Activities of Michiel HOOGEVEEN related to 2022/2051(INL)
Shadow opinions (2)
POSITION IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENTS on proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties
OPINION on proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties
Amendments (42)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe served as an unprecedented platform for guided discussions between citizens and, representatives of governments, NGOs and (former) politicians and resulted in concrete proposals that need to be honoured even if they necessitated Tcould be implemented without treaty changes;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists on more democratic legitimacy, accountability and scrutiny of the Union economic policies; stresses for the framework, institutions and tools for EU economic governance to be under the Community method;Intergovernmental method; does not calls for any Treaty revision to grant the Parliament its role as co-legislator and democratic oversight in these policies;
Amendment 12 #
B. whereas the citizens’ panel 4 “EU in the world/ Migration” made several important recommendations in the field of foreign affairs, whichnotes that many recommendations of "citizens’" panels are all long- standing calls of the European Parliament;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas the Union needs to safeguard achieved women’s rights and gender equality against various attempts to undermine these rights;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)
Recital D (new)
D. whereas sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are competences of the Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas honouring those recommendations would make the Union a stronger and more visible global player, would lead to more efficient decision- making and would improve the European Parliament’s scrutiny rights in the field of foreign policy being the only democratically elected institution of the Unione principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality would make the Union a stronger and more trusted entity and would improve the legitimacy of all EU- institutions in the eyes of citizens of Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E (new)
Recital E (new)
E. whereas the implementation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting across policy areas and institutions at Union and national levels is a Member State competency; whereas the systematic implementation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting may be recognised as a strategy and tool to ensure the inclusion of a gender perspective when designing, implementing and evaluating all legislation, policies, programmes and measures across every policy cycle; whereas the composition of the institutions and bodies of the Union should strive for equality of opportunity; whereas in order to ensure consistency between Article 23 of the Charter on “Equality between women and men (…) in all areas” and Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”) on eliminating inequalities “in all its activities” and to “promote equality”, it should be provided that the establishment and implementation of the secondary legislation of the Union should be gender mainstreamed and supported by gender budgeting;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F (new)
Recital F (new)
F. whereas Articles 110 to 113 on tax provisions and Part Six Title II on financial provisions of the TFEU should be applied consistently with the core principle of equality between men and women laid down in Article 8 TFEU and Article 23 of the Charter, with the cross- cutting objective of the Treaties to achieve the complete elimination of gender discrimination from all policies;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G (new)
Recital G (new)
G. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe should not be used as a platform Treaty change;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H (new)
Recital H (new)
H. whereas pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 83(1) TFEU, gender-based violence is, in spite of developments in crime, still not identified as an area of particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension against which the European Parliament and the Council should establish minimum rules to define criminal offences and sanctions by directives adopted through the ordinary legislative procedure; whereas family law is a competence of the Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports an economic governance framework that ensures stability, full employment, strategic and sustainable investments, democratic accountability and ownership, and fiscal policies and instruments to counteract shocks;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the main citizens’ recommendationsunanimity to be retained in the field of foreign and security policy, notably the need to switch to more efficient decision-making, through the use of qualified majority voting (QMV) instead of unanimity, and the need to improve the Union’s methods to impose sanctions, to be incorporated in a Treaty change;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the economic governance to be redesigned takaccording into account lessons learned from the NGEU and SURE processfreemarket principles;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(1) The TEU shall be amended as follows: (b) in Article 3(3), the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: “It shall combat discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection, gender equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child. The aforementioned objectives shall be framed by the concept of fair social-economic governance, with the aim to reduce inequalities and to achieve gender equality.”.
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d (new)
(1) The TEU shall be amended as follows: (d) in Article 13, the following paragraph shall be added: “5. The composition of the Union’s institutions as well as of its governing and consultative bodies created by them shall be gender balanced and shall ensure gender parity.”.
