Activities of Elmar BROK related to 2014/2249(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union - Improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty - Budgetary capacity for the Eurozone (debate) DE
Possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union - Improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty - Budgetary capacity for the Eurozone (debate) DE
Reports (1)
REPORT on improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty PDF (493 KB) DOC (99 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty have not yet been exploited to their full potential; whereas some proposals can only be fully realised by Treaty change, emphasising a two-step approach to EU reform (within and beyond the Treaties) and this resolution aims only to provide an assessment of the legal possibilities in the Treaties to improve the functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission to organise better co-operation modalities with the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in order to be able to takeensure that their opinions can be taken into account at an earlier stage in the legislative proceduress;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the importance of the subsidiarity principle, as laid down in Article 5 TEU, which is binding on all institutions and bodies, notably the CoR and the EESC, and of the instruments contained in Protocol (No 2) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; recalls in this context the respective roles assigned to the national parliaments and the CoR; supports a flexible interpretation of the deadlines enshrined in the Protocol and calls on the Commission to improve the quality of its responses to reasoned opinions;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the importance of Article 9 TFEU for ensuring that the social consequences of legal and policy measures of the EU are taken into account;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Stresses that the EU budget is designed to fund common policies, assist weak regions by applying the principle of solidarity, complete the internal market, promote European synergies and respond to existing and emerging challenges that call for a pan*European approach;
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Calls on the Commission to set upinclude social criteria forin the evaluation of Member States’ performance, and to recommend structural reform, through the modification of Regulation No 1303/2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, to ensure better use of regional and social fundmacro-economic performance, and for recommending and supporting structural reforms;
Amendment 877 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104 a (new)
Paragraph 104 a (new)
104a. Reiterates that this resolution aims only to provide an assessment of the legal possibilities in the Treaties to improve the functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 883 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Va (new)
Recital Va (new)
Va. whereas the agreement signed by the Heads of State or Government states the right of further deepening of EMU and that only the United Kingdom is exempted from further political integration, without prejudice to the Treaty of Lisbon and the obligations and rights of the Member States and the institutions, including the full legislative rights of the European Parliament on the basis of a Commission proposal after the result of the referendum; Or. {EN}en
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 104a (new)
Recital 104a (new)
104a. Stresses that the modifications to the Treaties envisaged in the agreement concerning a new settlement for the United Kingdom within the European Union will have to be made in accordance with the ordinary revision procedure, through a Convention charged with the redefinition of the rights and obligations of the United Kingdom and further development of the EU, including the deepening of the EMU;
Amendment 888 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 104b (new)
Recital 104b (new)
104b. States that the European Parliament will work on secondary legislation after the referendum in the United Kingdom together with the Council and after a legislative initiative of the Commission within the framework and principles of the Treaties;