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Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the political perception of differentiated integration varies significantly depending on the national context; whereas, in some Member States ~~that have been members of the Union for longer~~, it can carry a positive connotation of creating a “pioneer group”, while in othe ~~Member States that have more recently joined the Union it is often~~rs it may be perceived as a path towards the creation of first-class and second-class Member States of the Union;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas experience shows that, if interdependence works as a factor of integration, politicization often works as an obstacle to it; whereas, as a consequence, Union policy areas with the deepest integration are mostly the least politicized ones, such as internal market harmonization and regulation, while differentiated integration seems most likely to arise in policy areas characterised by high political polarisation, such as monetary policy, defence, borders control, fundamental rights or taxation;deleted

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the establishment of political links and interdependence between Member States makes a decisive contribution to their integration within the Union;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the Treaties foresee the possibilities for Member States to take different paths of integration, namely via enhanced cooperation (Article 20 TEU) and Permanent structured cooperation (Article 46 TEU); whereas, moreover, enhanced cooperation under the common security and defence policy is now a reality, contributing to the construction of a genuine European Defence Union;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas some forms of differentiated integration might have centripetal effects, attracting more Member States to join the initiative later, while other forms of differentiated integration might have centrifugal effects, notably if they create deadweight effects and lead to the possibility for negative externalities by the non-participating Member States;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I.(ia) whereas the process of differentiation has led to the creation of initiatives within the Union legal framework but also to some more flexible intergovernmental legal arrangements, which have led to the creation of a complex ~~and non-understandable~~ system ~~for~~that citizens~~, with reduced accountability of public decisions~~ find hard to understand;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Insists that differentiation should not be permissible when it comes to the respect of ~~existing~~the fundamental rights and values and in policy areas where non- participating Member States could create negative externalities, such as economic and social dumping; Demands that any potential centrifugal effects, including in the long run, are carefully examined by the Commission when it submits a proposal for enhanced cooperationshared values referred to in Article 2 of the Lisbon Treaty;

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

Paulo RANGEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Suggests, when competences attribution allows it, permitting regions to participate in cases of enhanced cooperation; also proposes opening enhanced cooperation to the participation of candidate countries;deleted

2018/09/17
Committee: AFCO

8 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2018/2093(INI)

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