overall turnout in the elections to Parliament has fallen steadily from 63 per cent in 1979 to 43 per cent in 2009; the new provisions of Lisbon Treaty oblige the European Parliament and all the other institutions to promote popular participation to the EU democratic process,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Proposes that persons finally convicted of criminal offences linked to corruption, embezzlement of public funds and organised crime or who have been sentenced to a prison term for a crime punishable by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of not less than three years should not be eligible as candidates for election to the European Parliament;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. according to the case-law of the Court of Justice, while States enjoy substantial discretion in defining who can vote in European parliamentary elections, they are nevertheless bound tonew provisions of the Lisbon Treaty and in particular article 10 TEU Member States must respect the general principles of EU law and are precluded from treating different categories of EU citizens who are in the same circumstances in a way that discriminates between them1; likewise, while it is for each State to lay down its own conditions for the acquisition and loss of nationalitycitizenship, it must at the same time have regard to the 1 Case C-145/04 Spain v United Kingdom [2006] ECR I-7917 (concerning Gibraltar) and Case C-300/04 Eman and Sevinger v College van burgemeester en wethouders van Den Haag [2006] ECR I-8055 (concerning Aruba). status of citizenship of the Union12,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 42 #
Article 7
No administrative or any other national or European restriction shallmay be imposed on the freedom of movement of Members of the European Parliament travelling to or from the place of meeting of the European Parliament. Members of tThe European Parliament shall, in respect of customs and exchange control, be accorded: (a) by their own government, the same facilities as those accorded to senior officials travelling abroad on temporary official missions; (b) by the government of other Member States, the same facilities as those accorded to representatives of foreign g, acting by means of regulations in accordance with a special legislative procedure, shall lay down, on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the Council, specific conditions governing the freedom of movernments on temporary official missionf its Members.
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. Parliament has urged the Council to bring forward the date of the election to May so that it can better organise itself to expedite the election of the new Commission President and avoid the beginning of the summer vacation in several States1, 1 As proposed in Parliament's resolution of 1 December 2005 on guidelines for the approval of the Commission (OJ C 285 E, 22.11.2006, p. 137).in the light of the principles of TEU, it is up to the European Parliament to determine, with the participation of the Council, the date of the European elections, Or. en
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. the redistribution of parliamentary seats among States needs to take place on a regular basis in order to reflect demographic change in the resident populations of the States and to strictly respectin the light of the principles of degressive proportionality; it may be possible to reach agreement on an apolitical, mathematical formula which would respect the criteria laid dowTEU, the European Parliament must be associated to the decision ion the Treaties and spelt out in the Act1its own composition,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. Parliament lacks an autonomous system for regulating the legal privileges and immunities of its Members; the Council has previously agreed to examine the request of Parliament to revise the 1965 Protocol on Privileges and Immunities once the Members' Statute had entered into force2,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Decides to reform its electoral procedure in good time before the 2014 elections with the aim of enhancing the legitimacy and efficacy of Parliament, in the light of article 10 TEU, by strengthening the European democratic dimension and by providing for a fairer distribution of seats Paragraph 6 of its abovementioned resolution of 6 May 2010. among the States in accordance with the 1 Treaties;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that an additional 25 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); and seats will be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method2; 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; 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. 2 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.Or. en
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Proposes that a redistribution of the existing 751 seats among States will take place, if justified objectively by figures established by Eurostat, based on the total resident population, before every election; the redistribution will be made in accordance with a mathematical formula respethe decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament shall be adopted by the European Parliament, acting by the criteria laid down in the Treaties, and will be announced at least twelve months before the end of the mandate; 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.majority of its component Members, and the European Council, acting by consensus; Or. en
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Repeats its proposal to bring forward Proposes that the date of the European elections shall be determined by the European Parliament, acting with the majority of its component Members and withe timing of the election from June to Mayhe approval of the Council one year before the end of the five year term and not later than six months before;
Amendment 102 #
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 unanimityParliament, acting by a majority of its component Members, and the European Council, acting by consensus, shall adopt, 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 subparagraph.
