Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | AFCO |
HÜBNER Danuta Maria (![]() ![]() |
UJAZDOWSKI Kazimierz Michał (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 46
Legal Basis:
RoP 46Events
The European Parliament adopted by 315 votes to 234 with 55 abstentions, a resolution on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union.
Article 223 of the TFEU gives the European Parliament the right to initiate a reform of European electoral law by formulating proposals, which the Council decides upon by unanimity.
In view of the steadily decreasing turnout in European elections, in particular among the youngest voters, and voters’ lack of interest in European issues, Members felt there was a need for ideas that would help to revive European democracy.
Accordingly, Parliament proposed to reform its electoral procedure in good time before the 2019 elections, with the aim of:
enhancing the democratic and transnational dimension of the European elections and the democratic legitimacy of the EU decision-making process, reinforcing the concept of citizenship of the Union and electoral equality, promoting the principle of representative democracy and the direct representation of Union citizens in the European Parliament; improving the functioning of the European Parliament and the governance of the Union; making the work of the European Parliament more legitimate and efficient; enhancing the effectiveness of the system for conducting European elections; fostering common ownership among citizens from all Member States; enhancing the balanced composition of the European Parliament, and providing for the greatest possible degree of electoral equality and participation for citizens of the Union.
Parliament recommended the following changes to the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage ("the Electoral Act") annexed to the Council decision of 20 September 1976:
obligation of political parties participating in elections to the European Parliament to observe democratic procedures and transparency in selecting their candidates for those elections; national parties should hold a democratic vote to select their candidates for European elections; the list of candidates for election to the European Parliament shall ensure gender equality ; enhancement of the visibility of European political parties by placing their names and logos on the ballot papers, and where possible on posters used in European elections campaigns; introduction of a common deadline of twelve weeks before election day for the establishment of lists at national level and for the nomination of candidates for the post of President of the commission by European political parties so as to enable their electoral programmes to be presented, political debates between the candidates to be organised and EU-wide electoral campaigns to be mounted. introduction of an obligatory threshold for the allocation of seats in single-constituency Member States and constituencies which comprise more than 26 seats ranging between 3% and 5% for Member States using the list system; close of polling in all Member States by 21:00 hours CET on the Sunday of elections; a common deadline of eight weeks for finalisation of the electoral roll and six weeks for information concerning Union citizens with dual nationality and Union citizens living in another Member State to be exchanged with the national single authority in charge of the electoral roll; introduction of the right to vote in the European elections for all Union citizens living outside the EU; introduction of electronic and internet voting possibilities as well as voting by post mail; the office of Member of the European Parliament to be deemed incompatible with that of member of a regional parliament or assembly vested with legislative powers.
Parliament recommended to Member States that:
they should consider ways to harmonise the minimum age of voters at 16 , in order to further enhance electoral equality among Union citizens. they adopt adequate legal frameworks that ensure the highest standards of informative , fair and objective media coverage during the election campaigns, particularly from public service broadcasters; they take measures to promote adequate representation of ethnic, linguistic and other minorities in European elections.
Lastly, Parliament determines to have the right to fix the electoral period for elections to the European Parliament after consulting the Council.
The {AFCO} Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted a report presented by co-rapporteurs Danuta Maria HÜBNER (EPP, PL) and Jo LEINEN (S&D, DE) on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union.
Article 223 of the TFEU gives the European Parliament the right to initiate a reform of European electoral law by formulating proposals, which the Council decides upon by unanimity.
With this report, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs proposed that the European Parliament should decide to reform its electoral procedure in good time before the 2019 elections, with the aim of :
enhancing the democratic and transnational dimension of the European elections and the democratic legitimacy of the EU decision-making process, reinforcing the concept of citizenship of the Union and electoral equality, promoting the principle of representative democracy and the direct representation of Union citizens in the European Parliament; improving the functioning of the European Parliament and the governance of the Union; making the work of the European Parliament more legitimate and efficient; enhancing the effectiveness of the system for conducting European elections; fostering common ownership among citizens from all Member States; enhancing the balanced composition of the European Parliament, and providing for the greatest possible degree of electoral equality and participation for citizens of the Union.
The Rapporteurs decided to propose the following changes to the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage ("the Electoral Act") annexed to the Council decision of 20 September 1976:
obligation of political parties participating in elections to the European Parliament to observe democratic procedures and transparency in selecting their candidates for those elections; the list of candidates for election to the European Parliament shall ensure gender equality ; enhancement of the visibility of European political parties by placing their names and logos on the ballot papers, and where possible on posters used in European elections campaigns; introduction of a common deadline of twelve weeks before election day for the establishment of lists at national level; introduction of an obligatory threshold for the allocation of seats in single-constituency Member States and constituencies which comprise more than 26 seats ranging between 3% and 5% for Member States using the list system; close of polling in all Member States by 21:00 hours CET on the Sunday of elections; introduction of a common deadline of 12 weeks for the nomination of lead candidates by the European political parties; introduction of a deadline for the establishment and finalisation of the electoral roll shall be eight weeks before the first election day; introduction of the right to vote in the European elections for all Union citizens living outside the EU; introduction of electronic and internet voting possibilities as well as voting by post mail.
As a future step, it is recommended to Member States that they should consider ways to harmonise the minimum age of voters at 16 , in order to further enhance electoral equality among Union citizens.
Lastly, Parliament should have the right to fix the electoral period for elections to the European Parliament after consulting the Council.
