Activities of Ashley FOX related to 2013/2130(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon with respect to the European Parliament PDF (271 KB) DOC (146 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas full use should be made of the deepening ofthe prospect of addressing the European Union’s lack of democratic legitimacy as provided by the Treaty of Lisbon, through the has failed so far, while the proposed procedure leading to the election of the President of the European Commission and to the investiture of the European Commission, thus conferring a new political dimension on the European elections throughoffers no further credibility to the European project; considers that the designation of candidates for that office by the European political parties and reconnectingwill have no substantive effect upon the engagement of citizens by enabling them also to cast their votes also for the person of their choice European elections, which will instead continue to be fought on a national basis according to domestic priorities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EPP will not have endorsed a candidate until March 7, 2014, the PES have endorsed the only choice put forward to their member delegations and the ALDE party have similarly quelled contrarian views by settling on a single candidate prior to a vote amongst their membership;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the elected President of the new Commission should make full use of the prerogatives conferred on him by the Treaty of Lisbon and take all appropriate steps to ensure the efficient functioning of the next Commission despite its size, which, due to the decisions of the European Council, will not diminish as envisaged in the Treaty of Lisbon;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Parliament’s role as an agenda setter in legislative matters needs to be strengthened and the principle that in legislative matters Parliament and Council act on an equal footing, which is enshrined in the Treaty of Lisbon, has to be fully implementrecognised;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to strengthen the Commission’s democratic legitimacy, independence and political role, by linking the voters’ choice more directly to the election of the Commission’s Presi and independentce;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the next Convention to rethink the way in which the Commission’s President is electedchosen in order to reinforce the Commission’s democratic legitimacy, including the possibility of its direct election;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reaffirmgrets that all European political parties schould apposintg theiro select candidates for President of the Commission may not all have chosen them sufficiently in advance of the scheduled date for the European elections; further regrets that other such European political parties have chosen to anoint rather than elect their candidates of choice;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expects candidates for President of the Commission to play a significantly more minor role in the campaign for the European elections, by distributing and promoting in all Member States the political programme of their than expected by some, in view of their limited profile in all Member States and of the lack of recognition of European political parties nationally;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Requests that some Members of the next Commission are chosen from amongMember States choose the best individual possible to serve as Members of the next Commission, irrespective of whether they are newly- elected Members of the European Parliament; invites the governments of the Member States to duly consider the votes of their fellow citizens when they propose personalities for appointment as members of the Eufurther suggests that merit rather than any other extraneous factor be the only criteria applied to the choosing of prospeanctive Commissioners;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, under the Treaties in force, thone solution to be adopted may involve the establishment of a rotation system ofseries of clusters within the Commissioners, with portfolio andseveral Commissioners without portfolbeing part of such a structure which would be headed by an individual Vice-President of the Commission, thus ensuring relative stability in the number and content of the top-level policy portfolios and guaranteeing at the same time that the representation of the specificities and interests of all Member States is well balanced in the Commission’s decision-making process; believes that, within this framework, Commissioners without portfolio should fully participate in the decision-making process and could undertake representative duties for the Commission at European level;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the drive for efficiency must not mean poorer quality of legislation or giving up Parliament’s own objectives; believes that on the contrary, measures to promote efficiency and effectiveness should result in legislation which is well- conceived and responds to clearly identified needs, providing demonstrable European added-value and respect for the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the importance of the choice between delegated acts and implementing acts from the point of view of safeguarding the prerogatives of Parliamelegal certainty, and reiterates its request to the Commission and the Council to agree with Parliament on the definition ofa criteria for the application of Articles 290 and 291 TFEU , bearing in mind legal necessities rather than political desires in this area;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26