21 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2022/2051(INL)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe served as an unprecedented platform for guided discussions between citizens and, representatives of governments, NGOs and (former) politicians and resulted in concrete proposals that need to be honoured even if they necessitated Tcould be implemented without treaty changes;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on more democratic legitimacy, accountability and scrutiny of the Union economic policies; stresses for the framework, institutions and tools for EU economic governance to be under the Community method;Intergovernmental method; does not calls for any Treaty revision to grant the Parliament its role as co-legislator and democratic oversight in these policies;
Amendment 12 #
B. whereas the citizens’ panel 4 “EU in the world/ Migration” made several important recommendations in the field of foreign affairs, whichnotes that many recommendations of "citizens’" panels are all long- standing calls of the European Parliament;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas honouring those recommendations would make the Union a stronger and more visible global player, would lead to more efficient decision- making and would improve the European Parliament’s scrutiny rights in the field of foreign policy being the only democratically elected institution of the Unione principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality would make the Union a stronger and more trusted entity and would improve the legitimacy of all EU- institutions in the eyes of citizens of Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports an economic governance framework that ensures stability, full employment, strategic and sustainable investments, democratic accountability and ownership, and fiscal policies and instruments to counteract shocks;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the main citizens’ recommendationsunanimity to be retained in the field of foreign and security policy, notably the need to switch to more efficient decision-making, through the use of qualified majority voting (QMV) instead of unanimity, and the need to improve the Union’s methods to impose sanctions, to be incorporated in a Treaty change;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the economic governance to be redesigned takaccording into account lessons learned from the NGEU and SURE processfreemarket principles;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges that the framework of the ECB’s accountability to Parliament be improved; Calls for a more comprehensive definition of the pron the ECB to sticek stability and the ways to achieve rictly to its mandate of price stability;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for, in order to ensure a competitive common market and sustainable economic growth, adherence to the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the EU not to issue common EU debt;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the numerous impediments to essential EU tax initiatives over the past decades; calls for gradual change that would allow QMV in certain tax questionsCalls for respecting the principle of unanimity in tax policy;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to strengthen the role of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice, as requested by the citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice-President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would make him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allow him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by the Member StatesMember States have national interests that at times diverge and that the Union cannot legitimately speak with one voice unless a position has been reached by unanimity;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the numerous impediments to essential EU tax initiatives over the past decades; calls for gradual change that would allow QMV in certain tax questionseed for tax competition in the EU;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of reinforcing the Parliament’s scrutiny rights in the foreign policy field, notably by strengthening the wording of Article 36 TEU concerning the consultation of the European Parliament on the main aspects and strategic choices in the field of CFSP and common security and defence policy; calls for changing Article 218 TFEU to require the European Parliament’s consent for all international agreements and before decisions on the provisional application of international agreements are taken; recalls the proven value of parliamentary diplomacy; suggests therefore introducing provisions for involvement of the European Parliament on equal footing with the Council in the implementation of international agreements in Article 218(9) TFEU; calls for more involvement of the European Parliament in the Team Europe approachrecalls the proven value of parliamentary diplomacy;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the new challenges for Union’s competition policy, which require that the Treaty be amended to align it with the goals of the Green Deal and the pillar of social rightsprice stability and a competitive economy and support the Union´s strategic autonomy in key sectors;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the full use of the current Treaties, in the meantimerespecting the Treaties and strengthening the adherence to the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality.
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the introduction of provisions in Articles 42 and 46 TEU enabling the joint procurement of defence equipment and other security-related spending from the budget of the Union as well as the establishment of joint military units and command structures;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Council to convene a specific ad-hoc working group to reflect on possible Treaty changes, with a view to convening a conventionhow to strengthen the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality composed of representatives of the national parliaments, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission.