Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2017/2054(INL)
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Amendments (23)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the modification of the distribution of seats among the Member States should not be arbitrary, but should be based on a mathematical principle, to be applied in a pragmatic manner so that no Member State loses seats in the 2019- 2024 parliamentary term;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in the long term the distribution of seats should be calculated using a mathematical formula which establishes a clear, transparent and objective relationship between the population of each Member State and the number of seats it is allocated in Parliament, in keeping with the requirements laid down in the Treaties;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the United Kingdom submitted its withdrawal notification under Article 50 TEU on 29 March 2017 and therefore the Treaties and all acquis shawill cease to apply to it on the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement, or failing that, two years after the date of submission of its notification, meaning at the latest on 29 March 2019, unless the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously decides to extend that periodat the latest on 29 March 2019;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a modification of the electoral law of the EU will be necessary to create the legal basis for such a joint constituencyseveral Member States recently came out in favour of establishing a joint constituency with effect from the 2019 European elections;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the legal uncertainty created byat the triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union by the United Kingdom, the unknown date for finalisation of the Brexit on 29 March 2017 and the United Kingdom Government’s stated resolve not to prolong the negotiations abeyond the impossibility of adjusting, without a change in the Treaty, the Council’s qualified majority voting system, which should be defined in connection with the allocation of seats in Parliament in order to better ensure the inter-institutional balancetwo- year period specified by Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union mean that the United Kingdom will cease to be a European Union Member State on 29 March 2019 and will thus not have seats in the European Parliament as from the 2019-2024 parliamentary term;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that, whilst the a number of mathematical formulas display great potential for providingwould enable Parliament to propose a permanent system for the distribution of seats in the future, the political and legal uncertainty as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU ultimately make it politically unviable for Parliament to suggest a permanent system at this stage;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. PropoEmphasises that this new distribution of seats should be fair, objective and based on the following principles: respect foe fact that the United Kingdom will vacate seats will facilitate the introduction in 2019 of a system for the distribution of seats which meets the criteria laid down in Article 14 of the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the principle of degressive proportionality, which entails no loss of seats for any Member State, and the use of only a minimal fraction of the seats vacated by the UKwhich makes it possible to allocate a significant number of seats to the joint constituency;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view, in that connection, that among the mathematical formulas proposed the application of the Cambridge compromise, subject to the twin provisos that no Member State should lose a seat and that 700 seats should be distributed among the 27 Member States, would be the most appropriate for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the new distributionsystem proposed would allow for a reduction in the size of Parliament to 699 members plus the President, thereby leaving sufficient room for manoeuvre to accommodate potential future enlargements of the EU and members elected in a joint constituencydistribute 700 seats among the 27 Member States and allocate 50 seats to the joint constituency for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that the number of seats allocated to the joint constituency should gradually be increased as from the 2024-2029 parliamentary term;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Takes the view, in that connection, that seats should be allocated among the Member States using the Power Compromise method as from the 2024- 2029 parliamentary term;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Council to adopt Parliament’s proposal for a decision amending the Act on the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage so that the joint constituency can take effect as from 2019;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recital 3
Annex – recital 3
(3) From the 2019 European elections after the adoption of the legal basis for transnational lists, a nu, 50 Members of representatives in the European Parliament should be elected in a joint constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2019 - 2024 parliamentary term shall be the one provided for in Article 3 of the European Council Decision 2013/312/EU of 28 June 20132. __________________ 2European Council Decision No 2013/312/EU of 28 June 2013 establishing thefixed by means of the modified application of the Cambridge compromise2a, with the total size of Parliament limited to 700 seats and with no Member State losing a seat. __________________ 2a A 700-Seat no-loss composition ofor the 2019 European Parliament (OJ L 181 of 29.6.2013- G.R. Grimmett, F. Pukelsheim, V. Ramirez Gonzalez, W. Słomczyński, pK. 57).Życzkowski - 22 August 2017
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – table
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – table
Belgium 21 Bulgaria 17 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 14 Germany 96 Estonia 7 Ireland 13 Greece 21 Spain 58 France 780 Croatia 12 Italy 764 Cyprus 6 Latvia 8 Lithuania 11 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 21 Malta 6 Netherlands 28 Austria 19 Poland 51 Portugal 21 Romania 32 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 14 Finland 14 Sweden 21
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 2
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 3
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 a (new)
Annex – Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a From the legislative period 2024-2019 onwards, the number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State shall be based on the following formula: - Four base seats shall be assigned to each Member State, plus one additional seat per adjusted population unit or part thereof using the divisor method with upward rounding. - The number of base seats, the power, and the divisor are determined so that six seats will be allocated to the least populous Member State, 96 seats will be allocated to the most populous Member State, and the total number of the seats allocated will be 700. - In accordance with Article 1, the distribution of seats shall be degressively proportional, subject to rounding upwards.
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 4 – paragraph 1
Annex – Article 4 – paragraph 1
Sufficiently far in advance of the beginning of the 2024 – 2029 parliamentary term, the European Parliament shall submit to the European Council, in accordance with Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, a proposal for a permanent method for the allocation of seats between Member Statesn increase in the number of seats allocated to the joint constituency.