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7 Amendments of Ashley FOX related to 2009/2134(INI)

Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
V. Parliament has previously resolved to study the possibility of electing some MEPs on pan-European lists, considering that this would impart a genuine European dimension to the campaign, particularly by entrusting a central role to European political parties1,deleted
2011/11/10
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 18 #
2. Proposes that 25 MEPs be elected by a single constituency formed of the whodele 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;d
2011/11/10
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. there remain a number of other issues that could be reviewed in respect of the elections, including the question of thresholds, the use of electronic polling, verification of the credentials of MEPs and the filling of vacancies,
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
W. Parliament has previously resolved to study the possibility of electing some MEPs on transnational lists, considering that this would impart a genuine European dimension to the campaign, particularly by entrusting a central role to European political parties2,deleted
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that an additional 25 MEPs will be delected 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 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. within a list); and seats will be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-Laguë method1; 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;
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 103 #

Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. Theyre shall not exceedbe seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the Presidentone seats allocated to constituencies established in the Member States. 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 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 establishing the composition of the European Parliament, respecting the principles referred to in the first subparagraphon the redistribution of seats.
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 127 #

Article 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
– member of a national parliament,
2011/03/14
Committee: AFCO