Awaiting committee decision
2018/2093(INI) Differentiated integration
Lead committee dossier: AFCO/8/13345
Legal Basis RoP 52
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
---|---|---|---|
Lead | AFCO | DURAND Pascal (Verts/ALE) | PREDA Cristian Dan (EPP), BRESSO Mercedes (S&D), SELIMOVIC Jasenko (ALDE), SCHOLZ Helmut (GUE/NGL) |
Opinion | BUDG | GOERENS Charles (ALDE) | |
Opinion | ECON | FRUNZULICĂ Doru-Claudian (S&D) |
Legal Basis RoP 52
Subjects
Activites
-
2019/01/14
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
-
2018/06/14
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
Amendments | Dossier |
120 |
2018/2093(INI)
2018/09/17
AFCO
91 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas differentiated integration is a polysemous concept that can define various phenomena both from a political and from a technical point of view, as is illustrated by the variety of possible cooperation arrangements, namely: ‘variable geometry and geography’, ‘multi-speed’, ‘à la carte’, ‘concentric circles’, ‘Olympic rings’, and so forth;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas differentiation has been a stable feature of European
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas differentiation has been a stable feature of European integration and has occurred simultaneously with the deepening and widening of the EU ;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas differentiation has been a stable feature of European integration in fields for which the EU alone is responsible, but also elsewhere, and has occurred simultaneously with the deepening and widening of the EU; whereas, as a consequence, one cannot oppose differentiation and integration nor present differentiation as an innovative path for the future of the Union;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas, if differentiated integration can be a pragmatic solution to push forward European integration, it should be used with parsimony and within narrowly defined limits because of the risk of fragmentation of the Union and of its institutional framework; whereas the end goal of differentiated integration should be to promote inclusion of Member States and not exclusion;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas experience shows that, if interdependence
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas experience shows that, if interdependence works as a factor of integration, politicization often works as an obstacle to it; whereas, as a consequence, Union policy areas with the deepest integration are mostly the least politicized ones, such as internal market harmonization and regulation, while differentiated integration
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the establishment of political links and interdependence between Member States makes a decisive contribution to their integration within the Union;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the Treaties
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas differentiated integration is a polysemous concept that can define
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the Treaties
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the Treaties foresee the possibilities for Member States to take different paths of integration, namely via enhanced cooperation (Article 20 TEU) and Permanent structured cooperation (Article 46 TEU); whereas, moreover, enhanced cooperation under the common security and defence policy is now a reality, contributing to the construction of a genuine European Defence Union;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the Treaties foresee the possibilities for Member States to take different paths of integration, namely via enhanced cooperation (Article 20 TEU) and Permanent structured cooperation (Article 46 TEU), those should only be applied to a limited number of policies while being inclusive in order to allow all Member States to participate;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas, however, differentiated integration may not undermine the process of creating an ever closer Union as prescribed in Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas with the exception of the Financial Transaction Tax, all existing cases of differentiated integration could have been adopted in Council by qualified majority voting if this had been
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas some forms of differentiated integration might have centripetal effects, attracting more Member
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas, due to the increasing size of the EU and diversity of its Member States’ interests, internal decision- making has become far more complicated, which makes it significantly more difficult to find common, democratically legitimate solutions;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the process of differentiation has led to the creation of initiatives within the Union legal framework but also to some more flexible intergovernmental legal arrangements, which have
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas Member States are not the only potential actors of differentiated integration, since local and regional authorities also have a key role to play; whereas Regulations (EC) No 1082/2006 and No 1302/2013 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) already allow
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. Whereas Europe constitutes what Kundera calls a maximum of diversity in a minimum of space, something that should be reflected in the manner of organising European cooperation, bodies, and shared goals, as anything else would be tantamount to repudiating the true Europe;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. Whereas some EU policies, for example the macro-regional strategies or the cross-border cooperation programmes and initiatives, are helping to foster new forms of differentiated integration; whereas the legal bases provided by the Council of Europe and the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Cooperation between Territorial Communities or Authorities, with the three additional protocols thereto, are tools for encouraging closer cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Insists that the debate should not be about pro-differentiation versus anti- differentiation but about the best ways to operationalise differentiated integration - which is already a political reality - inside the EU institutional framework in the best interest of the Union and its citizens;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Insists that the debate should not be about pro-differentiation versus anti- differentiation but about the best ways to operationalise differentiated
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that differentiated
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that differentiated integration should reflect the idea that Europe does not work on a one-size fits all approach and should adapt to the needs and wishes of its citizens; Believes that differentiation should be used as a constitutional tool to ensure flexibility without undermining the general interest of the Union and the equality of rights and opportunities between citizens; reiterates that differentiation should be conceived only as a temporary step on the way towards more effective and integrated policy making;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that differentiated integration should reflect the idea that Europe does not work on a one-size fits all approach and should adapt to the needs and wishes of its citizens; believes that differentiation should be used as a constitutional tool to ensure flexibility without undermining the general interest of the Union and the equality of rights and opportunities between citizens and to overcome the deadlock arising from national political situations not connected with the common project;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers that differentiated integration should reflect the idea that Europe does not work on a one-size fits all approach and should
