Activities of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2022/2051(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe served as an unprecedented platform for discussion between citizens and politicians and resulted in concrete proposals that need to be honouredwhich should seriously be taken into account by European decision-makers even if they necessitated Treaty changes;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Article 48(7) and Article 31(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contain passerrelle clauses that can make switching from unanimity to qualified majority voting possible in the area of common foreign and security policy (CFSP) without military implications; calls for a switch to QMV in all decisions in the field of CFSP, notably those concerning sanctions and human rights, as the passerelle clauses have never been used due to the lack of political willdeplores that these clauses have never been used contrary to justified expectations;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for an amendment ofon Member States to reform the decision-making process, in particular Article 4231 TEU that would allow switching to reinforced QMV, requiring 72% of Council members representing at least 65% of population, for decisions with military implications; , extending qualified majority to all decisions of EU foreign and security policy, notably those concerning sanctions and human rights; calls on Member States to also include decisions on defence matters or with military implications in this reform, based on reinforced qualified majority voting as described in Article 42 TEU;