Activities of Geert BOURGEOIS related to 2020/2136(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the assessment of the implementation of Article 50 TEU
Amendments (14)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Article 50 of the TEU confirms that the Member States are the ‘masters of the Treaties’ and the EU is a free association of states and not a mandatory project;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, in the judgment in Wightman and others (C-621/18, 10 December 2018), the Court of Justice declared that a Member State can unilaterally revoke the notification of its intention to withdraw, at least before the deadline laid down in Article 50(3) of the TEU expires;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the two-phase approach adopted by Michel Barnier, the chief negotiator on behalf of the European Commission, proved to be the correct one;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas under Article 10(1) of the TEU, citizens are directly represented at Union level in the European Parliament; whereas Article 14(2) of the TEU establishes that that representation shall be digressively proportional; whereas Article 10(3) of the TEU stipulates that decisions shall be taken as closely as possible to the citizen;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the withdrawal process has led to unpredictability and has constituted a challenge not only for the EU and the withdrawing Member State, but also and even more so for the citizens and entities most directly affected; whereas the economic and social costs of this uncertainty have proven to be very high and have also put pressure on the political relations between the EU and the withdrawing Member State; whereas greater certainty could be achieved during the separation process by, amongst other things, demanding that the notification of the decision to withdraw be accompanied by a blueprint of the future relationship that the withdrawing Member State has in mind;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas regions that become independent in a legal and democratic manner should be able to accede to the EU automatically via a simplified and accelerated procedure, with a transition period during which relations between the EU and that region remain unchanged; whereas those regions already subscribe to European values and fundamental rights and apply Union law and their citizens are Union citizens;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes, nevertheless, that the withdrawal process was characterised by hesitancy on the part of the UK, leading to protracted uncertainty from the outset, reflected in the time gap between the referendum and the withdrawal notification under Article 50 of the TEU, and until the end of the negotiations, due to the spectre of a no-deal withdrawal; therefore calls for greater clarity as to the process that a withdrawal from the EU should follow; takes the view that the withdrawal notification should be accompanied by an outline of the withdrawing Member State’s ambitions as regards future cooperation;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 1 a (new)
- an obligation to enclose an outline of ambitions as regards future cooperation with the notification of the intention to withdraw,
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 1 b (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 1 b (new)
- specification of a two-phase approach, starting with a withdrawal agreement, followed by the negotiation of the future relationship,
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3
Paragraph 11 – indent 3
- explicit conditions for the revocation ofrecognition of the right to unilaterally revoke the notification of the intention to leave,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 4 a (new)
- a simplified and accelerated accession procedure for regions that have become independent in a legal and democratic manner, with a transition period during which relations between the EU and the region remain unchanged;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers, in this context, that the role of the Parliament is essential in safeguarding the parliamentary and democratic dimension of a procedure with such a constitutional and institutional impact on the Union; considers that its supervisory role must be enhanced in any future Treaty reform, in all aspects of the process from the negotiations to the implementation of a withdrawal agreement, including for major decisions such as extensions in accordance with Article 50(3) of the TEU;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates its call for an in-depth reflection on the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union, and on its impact on the future of the EU; believes that such a reflection should ensure an open and broadened dialogue on the reforms that the Union needs in order to reinforce democracy and the capacity to deliver on citizens needs and expectations;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that it is the responsibility and role of the Union and its Member States to prevent the repetition of a withdrawal from the EU; calls on Member States to consistently provide wide- reaching information to EU citizens on the functioning of the European Union, its areas of action and its decision-making processes; considers that for this purpose the Conference on the Future of Europe offers an opportunity for enhanced dialogue with citizens and civil societythe EU can only bridge the gap to the citizen by achieving results and not by organising expensive conferences that are unrepresentative and mainly reach an elite and the pillarised society; takes the view that citizens expect the EU to demonstrate its added value by protecting them and creating prosperity; stresses that Article 10(1) onf the European Union and how it should evolveTEU stipulates that the functioning of the EU shall be founded on representative democracy;