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers therefore that the European Council should take the time needed to shape the European agenda by demonstrating the benefit of common actions and attempting to convince all member states to participate in such actions, highlights that any eventual differentiated integration agreed upon is therefore a secondbest option, and not a strategic priority;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that it conflicts with the letter and spirit of the Treaties to use the option of orderly withdrawal from the EU, which was first formally provided for in the TEU, to carry out an individual country-specific dismantling of the political and legal acquis in key areas of EU competence;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that Parliament believes that differentiated
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas in the EU integration processes are characterised by a rapidly increasing diversity and number of situations entailing differentiated integration, in the context of both primary and secondary legislation;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that Parliament believes that differentiated integration must remain open to all Member States and continue to act as an example of deeper European integration, not as a way to facilitate ‘à la carte’ solutions’ that threaten to undermine the Union method and EU's institutional system;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Affirms that any
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Observes, in the context of the preparation of decision-making in small circles by Member States that in most cases are economically strong and are long-standing members, that this increasingly common practice is contrary to the principle of equality in the Union, to the requisite democratic legitimacy and to the transparency of decision-making;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines that, if the intergovernmental approach may be needed sometimes to start new European projects, it has to remain an exception;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that differentiated integration should always take place within the Treaty provisions, maintain the unity of EU institutions and should not lead to the creation of parallel institutional arrangements
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that differentiated integration should always take place within the Treaty provisions, maintain the unity of EU institutions and should not lead to the creation of parallel institutional arrangements;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that differentiated integration should always take place within the Treaty provisions, maintain the unity of EU institutions and should not lead to the creation of parallel institutional arrangements
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that differentiated
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the political perception of differentiated integration varies significantly depending on the national context; whereas in some Member States
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that democracy should never be the price to pay for
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that democracy and representation of the interests of citizens should never be the price to pay for differentiation and that differentiated integration should not lead to more complex decision-making processes that would undermine the democratic accountability of Union institutions;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Demands that permanent opt-outs from the Treaty provisions
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Demands that opt-outs from the Treaty provisions should not be permissible, as they lead to negative differentiation in Union primary law and distort the homogeneity of Union law; considers, however, that given transitional periods could be authorised, on a case-by-case basis, for candidate countries, as has happened in the past
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Insists that differentiation should not be permissible when it comes to the respect of
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Insists that differentiation should not be permissible when it comes to the respect of existing fundamental rights and values and in policy areas where non- participating Member States could create negative externalities, such as economic
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the political perception of differentiated integration varies significantly depending on the national context; whereas in the eyes of the elites in some Member States that have been members of the Union for longer,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Insists that differentiation should not be permissible when it comes to the respect of existing fundamental rights and values and in policy areas where non- participating Member States could create negative externalities, such as economic and social dumping; demands that
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Believes that a step further would be to go beyond the existing Treaty limits and to initiate a change to the Treaty
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Believes that a step further would be to go beyond the existing Treaty limits and to initiate a change to the Treaty which would introduce two types of membership: full membership and associated membership; considers that such an innovation presupposes the development of clear criteria for admission and the transition from associate to full membership;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Suggests that
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the political perception of differentiated integration varies significantly depending on the national context; whereas, in some Member States
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Suggests that full membership would require full compliance with Union primary law and all the policy areas whereas associated membership would entail the participation in certain policies
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Acknowledges that some transitional periods can be necessary for
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Reminds its recommendation 1a to define a partnership in order to set up a ring of partners around the EU for states which cannot or will not join the Union, but want nonetheless a close relationship with the EU; _________________ 1a P8_TA(2017)0048, §11
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 76 #
14. Underlines that flexibility and differentiation should go hand in hand with a reinforcement of common rules in core areas in order to ensure that differentiation does not lead to political fragmentation;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that flexibility and differentiation should go hand in hand with a reinforcement of common rules in core areas in order to ensure that differentiation does not lead to political fragmentation; therefore, considers necessary the existence, in a future European institutional framework, of European Pillars of Political, Economic, Social and Environmental rights that it would
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines that flexibility and differentiation should go hand in hand with
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the increasingly differentiated development of integration processes in the EU is being driven by disparities in the consistency of the implementation of the political and legal acquis in the context of enlargement and the deepening of integration;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Suggests, when competence
