Progress: Procedure completed
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Committee Opinion | BUDG |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Alexander STUBB (EPP-ED, FI) on the institutional aspects of the EU's capacity to integrate new Member States. (Please refer to the summary dated 13/11/2006.)
The committee adopted the own-initiative report by Alexander STUBB (EPP-ED, FI) on the institutional aspects of the EU's capacity to integrate new Member States. The report acknowledged that the Union was currently "confronted with difficulties to honour its commitments towards South-East European countries" and said that it needed to improve its institutional, financial and policy structure before any further enlargement can take place.
The committee said that the notion of "integration capacity" implies that, after any new accession, the EU institutions will be able to function properly and democratically, and the EU will have sufficient financial resources to finance its activities and will be able to develop its policies and attain its political objectives. The Union must therefore decide which reforms are needed before any future accession, taking into account the impact that new Member States will have on its institutional, financial and decision-making capabilities. The report reaffirmed that the Treaty of Nice "does not provide an adequate basis for further enlargements."
MEPs stressed that "integration capacity" should not be seen as a new criterion for candidate countries, since it is up to the EU to improve its ability to accept new countries and deepen its integration process. They added that enlargements have "tended to strengthen the Union, foster its economic growth, reinforce its role in the world and stimulate the development of new EU policies."
The report made a series of proposals concerning the institutional reforms needed before any further enlargement: the adoption of a new qualified majority voting system at the Council to simplify decision making; a clear definition of the EU's values, objectives and competences; more transparency in the EU's decision-making process, i.e. public scrutiny of the Council's legislative activities; increased powers of scrutiny for national parliaments and the adoption of a clause enabling Member States to withdraw from the EU. The committee also called for reinforcement of the European Neighbourhood Policy to provide a framework for relations with those countries with no prospect of accession.
In conclusion, MEPs in the committee stressed that enlargement was "an historic opportunity to ensure peace, security, stability, democracy and the rule of law, as well as economic growth and prosperity in Europe", and added that it must go hand in hand with the deepening of the Union. They reiterated their conviction that a constitutional settlement must be achieved before the next European Parliament elections in 2009, and reaffirmed their endorsement of the Constitutional Treaty, "which already offers solutions to most of the reforms needed by the EU".
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)0303
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T6-0569/2006
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0393/2006
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A6-0393/2006
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE380.749
- Committee draft report: PE378.846
- Committee draft report: PE378.846
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE380.749
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0393/2006
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)0303
Activities
- Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Enlargement strategy and main challenges 2006-2007 – The institutional aspects of the European Union’s capacity to integrate the new Member States (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Enlargement strategy and main challenges 2006-2007 – The institutional aspects of the European Union’s capacity to integrate the new Member States (debate)
- Jim ALLISTER
- Gerard BATTEN
- Zsolt László BECSEY
- Angelika BEER
- Bas BELDER
- Mario BORGHEZIO
- Elmar BROK
- Carlos CARNERO GONZÁLEZ
- Philip CLAEYS
- Paul Marie COÛTEAUX
- Arūnas DEGUTIS
- Panayiotis DEMETRIOU
- Giorgos DIMITRAKOPOULOS
- Andrew DUFF
- Camiel EURLINGS
- Genowefa GRABOWSKA
- Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ
- Gábor HARANGOZÓ
- Milan HORÁČEK
- Georgios KARATZAFERIS
- Ioannis KASOULIDES
- Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
- Tunne KELAM
- Bogdan KLICH
- Jaromír KOHLÍČEK
- Helmut KUHNE
- Joost LAGENDIJK
- Stavros LAMBRINIDIS
- Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF
- Henrik LAX
- Jo LEINEN
- Mary Lou McDONALD
- Jan Tadeusz MASIEL
- Marios MATSAKIS
- Erik MEIJER
- Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO
- Andreas MÖLZER
- Pierre MOSCOVICI
- Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK
- Cem ÖZDEMIR
- Alojz PETERLE
- Józef PINIOR
- Bernd POSSELT
- Jacek PROTASIEWICZ
- Reinhard RACK
- Marie-Line REYNAUD
- Olle SCHMIDT
- György SCHÖPFLIN
- Inger SEGELSTRÖM
- Alexander STUBB
- Hannes SWOBODA
- István SZENT-IVÁNYI
- Konrad SZYMAŃSKI
- Csaba Sándor TABAJDI
- Hannu TAKKULA
- Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK
- Jacques TOUBON
- Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES
- Ioannis VARVITSIOTIS
- Johannes VOGGENHUBER
- Jan Marinus WIERSMA
- Andrzej Tomasz ZAPAŁOWSKI
- Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
Votes
Rapport Stubb A6-0393/2006 - par. 9-B #
Rapport Stubb A6-0393/2006 - par. 9-C #
Rapport Stubb A6-0393/2006 - par. 9-E #
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Rapport Stubb A6-0393/2006 - par. 9-H #
Rapport Stubb A6-0393/2006 - am. 4 #
Rapport Stubb A6-0393/2006 - par. 18 #
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