Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | AFCO |
TRZASKOWSKI Rafał ( PPE),
GUALTIERI Roberto ( S&D)
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DUFF Andrew ( ALDE),
HÄFNER Gerald ( Verts/ALE),
FOX Ashley ( ECR),
MESSERSCHMIDT Morten ( EFD)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 46
Legal Basis:
RoP 46Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 536 votes to 111 with 44 abstentions a resolution on the composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections, and submitted to the European Council a proposal establishing the composition of the European Parliament for the 2014-2019 parliamentary term.
Parliament recalls that when the next parliamentary term starts in 2014, the current derogation from Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union will expire and as a result, the total number of seats will need to be reduced by 15 in order to bring the number of seats into line with the number laid down by Treaty provision and also to take account of the accession of Croatia. Thus, the European Parliament will be composed of 751 Members (750, plus the President), i.e. there will be 15 fewer seats than the number currently in force .
To minimise the loss of seats for Member States, and in the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the Treaty, whereby Members from larger Member States represent more citizens than those from smaller ones, Parliament proposes the following:
12 Member States will each lose one seat (Romania, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Lithuania and Latvia) and no Member State will increase its number of seats ;
the remaining 3 seats in the 15-seat reduction will come from Germany, whose share of seats will be cut from 99 to 96 (the maximum allowed by the Lisbon Treaty). These 3 extra seats were part of a transitional arrangement that arrangement that expires at the end of the current legislature. Parliament adds that it undertakes to submit, before the end of 2015, a new proposal for a decision of the European Council with the aim of establishing, sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, a durable and transparent system which will allow seats to be apportioned amongst the Member States in an objective manner, based on the principle of degressive proportionality.
Members note that the new system for apportioning seats in Parliament should be established in conjunction with a review of the voting system in the Council and they are determined to make proposals to this end at the next Convention revising the Treaty.
Lastly, Parliament underlines the urgent need to adopt this decision, which requires its consent, as soon as so that the Member States can enact, in good time, the necessary domestic measures for organising the elections to the European Parliament for the 2014-2019 parliamentary term.
The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted an own-initiative report by Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT) and Rafał TRZASKOWSKI (EPP, PL) on the composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections, and submitted to the European Council a proposal establishing the composition of the European Parliament for the 2014-2019 parliamentary term.
Members recall that when the next parliamentary term starts in 2014, the current derogation from Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union will expire and as a result, the total number of seats will need to be reduced by 15 in order to bring the number of seats into line with the number laid down by Treaty provision and also to take account of the accession of Croatia. Thus, the European Parliament will be composed of 751 Members (750, plus the President), i.e. there will be 15 fewer seats than the number currently in force .
Pragmatic solution : to minimise the loss of seats for Member States, the committee proposes a “pragmatic” solution in the application of the principle of degressive proportionality provided for in the Treaty, whereby Members from larger Member States represent more citizens than those from smaller ones. The committee’s solution means that 12 Member States will each lose one seat (Romania, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Lithuania and Latvia) and no Member State will increase its number of seats . The remaining 3 seats in the 15-seat reduction will come from Germany, whose share of seats will be cut from 99 to 96 (the maximum allowed by the Lisbon Treaty). These 3 extra seats were part of a transitional arrangement that arrangement that expires at the end of the current legislature.
The committee recommends that Parliament should undertake to submit, before the end of 2015, a new proposal for a decision of the European Council with the aim of establishing, sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, a durable and transparent system which will allow seats to be apportioned amongst the Member States in an objective manner, based on the principle of degressive proportionality.
Lastly, Members note that the new system for apportioning seats in Parliament should be established in conjunction with a review of the voting system in the Council and they are determined to make proposals to this end at the next Convention revising the Treaty.
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T7-0082/2013
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A7-0041/2013
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE504.228
- Committee draft report: PE502.178
- Committee draft report: PE502.178
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE504.228
Activities
- John Stuart AGNEW
- Andrew DUFF
- Roberto GUALTIERI
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2016/11/22 Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (A7-0041/2013 - Rafał Trzaskowski, Roberto Gualtieri) (vote)
- 2016/11/22 Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (debate)
- 2016/11/22 Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (debate)
- Gay MITCHELL
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2016/11/22 Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (A7-0041/2013 - Rafał Trzaskowski, Roberto Gualtieri) (vote)
- 2016/11/22 Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (A7-0041/2013 - Rafał Trzaskowski, Roberto Gualtieri) (vote)
- 2016/11/22 Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (debate)
- Vicky FORD
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Ashley FOX
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Gerald HÄFNER
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Gunnar HÖKMARK
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Nicole SINCLAIRE
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Elena BĂSESCU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Gerard BATTEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Sandrine BÉLIER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Elmar BROK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Carlo CASINI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Emer COSTELLO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- William (The Earl of) DARTMOUTH
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Enrique GUERRERO SALOM
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- Zita GURMAI
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- Constance LE GRIP
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jörg LEICHTFRIED
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jo LEINEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ulrike LUNACEK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- David MARTIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Andreas MÖLZER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Vital MOREIRA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Franz OBERMAYR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Phil PRENDERGAST
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Nikolaos SALAVRAKOS
- György SCHÖPFLIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Alexandra THEIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Rafał TRZASKOWSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marita ULVSKOG
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Angelika WERTHMANN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Cecilia WIKSTRÖM
Plenary Speeches (1)
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