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Activities of Pedro SILVA PEREIRA related to 2021/0372(CNS)

Plenary speeches (1)

Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections - Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in municipal elections (debate)
2023/02/13
Dossiers: 2021/0372(CNS)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast)
2022/12/13
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2021/0372(CNS)
Documents: PDF(348 KB) DOC(143 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Damian BOESELAGER', 'mepid': 197439}]

Amendments (14)

Amendment 56 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) All Union citizens, including mobile Union citizens, should be able to fully exercise their political rights in the context of elections to the European Parliament, both as candidates and as voters. It is therefore necessary to ensure that every Union citizen has the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union;
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 59 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) In order to increase voter turnout in the elections to the European Parliament, Member States should make voting as accessible and easy as possible. Introducing postal voting as well as other possible additional means of voting could also be a way to facilitate the democratic participation of citizens;
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 62 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Member States should, ahead of the elections to the European Parliament, foster awareness and information campaigns while improving accessibility requirements for people with disabilities, elderly and vulnerable people;
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 65 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) In line with International and European standards, including, the requirements of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the law of the European Convention on Human Rights, Member States should not only recognize and respect the right of Union citizens to vote and to stand as a candidate but also ensure easy access to their electoral rights by removing as manyfinancial and unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles to participation in elections as possible.
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 69 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) In order to facilitate the exercise by Union citizens of their right to vote and to stand as a candidate in their country of residence, such citizens should be entered on the electoral roll in sufficient time in advance of polling day. TheCitizens should be duly and clearly informed of their rights in due time, as well as of any formalities that they might have to comply with. Where automatic registration has not occurred formalities applicable to their registration should be as simple as possible and accessible to vulnerable people. It should be sufficient for the Union citizens concerned to produce a valid identity card and a formal and user-friendly declaration that includes elements evidencing their entitlement to participate in the elections. Once registered, non- national Union citizens should remain on the electoral roll under the same conditions as Union citizens who are nationals of the Member State concerned, for as long as they satisfy the conditions for exercising the right to vote. Additionally, Union citizens should provide the competent authorities with contact information, enabling those authorities to keep them informed on a regular basis.
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 80 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) In order to foster the democratic participation of non-national Union citizens, Member States should provide appropriate, clear and inclusive information to Union citizens on the right to vote and on the possible administrative steps to exercise that right, as well as on the nature of the political system and traditions. Such information should be provided when the residence of non- national Union citizens is registered, either automatically or upon request, and should also be sent periodically, before European elections. Special attention should also be paid to the needs of vulnerable citizens, such as people with disabilities and elderly people;
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 84 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) In order to improve the accessibility of electoral information, such information should be made available in a clear and inclusive manner, and well ahead of the elections, in at least one other official language of the Union than that or those of the host Member State, broadly understood by the largest possible number of Union citizens residing on its territory. Member States may use different official languages of the Union in specific parts of their territory or their regions depending on the language understood by the largest group of Union citizens residing therein.
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 88 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) Any derogation from the general rules of this Directive has to be warranted, pursuant to Article 22 (2) TFEU , by problems specific to a Member State and has to be in line with the requirements of Article 52 of the Charter, including that any limitations to the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at elections to the European Parliament is to be provided for by law and be subject to the principles of proportionality and necessity . In addition, any derogation has to be subject to review as provided by Article 47 of the Charter .deleted
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 90 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Such specific problems may arise in a Member State in which the proportion of Union citizens of voting age, who reside in it but are not nationals of it, is very significantly above average. Derogations regarding the right to vote should be warranted where such citizens form more than 20 % of the total electorate on the criterion of period of residence;deleted
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 92 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) Member States in which the proportion of non-national citizens of the Union of voting age exceeds 20 % of the total number of Union citizens of voting age who reside there should have the possibility to lay down, in compliance with Article 22(2) TFEU , specific provisions concerning the composition of lists of candidates.deleted
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 124 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Member States tshat provide for the possibilities of advancell allow postal voting and shall consider the possible introduction of complementary enhancing tools such as advance physical voting, postalroxy voting, and electronic and internet voting, in elections to the European Parliament. Member States shall ensure the availability of those voting methods to Union voters under similarthe same conditions as the onesose applicable to their own nationals.
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 128 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Article 16
1. If , in a given Member State, the proportion of Union citizens of voting age who reside in it but are not nationals of it exceeds 20 % of the total number of national and non-national Union citizens residing there who are of voting age, that Member State may, by way of derogation from Articles 3, 9 and 10: (a) restrict the right to vote to Union voters who have resided in that Member State for a minimum period, which may not exceed five years; (b) restrict the right to stand as a candidate to Union citizens entitled to stand as candidates who have resided in that Member State for a minimum period, which may not exceed 10 years. These provisions are without prejudice to appropriate measures which that Member State may take with regard to the composition of lists of candidates and which are intended in particular to encourage the integration of non-national Union citizens . However, Union voters and Union citizens entitled to stand as candidates who, owing to the fact that they have taken up residence outside their home Member State or by reason of the duration of such residence, do not have the right to vote or to stand as candidates in that home State shall not be subject to the conditions as to length of residence set out above. 2. Where the laws of a Member State prescribe that the nationals of another Member State who reside there have the right to vote for the national parliament of that State and, for that purpose, may be entered on the electoral roll of that State under exactly the same conditions as national voters, the first Member State may, by way of derogation from this Directive, refrain from applying Articles 6 to 13 in respect of such nationals. 3. 18 months prior to each election to the European Parliament, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report in which it shall check whether the grant to the Member States concerned of a derogation pursuant to Article 22 (2) TFEU is still warranted and shall propose that any necessary adjustments be made. Member States which invoke derogations under paragraph 1 shall furnish the Commission with all the necessary background information.Article 16 deleted Derogations
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 130 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. If , in a given Member State, the proportion of Union citizens of voting age who reside in it but are not nationals of it exceeds 20 % of the total number of national and non-national Union citizens residing there who are of voting age, that Member State may, by way of derogation from Articles 3, 9 and 10: (a) restrict the right to vote to Union voters who have resided in that Member State for a minimum period, which may not exceed five years; (b) restrict the right to stand as a candidate to Union citizens entitled to stand as candidates who have resided in that Member State for a minimum period, which may not exceed 10 years. These provisions are without prejudice to appropriate measures which that Member State may take with regard to the composition of lists of candidates and which are intended in particular to encourage the integration of non-national Union citizens . However, Union voters and Union citizens entitled to stand as candidates who, owing to the fact that they have taken up residence outside their home Member State or by reason of the duration of such residence, do not have the right to vote or to stand as candidates in that home State shall not be subject to the conditions as to length of residence set out above.deleted
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 135 #
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Within two years after the 20294 elections to the European Parliament, the Commission shall assess its application and produce an evaluation report on the progress towards achievement of the objectives contained herein. The evaluation shall also include a review on the functioning of Article 13.
2022/09/12
Committee: AFCO
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