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2015/2040(INI) Procedures and practices regarding commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process

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RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFCO CORBETT Richard (icon: S&D S&D) PREDA Cristian Dan (icon: PPE PPE), MESSERSCHMIDT Morten (icon: ECR ECR), PAGAZAURTUNDÚA Maite (icon: ALDE ALDE), DURAND Pascal (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
Committee Opinion EMPL
Committee Opinion ENVI PATRICIELLO Aldo (icon: PPE PPE) Julie GIRLING (icon: ECR ECR), Valentinas MAZURONIS (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion TRAN CRAMER Michael (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE) Wim van de CAMP (icon: PPE PPE), Rolandas PAKSAS (icon: EFDD EFDD), Pavel TELIČKA (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion JURI CAVADA Jean-Marie (icon: ALDE ALDE) Mary HONEYBALL (icon: S&D S&D), Jiří MAŠTÁLKA (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (icon: PPE PPE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54

Events

2016/02/24
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2015/09/08
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2015/09/08
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 517 votes to 168 with 23 abstentions a resolution on procedures and practices regarding Commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process.

Hearings of Commissioners-designate, first used in 1994, are now a well-established practice and are indispensable in enabling Parliament to make an informed judgement on the Commission when it holds its vote of confidence allowing the Commission to take office. The hearing process gives Parliament and EU citizens the opportunity to discover and evaluate the candidates’ personalities, qualifications, preparedness and priorities as well as their knowledge of their designated portfolio. The practice increases the democratic legitimacy of the European Union institutions and brings those institutions closer to European citizens.

Whilst having demonstrated its effectiveness, the hearing process can always be improved, particularly by means of more flexible and dynamic exchanges between the Commissioner and members of the committee responsible for the hearing.

Members suggested that it would be useful to set a deadline by which all Member States have to put forward their candidates, so as to leave adequate time for the Commission President elect to allocate the portfolios taking into account the work experience and background of the candidate.

With the aim of attaining Parliament’s gender quality objectives, Members considered that each Member State should henceforth put forward at least two candidates – male and female on a footing of equality – for consideration by the Commission President-elect.

Checks on declarations of the financial interests of Commissioners designate by the Committee on Legal Affairs should be improved by including family interests covering family members living with them in the same household since the current scope was too limited. Parliament felt that confirmation by the Committee on Legal Affairs of the absence of any conflict of interests, based on a substantive analysis of the declarations of financial interests, constituted an essential precondition for the holding of the hearing by the committee responsible. It invited the Commission to revise its rules on this as soon as possible. The Committee on Legal Affairs should issue guidelines in the form of a recommendation or initiative report, with a view to facilitating reform of the procedures relating to Commissioners’ declarations of interests.

Members made the following suggestions regarding the hearings:

when a vice-president of the Commission has responsibilities which are primarily horizontal, the hearing could exceptionally be carried out in a different format such as a meeting of the Conference of Presidents or a meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs; the written questionnaire sent ahead of each hearing should allow for 7 questions instead of 5, but that there should not be several sub-questions under each question; it would be better to have around 25 questions, but with each questioner allowed immediate follow-up, so as to enhance the effectiveness and inquisitorial nature of the hearings; the following guidelines should apply for the coordinators’ evaluation meeting after the hearings: (i) if the coordinators unanimously approve the candidate – letter of approval; (ii) if the coordinators unanimously reject the candidate – letter of rejection; (iii) if coordinators representing a clear majority approve the candidate – letter stating that a large majority approve (minorities may request that it be mentioned that their group does not share the majority view); if there is no clear majority, or there is a majority (but not a consensus) against the candidate, and if the coordinators consider it necessary: (i) first request additional information through further written questions; (ii) if still dissatisfied – request for a further 1.5-hour hearing, with the approval of the Conference of Presidents; (iii) if there is still no consensus or overwhelming majority among the coordinators – vote in committee; a clear majority in this context should be coordinators who together represent at least two-thirds of the committee membership;

Furthermore, Members considered that:

there should be a specific section of Parliament’s website where the CVs of the Commissioners-designate and responses to written questions are made available, in advance of the public hearings, in all the official languages of the Union; there should be a specific and visible place on Parliament’s website where the evaluations are placed within 24 hours; the rule should be changed to refer to 24 hours after the evaluation, given that some evaluations are completed only following further procedures

Documents
2015/09/08
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2015/09/07
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2015/06/19
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details

The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted an own-initiative report by Richard CORBETT (S&D, UK) on procedures and practices regarding Commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process.

Hearings of Commissioners-designate, first used in 1994, are now a well-established practice which increases the democratic legitimacy of the European Union institutions and brings those institutions closer to European citizens. These hearings are indispensable in enabling Parliament to make an informed judgement on the Commission when it holds its vote of confidence allowing the Commission to take office.

