2021/2229(INL) Composition of the European Parliament
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2023/06/12
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Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2023/06/12
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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | AFCO | VINCZE Loránt ( EPP), GOZI Sandro ( Renew) | DURAND Pascal ( S&D), NIENASS Niklas ( Verts/ALE), SARYUSZ-WOLSKI Jacek ( ECR), PIMENTA LOPES João ( GUE/NGL) |
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2023/06/12
Indicative plenary sitting date
2023/03/24
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2023/02/14
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EP - VINCZE Loránt (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in AFCO
2022/12/05
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2229(INL)
2023/03/24
AFCO
61 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Citation 5 Amendment 10 #
Recital C C. whereas its resolution of 3 May 2022 on the
Amendment 11 #
Recital D Amendment 12 #
Recital D Amendment 13 #
Recital D Amendment 14 #
Recital E Amendment 15 #
Recital E Amendment 16 #
Recital E Amendment 17 #
Recital E E. whereas the determination of the number of seats of a potential Union-wide constituency falls within the remit of the European Council decision on the composition of the European Parliament based on Article 14(2) TEU, while the provisions necessary for its establishment are based on Article 223(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and require changing the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage ;
Amendment 18 #
Recital E E. whereas following the initiative of the European Parliament the determination of the number of seats of a potential Union-wide constituency falls within the remit of the European Council decision on the composition of the European Parliament based on Article 14(2) TEU, while the
Amendment 19 #
Recital F a (new) F a. whereas compliance with the principle of degressive proportionality, as prescribed in Article 14(2) TEU, has been systematically thwarted by political negotiations in Parliament and the Council based on other criteria;
Amendment 2 #
Citation 5 Amendment 20 #
Recital F b (new) F b. whereas, in order to respect the letter of the treaties, a permanent calculation mechanism should be put in place in order to establish a composition that reflects the demographic developments in the Member States of the Union;
Amendment 21 #
Paragraph 1 1. Notes that the current allocation of seats in the European Parliament as established in European Council Decision 2018/937/EU
Amendment 22 #
Paragraph 2 Amendment 23 #
Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges that the current allocation of seats in the European Parliament breaches the principle of degressive proportionality in six instances, and therefore
Amendment 24 #
Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 25 #
Paragraph 4 Amendment 26 #
Paragraph 4 Amendment 27 #
Paragraph 4 Amendment 28 #
Paragraph 4 Amendment 29 #
Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that the proposed allocation of seats should include a reserve of 28 additional seats for members elected in an Union-wide constituency in line with
Amendment 3 #
Citation 5 — having regard to its legislative resolution of 3 May 2022 on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that Decision3 (‘resolution of 3 May 2022 on the
Amendment 30 #
Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that the proposed allocation of seats should include a reserve of 28 additional seats for members elected in an Union-wide constituency in line with Parliament’s proposal on the Electoral Law as adopted on 3 May 2022; however, points out that, in line with that proposal, those seats
Amendment 31 #
Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that Article 4(3) TEU establishes a duty of sincere cooperation and a mutual legal obligation for the Union and the Member States to assist each other in carrying out tasks which flow from the Treaties; recalls in this regard that Council should start negotiations with Parliament not from the moment when it considers that a majority or unanimity can be achieved but within a reasonable timespan from the moment a file has been transferred to its secretary; considers that the postponement of a decision on the modification of the European electoral law is against the duty of loyal cooperation and has a negative impact on the next composition of the European Parliament;
Amendment 32 #
Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Considers that, in order to address shortcomings in the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol and to give effect to Article 2 of that Protocol, and in accordance with the Good Friday Agreement, the proposed allocation should include three observers elected in Northern Ireland by universal suffrage;
Amendment 33 #
Paragraph 5 Amendment 34 #
Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 35 #
Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that
Amendment 36 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Underlines that Parliament, in previous resolutions, and the European Council, in its Decision 2013/312/EU establishing the composition of the European Parliament, undertook to establish a system which in the future will make it possible, before each fresh election to the European Parliament, to allocate seats between Member States in an objective, fair, durable and transparent way, based on the principle of degressive proportionality as laid down in Article 1 of that Decision, taking account of any change in their number and demographic trends in their population; stresses that Parliament, in previous resolutions, also considered the possibility of introducing transnational lists; stresses that Parliament’s initiative to establish such a system should be submitted before the end of the current parliamentary term in order for the system to be applied first in 2029;