Amendment 106 #
Article 7
No administrative or any other national or European restriction shallmay be imposed on the freedom of movement of Members of the European Parliament travelling to or from the place of meeting of the European Parliament. Members of tThe European Parliament shall, in respect of customs and exchange control, be accorded: (a) by their own government, the same facilities as those accorded to senior officials travelling abroad, acting by means of regulations in accordance with a special legislative procedure shall lay down, on a proposal onf temporary official missions; (b) by the governmenthe European Commission and after seeking the opinion of other Member States, the same facilities as those accorded to representatives of foreign g Council, the specific conditions governing the freedom of movernments on temporary official missionf its Members.
Amendment 107 #
Article 8
Members of the European Parliament shall not be subject to any form of inquiry, detention or legal proceedings in respect of opinions expressed or votes cast by them in the performance of their duties. The European Parliament shall decide, on an application from a Member, whether an action was taken or a statement was made in the exercise of his/her mandate.
Amendment 110 #
Article 9
During the sessions ofmandate to the European Parliament, its Members shall enjoy: (a) in the territory of their own State, the immunities accorded to members of their parliament; (b) in the territory of any other Member State, immunity from any measure of detention and from legal proceedings. A Member shall be entitled to decline to give evidence about information which that Member has obtained in the exercise of his/her mandate or about persons from or to whom he/she has obtained or given such information. Immunity shall likewise apply to Members while they are travelling to and from the place of meeting of the European Parliament. Immunity cannot be claimed when a Member is found in the act of committing an offence and shall not prevent the European Parliament from exercising its right to waive the immunity of one of its Members.
Amendment 118 #
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a For the purposes of distributing seats between Member States in accordance with the principle of degressive proportionality pursuant to Article 14(2a) of the Treaty on European Union, the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each State must vary in relation to their respective populations.
Amendment 120 #
Article 2 b (new)
Article 2b 1. Pursuant to Article 14(2b) of the Treaty on European Union, there shall be one additional constituency formed of the entire territory of the Union from which shall be elected twenty-five Members. 2. An electoral authority shall be established to conduct and verify the electoral process of the European Union constituency. The authority shall comprise representatives of the European Parliament, the Commission and each Member State. 3. Transnational lists of candidates for election in the European Union constituency submitted by the European political parties shall be admissible only: (a) if composed of candidates resident in at least one third of the States, and (b) if balanced by gender. 4. Each elector shall have one supplementary vote that may be cast for the European Union-wide list. Seats shall be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method. 5. Detailed arrangements for the European Union constituency election, including the delegation of powers to the electoral authority, shall be laid down in implementing measures to be adopted in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 122 #
Article 3
1. Member States may set a minimum threshold for the allocation of seats. At national level this threshold may not exceed 5 per cent of votes cast. 2. There shall be no minimum threshold for the allocation of seats from the European Union constituency.
Amendment 123 #
Article 4
Amendment 125 #
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. People finally convicted for criminal offences linked to corruption, embezzlement of public funds and organized crime or have been sentenced to a prison term for a crime punishable by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years cannot be candidates for election to the European Parliament.
Amendment 131 #
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Council, acting unanimously after consulting the European Parliament,European Parliament, acting by a majority of its component Members and with the approval of the Council shall determine the electoral period for the first elections one year before the end of the five-year term referred to in article 5, in accordance with article 14, and not later than six months before.
Amendment 132 #
Article 13
1. A seat shall fall vacant when the mandate of a member of the European Parliament ends as a result of resignation, death or withdrawal of the mandate. 2. Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Parliament of each Member State shall lay down appropriate procedures for filling any seat which falls vacant during the five-year term of office referred to in Article 5 for the remainder of that period. 3. Where the law of a Member State makes explicit provision for the withdrawal of the mandate of a member of the European Parliament, that mandate shall end pursuant to those legal provisions. The competent national authorities shall inform the European Parliament thereof. 4. Where a seat falls vacant as a result of resignation or death, the President of the European Parliament shall immediately inform the competent authorities of the Member State concerned thereof.
Amendment 134 #
Article 14
Amendment 135 #
Annex to Article 2 a (new)