Whilst having demonstrated its effectiveness, the hearing process can always be improved.

Members suggested that it would be useful to set a deadline by which all Member States have to put forward their candidates, so as to leave adequate time for the Commission President elect to allocate the portfolios taking into account the work experience and background of the candidate.

With the aim of attaining Parliament’s gender quality objectives, Members considered that each Member State should henceforth put forward at least two candidates – male and female on a footing of equality – for consideration by the Commission President-elect. Checks on declarations of the financial interests of Commissioners designated by the Committee on Legal Affairs should remain the competence of the Committee on Legal Affairs but should be improved. They should also cover family members living with them in the same household. Members stated that the current scope of Commissioners’ declarations of interests is too limited , therefore, the Commission is invited to revise its rules on this as soon as possible.

Members made the following suggestions regarding the hearings:

when a vice-president of the Commission has responsibilities which are primarily horizontal, the hearing could exceptionally be carried out in a different format such as a meeting of the Conference of Presidents or a meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs; the written questionnaire sent ahead of each hearing should allow for 7 questions instead of 5, but that there should not be several sub-questions under each question; it would be better to have around 25 questions, but with each questioner allowed immediate follow-up, so as to enhance the effectiveness and inquisitorial nature of the hearings; the following guidelines should apply for the coordinators’ evaluation meeting after the hearings: if the coordinators unanimously approve the candidate – letter of approval; (ii) if the coordinators unanimously reject the candidate – letter of rejection; if coordinators representing a clear majority approve the candidate – letter stating that a large majority approve (minorities may request that it be mentioned that their group does not share the majority view); if there is no clear majority, or there is a majority (but not a consensus) against the candidate, and if the coordinators consider it necessary: (i) first request additional information through further written questions; (ii) if still dissatisfied – request for a further 1.5-hour hearing, with the approval of the Conference of Presidents; (iii) if there is still no consensus or overwhelming majority among the coordinators – vote in committee; a clear majority in this context should be coordinators who together represent at least two-thirds of the committee membership;

Furthermore, Members considered that:

there should be a specific section of Parliament’s website where the CVs of the Commissioners-designate and responses to written questions are made available, in advance of the public hearings, in all the official languages of the Union; there should be a specific and visible place on Parliament’s website where the evaluations are placed within 24 hours; the rule should be changed to refer to 24 hours after the evaluation, given that some evaluations are completed only following further procedures.

Documents
2015/06/17
   EP - Vote in committee
2015/05/11
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2015/05/11
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2015/04/17
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2015/04/14
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2015/02/24
   EP - CAVADA Jean-Marie (ALDE) appointed as rapporteur in JURI
2015/02/12
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2015/02/12
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2015/02/09
   EP - PATRICIELLO Aldo (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2015/01/19
   EP - CRAMER Michael (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2014/12/04
   EP - CORBETT Richard (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AFCO

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A8-0197/2015 - Richard Corbett - § 9 introduction et tirets 1 et 2 #

2015/09/08 Outcome: +: 634, -: 58, 0: 8
DE IT ES PL RO GB FR CZ PT BE AT HU NL SE BG DK SK EL LT HR IE LV FI SI LU EE CY MT
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A8-0197/2015 - Richard Corbett - Am 1 #

2015/09/08 Outcome: -: 406, +: 292, 0: 5
NL FR BE DK LT FI EE IE CZ SE LV LU AT HR SI SK CY EL BG ES PT MT PL HU GB IT DE RO
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A8-0197/2015 - Richard Corbett - § 9 tiret 3 #

2015/09/08 Outcome: +: 509, -: 180, 0: 15
DE ES RO FR HU IT SE BG BE AT PT CZ HR LT NL FI SI LU EE MT SK PL LV IE DK CY EL GB
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A8-0197/2015 - Richard Corbett - § 9 tiret 4 #

2015/09/08 Outcome: +: 565, 0: 94, -: 41
DE IT ES FR RO PL PT HU NL SE BG CZ AT BE FI LT IE EL SK DK GB HR LV SI LU EE CY MT
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A8-0197/2015 - Richard Corbett - Résolution #

2015/09/08 Outcome: +: 517, -: 168, 0: 23
DE IT ES RO FR BE HU BG AT PT CZ LT HR SK FI SI PL LV EE MT SE NL LU DK IE CY EL GB
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AmendmentsDossier
134 2015/2040(INI)
2015/03/20 TRAN 19 amendments...
source: 552.013
2015/03/31 ENVI 41 amendments...
source: 552.132
2015/04/14 AFCO 49 amendments...
source: 554.817
2015/04/21 JURI 25 amendments...
source: 554.914

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  • The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted an own-initiative report by Richard CORBETT (S&D, UK) on procedures and practices regarding Commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process.