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Suggests, when competence
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Suggests
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Suggests, when competence
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Suggests developing tools within the Union law and budget for testing trans- border initiatives within the EU on issues that represent an EU-wide interest that could eventually turn into legislative proposals or cases of enhanced cooperation;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Suggests developing tools within the Union law and budget for testing transnational and cross-
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Recalls that the EMU is established by the Union, whose citizens are directly represented at Union level by Parliament, which has to find and be able to implement ways to guarantee the parliamentary democratic accountability of euro area-specific decisions, while preserving the independence of the ECB;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas differentiated integration also refers to very different mechanisms that can have very different impacts on European integration;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Suggests, on the bas
source: 627.843
2018/10/09
ECON
21 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls its conclusions that intergovernmental decision-
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Considers that the Banking Union needs to be strengthened by a credible safeguard. Calls for the establishment of a European Monetary Fund that would serve as a fiscal backstop to the European Resolution Fund. It will consist of a credit line to the Single Resolution Fund. It shall be used as a means of last resort and shall be fiscally neutral.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Requests a strengthened role for the European Parliament and the national parliaments in the
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that after the latest tax scandals the ordinary legislative procedure should urgently be introduced for matters related to corporate income taxation as this would reduce member states' incentives to engage in a harmful race to the bottom via taxation policy (tax dumping) and would enhance transparency, fairness and economic convergence;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls for any future model of differentiated integration to be designed
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance for convergence of the Cohesion
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance for convergence of the Cohesion, Structural and Investment Funds and of the EIB
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the importance for convergence of the Cohesion, Structural and Investment Funds and of the EIB,
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that the completion of the Single Market is a catalyst for economic integration and convergence of the Member State economies that it consists of; Calls on the Commission as a matter of priority to enforce the current legislation and accelerate the work on removing obstacles to its completion.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the proposal to integrate the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the legal framework of the Union.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the importance of the Investment Funds and the EIB in closing the investment gap in the EU and to support capacity building.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Welcomes and strongly encourages the initiative from some Member States to consider joining the Banking Union.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the creation of the seat for a Finance Minister for the Euro Area. A Finance Minister for the Euro Area will manage a Euro area treasury. He/ she will ensure consistent, predictable and coherent decision-making with regard to Euro Area policies and will coordinate and ensure the implementation of the relevant Euro area rules and legislation that these policies entail and shall be accountable to the European Parliament.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights, in this respect, the catastrophic consequences the implementation of austerity policies have had on the economies and societies of member states in EFSF and /or EFSM and / or ESM programmes; points out that these policies have contributed to the divergence of member states’ economies instead of their convergence;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that the divergence in unit labour costs has been one of the main drivers for the macroeconomic imbalances in the Eurozone; regrets that the economic governance framework of the Union does not provide a framework for wage coordination between Eurozone member states which could help alleviate said imbalances;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls for the creation of a budget line for the Euro Area, in the Multi- annual Financial Framework for the Union. This budget shall support the implementation of Euro Area policies.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Regrets, that the Commission has withdrawn the bank structural reform package (COM/2014/043 final) in July 2018; sees the financial stability of the Union jeopardised as long as the banking sector has not undergone fundamental structural changes; views thus the Banking Union as incomplete until measures to change the structure of the banking system have been implemented;
source: 628.626
2018/10/11
BUDG
8 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Requests a strengthened role for the European Parliament and the national parliaments in the renewed economic governance framework to reinforce democratic accountability;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines the need to safeguard the principle of unity of the budget; stresses the need to ensure parliamentary oversight over all EU expenditures;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Sees as a necessary step towards curbing this 'galaxy', the adoption of the MFF Regulation through the ordinary legislative procedure, thus aligning its decision-making procedure with that of EU multiannual programmes and the EU
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to prepare an annual report to accompany the general budget of the Union, bringing together available and non-confidential information relating to the expenditure incurred by Member States in the framework of enhanced cooperation, to the extent that this is not included in the general budget of the Union;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 source: 628.623
|
History
(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)
2019-07-06Show (18) Changes | Timetravel
activities |
|
commission |
|
committees/0 |
|
committees/0 |
|
committees/1 |
|
committees/1 |
|
committees/2 |
|
committees/2 |
|
docs |
|
events |
|
links |
|
other |
|
procedure/Modified legal basis |
Rules of Procedure EP 159
|
procedure/dossier_of_the_committee |
Old
AFCO/8/13345New
|
procedure/legal_basis/0 |
Rules of Procedure EP 54
|
procedure/legal_basis/0 |
Rules of Procedure EP 52
|
procedure/stage_reached |
Old
Awaiting committee decisionNew
Procedure completed |
procedure/subject |
Old
New
|
2018-09-12Show (3) Changes | Timetravel
activities/0/committees/0/shadows/2 |
|
activities/1 |
|
committees/0/shadows/2 |
|
2018-06-22Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
procedure/legal_basis/0 |
Old
Rules of Procedure EP 052New
Rules of Procedure EP 52 |
2018-06-21Show (4) Changes | Timetravel
activities/0/committees/2/date |
2018-05-31T00:00:00
|
activities/0/committees/2/rapporteur |
|
committees/2/date |
2018-05-31T00:00:00
|
committees/2/rapporteur |
|
2018-06-19Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
other/0 |
|
2018-06-16Show (5) Changes
activities |
|
committees |
|
links |
|
other |
|
procedure |
|