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36 Amendments of Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI related to 2020/2220(INL)

Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas the establishment of a joint constituency in which lists are headed by each political family’s candidate for the post of President of the Commission would greatly strengthen European democracy and further legitimise the election of the President of the Commission;deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
W. whereas an electoral authority, acting as a network of Member States' single contact authorities, should be set up at Union level, as this would facilitate access to information on the rules governing the European elections, as well as streamlining the process, managing the joint constituency and enhancing the European character of those elections;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers gender equality to be a key horizontal element for improving the quality of EU democracy and enhancing a European public space; calls on Member States to apply this principle and the provisions contained in the Parliament’s proposal in the attached legislative act in a comprehensive way, in accordance with their own competences; calls for the introduction of lists of candidates with an equal number of male and female candidates for the electable places, for example through the use of zipped lists or other equivalent methods, since, in many Member States, there is no legislation that ensures political gender parity in elections;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that all European voters should be allowed to indicate their preferred candidate for the President of the Commission, and that leading candidates should be able to stand in all Member States, nominated by a European political party, by a movement or by a coalition of European parties, putting forward a common electoral programme;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on European political parties and movements to nominate their candidates for the position of President of the Commission - or common candidates of a coalition of European parties and movements - at least 12 weeks before the start of the electoral period; considers that binding democratic procedures and transparency in the selection should be ensured; expects candidates to be placed in the first position of the corresponding list of the joint constituency;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the introduction of a joint constituency from which forty-six members of the European Parliament shall be elected and in which lists are headed by each political family’s candidate for the post of President of the Commission could offer an opportunity to enhance the democratic and transnational dimension of the European elections; believes that the goal of establishing a joint constituency is achievable only if geographical, demographic and gender balance is ensured, by guaranteeing that smaller Member States are not put at a competitive disadvantage compared to the larger Member States; suggests in this respect introducing binding demographic representation in the lists for the joint constituency, such as maximum thresholds for candidates residing in the same Member State and a minimum obligatory representation of nationals of different Member States; encourages European parties and movements to appoint candidates in the joint lists coming from all Member States;deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that transnational lists are a lever that can be used to bring about the formation of true and effective European political parties and movements;deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests including common provisions governing expenditure linked to the European electoral campaign for each entity admitted for the purpose of tabling a list of candidates for members of the European Parliament in the Union- wide constituency; calls for strong coordination with the upcoming revision of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/20214 on this matter;deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Proposes establishing a European Electoral Authority in charge of coordinating information on the European elections, monitoring the implementation of the common standards of the European electoral law and supervising the exchange of information on voting by citizens of the Union outside their home country; considers that such a body could facilitate an efficient exchange of information, and in particular the sharing of best practices, between national bodies; suggests that an essential task of the Authority would be the management of the register of electoral lists for joint constituencies;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution –Recital 5
(5) Article 17(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) gives the European Parliament the right to elect the President of the European Commission. In order to give that right its appropriate expression, the European public sphere should be developed in such a way that all European voters are allowed to indicate their preferred candidate for the President of the European Commission. For this to happen, the lead candidates nominated by a European political party, by a movement or by a coalition of European parties, need to be able to stand behind a common electoral programme in all Member States. Likewise, a Union-wide constituency, in which lists are headed by each political family’s candidate for President of the Commission, should be created, in order to enhance the democratic and pan- European dimension of the European elections. That Union-wide constituency should be subject to clear rules ensuring gender and demographic proportionality, with particular attention to small and medium sized Member States.putting forward a common electoral programme;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 6
(6) According to Article 10(4) of the TEU, political parties at European level contribute to forming European political awareness and to expressing the will of citizens of the Union. European political parties and movements should therefore play a more central role in the European elections’ process, including by giving them the possibility of tabling pan- European lists in the Union-wide constituency, so that they become known by and more visible to electors, both on ballot papers and in campaign materials and publications.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Recital 9
(9) A European Electoral Authority should be established for the management of the Union-wide constituency. Such a European Electoral Authority would be essential for coordinating information on the European elections and monitoring the implementation of the common standards of the European electoral law, by ensuring an efficient exchange of information and best practices between national bodies. In addition.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution Article 2 – point 1
(1) ‘political party’ means an association of citizens which pursues political objectives and which is either recognised by, or established in accordance with, the legal order of at least one Member State and that intends to form or to join a European coalition of national political parties and/or national political movements in order to table a list of candidates to, and campaigning for, the Union-wide constituency;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2– point 2
(2) ‘political movement’ means an association of citizens which pursues political objectives which, rather than being established as a political party, is registered as an association of voters in accordance with applicable national provisions and which intends to form or joining a European coalition of national political parties and/or national political movements in order to table a list of candidates to, and campaigning for, the Union-wide constituency;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 3