    Hearings of Commissioners-designate, first used in 1994, are now a well-established practice which increases the democratic legitimacy of the European Union institutions and brings those institutions closer to European citizens. These hearings are indispensable in enabling Parliament to make an informed judgement on the Commission when it holds its vote of confidence allowing the Commission to take office.

    Whilst having demonstrated its effectiveness, the hearing process can always be improved.

    Members suggested that it would be useful to set a deadline by which all Member States have to put forward their candidates, so as to leave adequate time for the Commission President elect to allocate the portfolios taking into account the work experience and background of the candidate.

    With the aim of attaining Parliament’s gender quality objectives, Members considered that each Member State should henceforth put forward at least two candidates – male and female on a footing of equality – for consideration by the Commission President-elect. Checks on declarations of the financial interests of Commissioners designated by the Committee on Legal Affairs should remain the competence of the Committee on Legal Affairs but should be improved. They should also cover family members living with them in the same household. Members stated that the current scope of Commissioners’ declarations of interests is too limited, therefore, the Commission is invited to revise its rules on this as soon as possible.

    Members made the following suggestions regarding the hearings:

    • when a vice-president of the Commission has responsibilities which are primarily horizontal, the hearing could exceptionally be carried out in a different format such as a meeting of the Conference of Presidents or a meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs;
    • the written questionnaire sent ahead of each hearing should allow for 7 questions instead of 5, but that there should not be several sub-questions under each question;
    • it would be better to have around 25 questions, but with each questioner allowed immediate follow-up, so as to enhance the effectiveness and inquisitorial nature of the hearings;
    • the following guidelines should apply for the coordinators’ evaluation meeting after the hearings:
    • if the coordinators unanimously approve the candidate – letter of approval; (ii) if the coordinators unanimously reject the candidate – letter of rejection;
    • if coordinators representing a clear majority approve the candidate – letter stating that a large majority approve (minorities may request that it be mentioned that their group does not share the majority view);
    • if there is no clear majority, or there is a majority (but not a consensus) against the candidate, and if the coordinators consider it necessary: (i) first request additional information through further written questions; (ii) if still dissatisfied – request for a further 1.5-hour hearing, with the approval of the Conference of Presidents; (iii) if there is still no consensus or overwhelming majority among the coordinators – vote in committee;
    • a clear majority in this context should be coordinators who together represent at least two-thirds of the committee membership;

    Furthermore, Members considered that:

    • there should be a specific section of Parliament’s website where the CVs of the Commissioners-designate and responses to written questions are made available, in advance of the public hearings, in all the official languages of the Union;
    • there should be a specific and visible place on Parliament’s website where the evaluations are placed within 24 hours;
    • the rule should be changed to refer to 24 hours after the evaluation, given that some evaluations are completed only following further procedures.
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EP
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2015-07-06T00:00:00
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EP
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Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
New
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  • url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2015-0197&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A8-0197/2015
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2015-06-17T00:00:00
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EP
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Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
committees
activities/2
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2015-06-19T00:00:00
body
EP
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Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 150
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Old
Awaiting committee decision
New
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PAGAZAURTUNDÚA RUIZ Maite
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PAGAZAURTUNDÚA RUIZ Maite
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2015-07-07T00:00:00
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EP
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ECR
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MESSERSCHMIDT Morten
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2015-02-24T00:00:00
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  • group: ALDE name: CAVADA Jean-Marie
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MESSERSCHMIDT Morten
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2015-02-24T00:00:00
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  • group: ALDE name: CAVADA Jean-Marie
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EC
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TIMMERMANS Frans
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2015-01-19T00:00:00
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2015-01-19T00:00:00
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  • group: Verts/ALE name: CRAMER Michael
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  • date: 2015-02-12T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: EPP name: PREDA Cristian Dan group: Verts/ALE name: DURAND Pascal responsible: True committee: AFCO date: 2014-12-04T00:00:00 committee_full: Constitutional Affairs rapporteur: group: S&D name: CORBETT Richard body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL body: EP responsible: False committee: ENVI date: 2015-02-09T00:00:00 committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety rapporteur: group: EPP name: PATRICIELLO Aldo body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy committee: ITRE body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs committee: JURI body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Transport and Tourism committee: TRAN
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  • body: EP shadows: group: EPP name: PREDA Cristian Dan group: Verts/ALE name: DURAND Pascal responsible: True committee: AFCO date: 2014-12-04T00:00:00 committee_full: Constitutional Affairs rapporteur: group: S&D name: CORBETT Richard
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL
  • body: EP responsible: False committee: ENVI date: 2015-02-09T00:00:00 committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety rapporteur: group: EPP name: PATRICIELLO Aldo
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy committee: ITRE
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs committee: JURI
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Transport and Tourism committee: TRAN
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other
    procedure
    dossier_of_the_committee
    AFCO/8/02754
    reference
    2015/2040(INI)
    title
    Procedures and practices regarding commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process
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    Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 052
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