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2012/2034(INI) Relations between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments

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RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFCO LAMASSOURE Alain (icon: PPE PPE) GURMAI Zita (icon: S&D S&D), DUFF Andrew (icon: ALDE ALDE), HÄFNER Gerald (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), FOX Ashley (icon: ECR ECR), MESSERSCHMIDT Morten (icon: EFD EFD)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54

Events

2013/12/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2013/12/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution on relations between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments.

Parliament noted that under the pressure of the crisis, the European Council has considerably aggrandised its role . By raising to European Council level matters normally dealt with at Council of Ministers level; it has gone beyond the crucial Treaty injunction that it has no legislative functions. Thus, the temptation for the heads of state or government to resort to intergovernmental expedients jeopardises the ‘Community method’, in breach of the Treaties.

On issues as crucial as economic governance or the European banking supervisory authority , the absence of formalised dialogue between Parliament and the European Council has prevented Parliament from fully playing its role as colegislator, as laid down in the Treaties.

As for the negotiations on the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, Parliament saw the legislative process as having been held to ransom as the legally required unanimity in the Council could only be achieved by pre-empting certain major policy choices in the regulations on the policies to be financed, which, in these areas, reduced Parliament’s role to one of merely amending secondary provisions.

In the light of the experience gained over these four years, Parliament believed that there is a need to improve and formalise the working relations between the European Council and Parliament ; this could take the form of either a joint statement or an interinstitutional agreement or an exchange of letters.

With a view to strengthening the democratic nature of the decision-making process, proper parliamentary scrutiny arrangements should be implemented. Parliament recommended the following:

other than in cases of exceptional urgency, any meeting of the European Council should be preceded by a debate in Parliament, allowing the adoption of a resolution, with the President of the European Council coming to present the subjects on the agenda in person; Parliament and the European Council should organise their respective work so as to give to Parliament the opportunity to make known its opinion on these subjects in good time, and to allow the President of the European Council to report back after each meeting of the European Council in front of the plenary sitting; where an agreement is concluded between the representatives of Parliament and of the Council in the context of a legislative procedure, the European Council should not raise the matter again; Parliament’s timely involvement whenever the European Council initiates an action plan or a procedure likely to include a legislative dimension to be decided in cooperation with Parliament in a form appropriate to each case.

Members pointed out that the conclusions of the European Council are negotiating instructions for the Council of Ministers, and that in no case do they constitute red lines which cannot be negotiated with Parliament.

The European Council is called upon to state clearly, before the start of the European election campaign, how it intends, for its part, to respect the choice of European citizens in the appointment of the President of the Commission , in accordance with the Treaty on European Union, in the context of the consultations to be held between Parliament and the European Council.

Documents
2013/12/12
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2013/12/11
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2013/10/18
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted the own-initiative report by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP, FR) on relations between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments.

The committee noted that under the pressure of the crisis, the European Council has considerably aggrandised its role. By raising to European Council level matters normally dealt with at Council of Ministers level; it has gone beyond the crucial Treaty injunction that it has no legislative functions. Thus, the temptation for the heads of state or government to resort to intergovernmental expedients jeopardises the ‘Community method’, in breach of the Treaties.

Members believed that, in the light of the experience gained over these four years, there is a need to improve and formalise the working relations between the European Council and Parliament ; this could take the form of either a joint statement or an interinstitutional agreement or an exchange of letters.

In order to strengthen the democratic nature of the decision-making process, proper parliamentary scrutiny arrangements shall be implemented .

The committee recommended the following:

other than in cases of exceptional urgency, any meeting of the European Council should be preceded by a debate in Parliament, allowing the adoption of a resolution, with the President of the European Council coming to present the subjects on the agenda in person; Parliament and the European Council should organise their respective work so as to give to Parliament the opportunity to make known its opinion on these subjects in good time, and to allow the President of the European Council to report back after each meeting of the European Council in front of the plenary sitting; where an agreement is concluded between the representatives of Parliament and of the Council in the context of a legislative procedure, the European Council should not to raise the matter again; it called for Parliament’s timely involvement whenever the European Council initiates an action plan or a procedure likely to include a legislative dimension to be decided in cooperation with Parliament in a form appropriate to each case.

Members pointed out that the conclusions of the European Council are negotiating instructions for the Council of Ministers, and that in no case do they constitute red lines which cannot be negotiated with Parliament.

The European Council is called upon to state clearly, before the start of the European election campaign, how it intends, for its part, to respect the choice of European citizens in the appointment of the President of the Commission, in accordance with the Treaty on European Union, in the context of the consultations to be held between Parliament and the European Council.

