Activities of Loránt VINCZE related to 2020/2088(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Stocktaking of European elections (continuation of debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the higherst turnout was ultimately linked to gains by Eurosceptics, which should be considered as a warnin 20 years demonstrates a strong engagement of citizens in shaping the future of the Union and can be pinned down to multiple reasons, such as a rise in the number of those voters who are ing for European integration, especially in several founding Member States where far-right extremists and anti-European forces won the elections;avour of the EU or who believe that their voice can make things change in the EU1a; _________________ 1aThe 2019 post-electoral survey: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/at-your- service/files/be- heard/eurobarometer/2019/post-election- survey-2019-complete-results/report/en- post-election-survey-2019-report.pdf
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten process has yet to be fully developed; whereas it lacks, among other things, the possibility for Spitzenkandidaten to stand as official candidates in all Member States on transnational lists, allowing all European voters to choose and vote for their preferred Spitzenkandidat; whereas Parliament raised this issue in its decision of 7 February 2018 on the revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission15 ; _________________ 15 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0030.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas institutional improvements such as transnational lists, as acknowledged by ParliamentEuropean elections are a joint European exercise in democracy where separate elections in Member States with national parties from pan- European political families lead to a common European result; whereas in the past Parliament has discussed various improvements to this exercise, such as in its resolution of 7 February 2018 on the composition of the European Parliament, or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union, as proposed in its resolution of 16 February 2017 on possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union, would radically transform the European elections into one true European election, as opposed to the collection of 27 separate national elections that it is today;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas one of the ideas discussed concerned the creation of a joint constituency with transnational lists; whereas Parliament ultimately rejected the idea on 7 February 2018 based on concerns that elections without a local constituency would not ensure accountability to voters, would weaken the link between Members and their electorate but would also favour large Member States; whereas the objective of the EU must be to be more democratic and accountable instead of more centralised and distant;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges that despite the fact that the agreed reform of the Electoral Law has not yet been ratified by some Member States, further improvements are required, such as provisions for remote voting operations in defined or exceptional circumstances, as well as on the elections in the joint European constituency;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Regrets that while minorities make up about 10% of the overall EU population, their elected representatives represent only about 5% of the membership of the European Parliament 1a; points out in this regard the effective barrier that electoral thresholds represent for parties representing minority communities running in single national constituencies; points out several examples of good practice in this regard, where special thresholds apply for parties representing language communities or recognized linguistic or national minorities such as Italy or Belgium; is of the opinion that the EU institutions should issue recommendations to Member States in this regard; _________________ 1ahttps://www.enar-eu.org/ENAR-s- Election-Analysis-Ethnic-minorities-in- the-new-European-Parliament-2019
Amendment 228 #
13 b. Strongly regrets that there are still Member States in the European Union whose election laws prohibit the use of mother tongue for national minorities in election campaigns; considers that such practices are discriminatory, create unjustified electoral barriers and limit access to voters and thus political participation in elections and beyond;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Recalls the particular difficulties faced by Roma in the area of political participation, especially in what regards accessing voter registration procedures due among others to lacking identity documentation; calls on the Member States to strengthen Roma voter education and turnout;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Points out that European parties' manifestos were still not a relevant part of the political debate ahead of the elections; strongly regrets instances when such debate instead of EU matters were focused on national topics without any direct link to EU policy-making; considers that the European dimension of elections can most significantly be enhanced through more information provided to citizens on the decisions taken by the EU and the impact of such decisions on their daily lives;