(3) ‘European coalition of national political parties and/or national political movements’ means an electoral alliance by a number of national political parties and/or national political movements equal to one quarter of the Member States, where necessary rounded up to the nearest whole number, that tables a candidacy to, and campaigns for the Union-wide constituency;deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 4
(4) ‘European political party’ means a political alliance of national political parties which pursues political objectives and is registered with the Authority for European political parties and foundations in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 (8 ) for the purposes of tabling a candidacy to, and campaigning for, the Union-wide constituency; __________________ 8 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations, OJ 2014/L 317/1.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 5
(5) ‘European political movement’ means a transnational association of citizens present in at least a quarter of the Member States, representing at least a number equal to 0.01% of the voting population in the relevant Member States, which pursues political objectives, but is not established as a European political party, and is recognised for the purpose of tabling a candidacy to, and campaigning for, the Union-wide constituency;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 6
(6) ‘European electoral coalition’ means an electoral alliance by two or more European political parties and/or European political movements that fields a list of candidates for and campaigns in the Union-wide constituency. National political parties and/or national political movements can also join such an electoral alliance provided that they are not affiliated to a European political party and there is no other affiliated national political party to any of the European political parties of the electoral alliance;deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 7
(7) “European electoral entity” means a European political party, a European political movement, a European electoral alliance, or a European coalition of national political parties and/or national or a European political movements;
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 2 – point 8
(8) ´Transnational list´ means the candidacy/list of candidates fielded in the Union-wide constituency;deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 4
Every European Union citizen from 18 years of age shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate for election to the European Parliament, in both the national and in the Union-wide constituency, without prejudice to those Member States that, at the date of the entry into force of this Regulation, have set the minimum age that is lower than 18 for eligibility to vote and for eligibility to stand as a candidate.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 10 – paragraph 2
The lists of candidates for election to the European Parliament shall ensure gender parity. This shall be ensured through the introduction of lists of candidates with an equal number of male and female candidates for the electable places. The names of the male and female candidates shall appear alternately on the ballot paper.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Members of the European Parliament shall be elected as representatives of the citizens of the Union on the basis of proportional representation, in each Member State and in the Union- wide constituency.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. In the Union-wide constituency, Members of the European Parliament shall be elected using the closed list system.deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. There shall be no minimum threshold for the allocation of seats in the Union-wide constituency referred to in Article 15.deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 14 – paragraph 1
In accordance with its specific national situation and without prejudice to Article 15, each Member State may establish single constituencies for elections to the European Parliament or subdivide its electoral area in a different manner, without generally affecting the proportional nature of the voting system.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 15
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2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 16
[…]deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 17– paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. In the national constituencies, the ballot papers used in elections to the European Parliament shall give equal visibility to the names and logos of national parties and if applicable, national political movements, and to those of the European political parties, European political movements, and European electoral alliances, when affiliated to any of them.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that European electoral entities are given equal treatment and opportunities as national parties and national political movements regarding the electoral campaign related to the Union-wide constituency.deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. Where Parliament establishes a vacancy of a seat of a member elected from the Union-wide constituency, the President shall inform the European Electoral Authority thereof, and invite it to fill the seat without delay. Vacancies of seats of members elected from the Union-wide constituency shall be filled by the next candidate in the relevant list, according to the order of precedence.deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. A European Electoral Authority is hereby established for the purpose of coordinating the exchange of information on the European elections across the EU, monitoring the implementation of this Regulation and supervising the exchange of information on citizens of the Union voting outside their home country, as well as conducting and monitoring the electoral process of the Union-wide constituency.
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Authority shall exercise all the functions related to the electoral process of the Union-wide constituency and liaise with the authorities referred to in Article 18.deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 665 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Union-wide constituency lists of candidates shall be submitted to the Authority, who shall verify that the conditions laid down in this Regulation are fully met. The Authority shall establish and manage a Register of the different Union-wide constituency lists submitted by the European Electoral Entities whose information from the register shall be public.deleted
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 711 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 30
For the purposes of the provisions of Article 16(4) second subparagraph, and as regards only the 2024 election to the European Parliament in the Union-wide constituency, the electoral financing in favour of European electoral entities shall be calculated on the basis of aggregating the total number of votes cast for the national political parties and national political movements affiliated to them in the 2019 election to the European Parliament. In the case of European coalitions of national political parties or movements, the electoral financing shall be calculated on the basis of the votes cast for each national political party or movement affiliated to the standing coalition in the 2019 election to the European Parliament.Article 30 deleted Transitional provision
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex to the motion for a resolution – Article 32
The list of Member States in each of the five groups included in Annex 1 to this Regulation shall be modified in the event of population changes connected to enlargement of the European Union with new Member States, in accordance with Article 49 TEU.Article 32 deleted Revision clause
2021/11/11
Committee: AFCO