Documents
2013/10/14
   EP - Vote in committee
2013/09/30
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2013/09/12
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2012/03/15
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2011/12/20
   EP - LAMASSOURE Alain (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in AFCO

Documents

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A7-0336/2013 - Alain Lamassoure - § 3 #

2013/12/12 Outcome: +: 380, -: 60, 0: 12
DE FR RO IT ES BE SE PL BG FI PT IE LT NL SK HU AT LU DK EE LV HR SI MT EL CZ CY GB
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A7-0336/2013 - Alain Lamassoure - § 7 #

2013/12/12 Outcome: +: 391, -: 55, 0: 10
DE FR IT RO ES BE PL FI PT LT BG AT HU IE NL SK DK EE SE LV HR LU SI MT EL CY CZ GB
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A7-0336/2013 - Alain Lamassoure - § 8/1 #

2013/12/12 Outcome: +: 376, -: 61, 0: 15
DE FR RO IT ES PL BE PT LT BG HU IE SK AT FI EE NL SE LV HR LU DK SI MT EL CZ CY GB
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A7-0336/2013 - Alain Lamassoure - § 8/2 #

2013/12/12 Outcome: +: 322, -: 116, 0: 12
DE FR IT ES RO PL PT HU LT LV AT HR SK BE IE MT LU EL SI FI CY CZ BG EE NL SE DK GB
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A7-0336/2013 - Alain Lamassoure - Considérant C #

2013/12/12 Outcome: +: 388, -: 51, 0: 16
DE FR IT RO ES PL BE NL FI SE PT LT BG HU IE SK EE AT DK LV HR LU SI MT EL CY CZ GB
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A7-0336/2013 - Alain Lamassoure - Considérant D #

2013/12/12 Outcome: +: 377, -: 69, 0: 6
DE FR RO ES IT BE PL FI PT LT NL BG HU SK IE EE AT LV HR LU DK SI MT EL SE CY CZ GB
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AmendmentsDossier
43 2012/2034(INI)
2013/09/30 AFCO 43 amendments...
source: PE-519.769

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  • The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted the own-initiative report by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP, FR) on relations between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments.

    The committee noted that under the pressure of the crisis, the European Council has considerably aggrandised its role. By raising to European Council level matters normally dealt with at Council of Ministers level; it has gone beyond the crucial Treaty injunction that it has no legislative functions. Thus, the temptation for the heads of state or government to resort to intergovernmental expedients jeopardises the ‘Community method’, in breach of the Treaties.

    Members believed that, in the light of the experience gained over these four years, there is a need to improve and formalise the working relations between the European Council and Parliament; this could take the form of either a joint statement or an interinstitutional agreement or an exchange of letters.

    In order to strengthen the democratic nature of the decision-making process, proper parliamentary scrutiny arrangements shall be implemented.

    The committee recommended the following:

    • other than in cases of exceptional urgency, any meeting of the European Council should be preceded by a debate in Parliament, allowing the adoption of a resolution, with the President of the European Council coming to present the subjects on the agenda in person;
    • Parliament and the European Council should organise their respective work so as to give to Parliament the opportunity to make known its opinion on these subjects in good time, and to allow the President of the European Council to report back after each meeting of the European Council in front of the plenary sitting;
    • where an agreement is concluded between the representatives of Parliament and of the Council in the context of a legislative procedure, the European Council should not to raise the matter again;
    • it called for Parliament’s timely involvement whenever the European Council initiates an action plan or a procedure likely to include a legislative dimension to be decided in cooperation with Parliament in a form appropriate to each case.

    Members pointed out that the conclusions of the European Council are negotiating instructions for the Council of Ministers, and that in no case do they constitute red lines which cannot be negotiated with Parliament.

    The European Council is called upon to state clearly, before the start of the European election campaign, how it intends, for its part, to respect the choice of European citizens in the appointment of the President of the Commission, in accordance with the Treaty on European Union, in the context of the consultations to be held between Parliament and the European Council.

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  • body: EP shadows: group: S&D name: GURMAI Zita group: ALDE name: DUFF Andrew group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut group: EFD name: MESSERSCHMIDT Morten responsible: True committee: AFCO date: 2011-12-20T00:00:00 committee_full: Constitutional Affairs rapporteur: group: EPP name: LAMASSOURE Alain
links
other
  • body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/secretariat_general/index_en.htm title: Secretariat General commissioner: ŠEFČOVIČ Maroš
procedure
dossier_of_the_committee
AFCO/7/08922
reference
2012/2034(INI)
title
Relations between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments
legal_basis
Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 048
stage_reached
Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage
subtype
Initiative
type
INI - Own-initiative procedure
subject
8.40.11 Relations with Member State governments and national parliaments