Documents
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0395/2015
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0286/2015
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE567.650
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE564.992
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE565.204
- Committee draft report: PE560.824
- Committee draft report: PE560.824
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE565.204
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE564.992
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE567.650
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Votes
A8-0286/2015 - Danuta Maria Hübner et Jo Leinen - Am 12 #
A8-0286/2015 - Danuta Maria Hübner et Jo Leinen - Am 26 #
A8-0286/2015 - Danuta Maria Hübner et Jo Leinen - Am 50 #
SI | EE | LU | LV | MT | CY | HR | LT | FI | EL | AT | IE | DK | PT | SK | NL | BG | HU | BE | CZ | SE | RO | FR | ES | PL | DE | GB | IT | ||
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Total |
7
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
11
|
9
|
11
|
19
|
16
|
10
|
10
|
16
|
12
|
22
|
15
|
18
|
20
|
19
|
18
|
26
|
39
|
46
|
46
|
80
|
61
|
66
|
|
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41
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
Germany Verts/ALEFor (11) |
United Kingdom Verts/ALEFor (2)Against (4) |
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10
|
Greece NI |
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
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46
|
2
|
1
|
Greece GUE/NGLAgainst (1)Abstain (1) |
4
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
France GUE/NGLFor (1)Against (1)Abstain (1) |
Spain GUE/NGLFor (1)Against (5) |
Germany GUE/NGLAbstain (1) |
1
|
3
|
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17
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Italy ENFAgainst (5) |
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36
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
United Kingdom EFDDAgainst (16) |
Italy EFDDAgainst (15) |
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61
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
Netherlands ALDEAgainst (3)Abstain (3) |
4
|
Belgium ALDEAgainst (5) |
4
|
3
|
2
|
France ALDEAgainst (7) |
8
|
1
|
1
|
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64
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
Poland ECRAgainst (17)
Anna FOTYGA,
Beata GOSIEWSKA,
Bolesław G. PIECHA,
Dawid Bohdan JACKIEWICZ,
Edward CZESAK,
Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA,
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI,
Karol KARSKI,
Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI,
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI,
Marek JUREK,
Mirosław PIOTROWSKI,
Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO,
Stanisław OŻÓG,
Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA,
Zbigniew KUŹMIUK,
Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI
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Germany ECRAgainst (7) |
United Kingdom ECRAgainst (17)Abstain (1) |
2
|
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167
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
Portugal S&DFor (2)Against (5) |
3
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
Sweden S&DAgainst (6) |
Romania S&DFor (1)Against (11)Abstain (1) |
France S&DAgainst (10)Abstain (1) |
Poland S&DAgainst (5) |
Germany S&DAgainst (24)
Arne LIETZ,
Bernd LANGE,
Birgit SIPPEL,
Dietmar KÖSTER,
Evelyne GEBHARDT,
Gabriele PREUSS,
Iris HOFFMANN,
Ismail ERTUG,
Jakob von WEIZSÄCKER,
Jens GEIER,
Jo LEINEN,
Joachim SCHUSTER,
Jutta STEINRUCK,
Kerstin WESTPHAL,
Knut FLECKENSTEIN,
Maria NOICHL,
Martina WERNER,
Matthias GROOTE,
Norbert NEUSER,
Peter SIMON,
Petra KAMMEREVERT,
Susanne MELIOR,
Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN,
Udo BULLMANN
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United Kingdom S&DFor (1)Against (16) |
Italy S&DFor (1)Against (26)
Alessia Maria MOSCA,
Andrea COZZOLINO,
Caterina CHINNICI,
Cécile Kashetu KYENGE,
Damiano ZOFFOLI,
Daniele VIOTTI,
David Maria SASSOLI,
Elena GENTILE,
Enrico GASBARRA,
Flavio ZANONATO,
Gianni PITTELLA,
Isabella DE MONTE,
Luigi MORGANO,
Massimo PAOLUCCI,
Mercedes BRESSO,
Michela GIUFFRIDA,
Nicola CAPUTO,
Nicola DANTI,
Paolo DE CASTRO,
Patrizia TOIA,
Pier Antonio PANZERI,
Renata BRIANO,
Renato SORU,
Roberto GUALTIERI,
Silvia COSTA,
Simona BONAFÈ
Abstain (1) |
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185
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
Croatia PPEAgainst (5) |
2
|
2
|
Greece PPEAgainst (5) |
Austria PPEAgainst (5) |
4
|
1
|
Portugal PPEAgainst (5) |
Slovakia PPEAgainst (6) |
Netherlands PPEAgainst (5) |
Bulgaria PPEAgainst (7) |
Hungary PPEAgainst (12) |
4
|
Czechia PPEAgainst (7) |
Sweden PPEAgainst (4) |
Romania PPEAgainst (9) |
France PPEAgainst (12) |
Spain PPEFor (1)Against (12) |
Poland PPEFor (2)Against (18)
Barbara KUDRYCKA,
Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI,
Bogdan Brunon WENTA,
Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA,
Danuta Maria HÜBNER,
Dariusz ROSATI,
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA,
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI,
Jan OLBRYCHT,
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI,
Jarosław KALINOWSKI,
Jarosław WAŁĘSA,
Jerzy BUZEK,
Julia PITERA,
Krzysztof HETMAN,
Marek PLURA,
Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN,
Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
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Germany PPEFor (1)Against (28)
Albert DESS,
Andreas SCHWAB,
Axel VOSS,
Burkhard BALZ,
Daniel CASPARY,
David McALLISTER,
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH,
Elmar BROK,
Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL,
Herbert REUL,
Ingeborg GRÄSSLE,
Jens GIESEKE,
Joachim ZELLER,
Karl-Heinz FLORENZ,
Manfred WEBER,
Markus FERBER,
Markus PIEPER,
Michael GAHLER,
Monika HOHLMEIER,
Norbert LINS,
Peter JAHR,
Rainer WIELAND,
Reimer BÖGE,
Renate SOMMER,
Sven SCHULZE,
Thomas MANN,
Werner KUHN,
Werner LANGEN
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