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Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to the Council decision of 20 September 1976, as amended (the 1976 Elections Act)1, in particular Article 14 thereof,

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Submits to the Council the annexed proposal for a decision of the Council including measures on practical arrangements to implement the existing 1976 Elections Act with a view to the European Parliament elections which are due to take place in May 2014; proposes that those practical arrangements shall be as follows: – candidates shall be determined through a democratic process and their names shall be made public no later than six weeks before the elections; – if a political party which is participating in the European elections belongs to or has declared its intention to join a European Political Party, the name of that European Political Party shall be clearly set out on the ballot paper (in brackets); – elections to the European Parliament shall be held on the date and at the times fixed by each Member State; that date shall fall within the same period starting on a Thursday morning and ending on the following Sunday at no later than 20.00 hours Central European Time;

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. UIs aware that the composition of the European Parliament will in future need to be adjusted to take into account the impact of future accessions and demographic trends in the Member States' populations, as duly ascertained; if necessary, undertakes to submit sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term a new proposal for a decision of the European Council 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 objective manner,~~ based on 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;

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Draws attention to the political connection between the question of the distribution of seats in the European Parliament and an overall reform package for the institutions of the Union, particularly as regards the system of voting in the Council, and stresses the need for that package to be coherent and to respect the equality of Member States; observes, therefore, that a new system for the apportionment of seats in the European Parliament should only be considered in parallel with a revision of the system of voting in the Council;

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Asks the European Council, in accordance with Declaration No 11 of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon, on Article 17(6) and (7) of the Treaty on European Union, to open negotiations aimed at jointly determining the arrangements for the consultations, with a view to ensuring the smooth running of the process leading to the election of the President of the European Commission in a way which takes account of the elections to the European Parliament;

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the proposals for a decisions of the European Council an~~nex~~d of the Council attached hereto, together with the aforementioned report ofby its Committee on Constitutional Affairs, to the European Council and the Council and to the government and parliament of the Republic of Croatia, and, for information, to the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

TIf necessary, 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~~reallocation of the seats between the Member States ~~in an objective manner~~, based on 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.

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Annex I a to the Motion for a European Parliament Resolution (new)

ANNEX Ia Proposal for a decision of the Council on practical arrangements for the May 2014 elections to the European Parliament THE COUNCIL, having regard to the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to the Council decision of 20 September 1976 ("the Act"), in particular Article 14 thereof, having regard to the proposal of the European Parliament, whereas the Treaty provisions concerning the electoral procedure should be implemented, HAS ADOPTED the provisions annexed to this Decision and recommends that they be adopted by the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements and national electoral laws. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Member States shall without delay notify the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union that they have carried out the procedures required under their respective electoral laws for adoption of the provisions for practical arrangements proposed by this Decision. Those practical arrangements shall take effect on the first day of the month following the adoption by the Member States, in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements and national electoral laws, of the provisions of this Decision. ANNEX Article 1 Candidates shall be determined through a democratic process and their names shall be made public no later than six weeks before the start of the period referred to in Article 10(1) of the Act. Article 2 If a political party which is participating in the European elections belongs to or has declared its intention to join a European Political Party, the name of that European Political Party shall be clearly set out on the ballot paper (in brackets). Article 3 Elections to the European Parliament shall be held on the date and at the times fixed by each Member State; that date shall fall within the same period starting on a Thursday morning and ending on the following Sunday at no later than 20.00 hours Central European Time.

2013/02/01
Committee: AFCO

8 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2012/2309(INI)

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