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Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the reform of the European Electoral Law would address the current fragmentation into 27 different electoral systems and it would make electoral rules more modern and uniform within the EU; whereas for example the deadline for registering on the electoral roll varies greatly from one Member State to another, ranging from 90 days to 3 days prior to elections;deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that in the 2024 European elections, voters have an important opportunity to change the course of EU policies that have led to: an increase in the limitations on the sovereignty of states; an increase in deficits and imbalances, particularly in terms of production; ever greater control by monopoly groups of strategic sectors of the economy; limitations on public investment and on the full funding of the social functions of the state, including public health, education and social security; an increase in regional asymmetries; the rollback of rights and the deterioration of living conditions;

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that the transposition of the political debate in the elections to the European Parliament to a supranational dimension, disconnected from the national dimension and the impacts of EU policies on each country and on people's lives, contributes to distancing voters further and further from their elected representatives, thereby disregarding the sovereignty and specificities of each Member State, in order to pave the way for a greater concentration of power in the EU institutions, something which citizens have rejected in several referendums;

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets that the lead candidate system for the election of the President of the European Commission was not implemented at the last European elections; regrets further a lack of progress on this issue since 2019; acknowledges that this led to disappointment among many voters; believes that a clear and credible link between the choice of voters and the election of the Commission President is needed; calls on the European political parties, national political parties and national governments to work together to ensure this outcome at the next elections;deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that elections to the European Parliament are aimed at electing national parliamentarians from each of the 27 Member States, and not at any institutional post in any other European Union institution;

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Expects European political parties to nominate their candidates for the position of President of the Commission at least 12 weeks before election day;~~deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that the creation of a so- called supranational circle, and of so- called transnational lists, to which candidates for president of the European Commission would be associated in the elections to the European Parliament, would not only accentuate the imbalances and distortions that already exist today, but would also be artificial and completely detached from the reality in Europe, from the interests of the citizens and from a project founded on cooperation between sovereign states with equal rights; expresses, therefore, its disagreement with the creation of so-called supranational circles, transnational lists and candidates for the presidency of the European Commission in the elections to the European Parliament;

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the establishment of an interinstitutional agreement between the Parliament and the European Council on the lead candidate system within the framework of Article 17(7) TEU; asks the President of the European Parliament to immediately start the preparatory work leading to such an agreement after the first session of the new Parliament following the elections; believes that European political parties and their respective parliamentary groups should engage in negotiations after the next European election to agree on behalf of the European Parliament on a common candidate to preside over the Commission before the European Council makes its proposal;deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Proposes that the European political parties and their parliamentary groups adopt a ‘legislature agreement’ for the legislative period 2024 – 2029 as a way of securing a majority in Parliament ahead of the appointment of the Commission as a basis for its work and a guarantee, to European voters, of a coherent follow-up to the elections;deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Calls for the approval by the Council of the European Union of the entire European Parliament Proposal adopted on 3 May 2022 on the new European electoral law;~~deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Considers that the number of seats per Member State in the European Parliament should be redistributed in such a way as to compensate those Member States that have suffered most from the unbalanced distribution of power in the Council and the redistribution of seats in the European Parliament set by the successive Treaties, i.e. those that have lost the most seats in relative terms in the context of the successive enlargements of the European Union;

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Calls for a reform of the Treaties and in particular of Article 223 TFEU on the provisions necessary for the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage;~~deleted

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Believes that ~~Member States should consider aligning and low~~it is for each Member State to determinge the voting age and the minimum age for standing as a candidate~~, as indicated in the electoral law proposal and the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe~~;

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

João PIMENTA LOPES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Considers that disinformation and external interference, regardless of their origin, constitute a serious attack on democracy, including electoral processes, in the Member States;

2023/09/12
Committee: AFCO

14 Amendments of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2023/2016(INI)

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