Amendment 37 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Considers gender equality to be a key element for improving representation in elections; welcomes the overall improvement in gender equality in the last elections, but stresses that there are significant differences between Member States, with some not having elected to Parliament a single woman; calls for the mandatory use of zipped lists, that is to say, alternating female and male candidates in order to ensure equal opportunities for women and men to be elected;
Amendment 38 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses that the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected by Member States must total 751, their seats being distributed to take into account not only the provisions of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, but also the need to compensate Member States that lost seats following the EU enlargements;
Amendment 39 #
Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Proposes to establish a permanent mechanism for calculating the composition of Parliament and suggests, as it is done in the Council of the European Union, to give a mandate to Eurostat to produce updated statistics one month before the mid-term and a recommendation on the composition of Parliament based on these; commits to draw up its proposal to the Council on the basis of these technical recommendations;
Amendment 4 #
Recital B a (new) Amendment 40 #
Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Instructs the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to propose the details of such a procedure that would implement the requirements of the article 14(2) TEU and include a permanent calculation method used to establish degressive proportionality;
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 6 6. Adopts and submits to the European Council the annexed proposal for a decision of the European Council establishing the composition of the European Parliament, on the basis of its right of initiative laid down in Article 14(2) TEU; reminds that the Parliament will need to give its consent to the decision, therefore requests to be immediately informed if and how the European Council intends to deviate from the submitted proposal; underlines the urgent need to adopt the decision so that the Member States can enact, in good time, the necessary domestic provisions to enable them to organise the elections to the European Parliament for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term; commits therefore in the spirit of mutual sincere cooperation, to proceed swiftly with the consent procedure;
Amendment 42 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Recital 4 Amendment 43 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Recital 4 Amendment 44 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Recital 4 Amendment 45 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Recital 4 Amendment 46 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 a (new) resolution - the need to compensate Member States that lost seats following the EU enlargements shall be taken into account.
Amendment 47 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term
Amendment 48 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 1 resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 17 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 1
Amendment 49 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 1 resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 2
Amendment 5 #
Recital B b (new) B b. whereas at their informal meeting on 23 February 2018, the Heads of State and Governments decided to continue the reflection, as well as the technical, legal and political work, in order to make it possible to set up transnational lists for the European elections in 2024;
Amendment 50 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 2
Amendment 51 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 1 resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 2
Amendment 52 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 1 resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 1
Amendment 53 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 1 resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 1
Amendment 54 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 1 resolution 1. The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2024-2029 parliamentary term is set as follows: Belgium 21 Bulgaria 1
Amendment 55 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 2 Amendment 56 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 2 Amendment 57 #
Annex to the motion for a resolution Article 3 – paragraph 2 Amendment 58 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 2 Amendment 59 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 2 Amendment 6 #
Recital B c (new) B c. whereas, pursuant to Article 10(1) and (2) TEU, the functioning of the Union is founded on representative democracy and citizens are directly represented at Union level in the European Parliament; whereas the demographic situation of Member States should therefore be reflected accurately and the demographic increase of Member States in the composition of the European Parliament for the legislature 2024-2029 should be taken into account, in order to respect the so-called Cambridge compromise;
Amendment 60 #
Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution Article 3 – paragraph 2 resolution 2. In addition
Amendment 61 #
Annex to the explanatory statement Title Principle-based solution for the allocation of seats at the level of the Member States in Parliament for the 2024 - 2029 parliamentary term:
Amendment 7 #
Recital C Amendment 8 #
Recital C Amendment 9 #
Recital C source: 731.768
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