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 point a (new)
Paragraph 2 point a (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (a) in Article 4(2), point(k) shall be replaced by the following: “(k) common safety concerns in public health matters and the protection and improvement of human health.”;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c (new)
Paragraph 2 – point c (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (c) Article 8 shall be replaced by the following: “Article 8 “In all its activities, the Union shall aim to promote gender equality, between men and women.”;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point d (new)
Paragraph 2 – point d (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (d) Article 10 shall be replaced by the following: “Article 10 “In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall aim to combat discrimination based on sex, genders, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.”;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges that the framework of the ECB’s accountability to Parliament be improved; Calls for a more comprehensive definition of the pron the ECB to sticek stability and the ways to achieve rictly to its mandate of price stability;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e (new)
Paragraph 2 – point e (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (e) in Article 19, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “1. Without prejudice to the other provisions of the Treaties and within the limits of the powers conferred by them upon the Union, the Council, acting unanimously in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, genders, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.”;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point f (new)
Paragraph 2 – point f (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (f) in Article 81(3), the first and second subparagraphs shall be replaced as follows: “Notwithstanding paragraph 2, measures concerning family law with cross-border implications shall be adopted by the European Council.";
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls for, in order to ensure a competitive common market and sustainable economic growth, adherence to the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the EU not to issue common EU debt;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point g (new)
Paragraph 2 – point g (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (g) in Article 83(1), the second subparagraph shall be replaced as follows: “These areas of crime are the following: terrorism, trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of women and children, gender based violence, illicit drug trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, corruption, counterfeiting of means of payment, computer crime and organised crime.”.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the numerous impediments to essential EU tax initiatives over the past decades; calls for gradual change that would allow QMV in certain tax questionsCalls for respecting the principle of unanimity in tax policy;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to strengthen the role of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and to ensure that the Union speaks with one voice, as requested by the citizens of the Union in the Conference on the Future of Europe; points out that his can be done through a Treaty change that would name the Vice-President/High Representative a foreign minister of the Union, would make him or her the main external representative of the Union in international fora and would allow him or her to be present ex-officio in negotiating formats initiated or led by the Member StatesMember States have national interests that at times diverge and that the Union cannot legitimately speak with one voice unless a position has been reached by unanimity;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point h (new)
Paragraph 2 – point h (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (h) in Article 153(1), point (i) shall be replaced by the following: “(i) to promote gender equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work;”;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the numerous impediments to essential EU tax initiatives over the past decades; calls for gradual change that would allow QMV in certain tax questionseed for tax competition in the EU;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point i (new)
Paragraph 2 – point i (new)
(2) The TFEU shall be amended as follows: (i) Article 157 shall be amended as follows: (i) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “1. Each Member State shall ensure that the principle of equal pay for all workers regardless of gender for equal work or work of equal value is applied.”; (ii) in paragraph 2, the second subparagraph, introductory sentence, shall be replaced by the following: “Equal pay without discrimination based on sex or genders means:”; (iii) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following: “3. The European Council, after consulting the Economic and Social Committee, shall adopt measures to ensure the application of the principle of equal opportunities and to promote gender equality in matters of employment and occupation, including the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value.”; (iv) paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following: “4. With a view to ensuring full gender equality in practice in working life, the principle of equal treatment shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting measures specific to their own family and education law or labour markets.”;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point k (new)
Paragraph 2 – point k (new)
(k) Declaration on Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (no 19) shall be replaced as follows: “The Conference agrees thatthe Union will aim in its different policies to combat all kinds of domestic violence. The Member States should take all necessary measures to prevent and punish these criminal acts and to support and protect the victims.”.
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)
Paragraph 3 – point a (new)
(3) The Charter shall be amended as follows: (a) in Article 3(2), the following point shall be added: “(e) the free and informed access of women to sexual and reproductive health care and rights”.
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of reinforcing the Parliament’s scrutiny rights in the foreign policy field, notably by strengthening the wording of Article 36 TEU concerning the consultation of the European Parliament on the main aspects and strategic choices in the field of CFSP and common security and defence policy; calls for changing Article 218 TFEU to require the European Parliament’s consent for all international agreements and before decisions on the provisional application of international agreements are taken; recalls the proven value of parliamentary diplomacy; suggests therefore introducing provisions for involvement of the European Parliament on equal footing with the Council in the implementation of international agreements in Article 218(9) TFEU; calls for more involvement of the European Parliament in the Team Europe approachrecalls the proven value of parliamentary diplomacy;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the new challenges for Union’s competition policy, which require that the Treaty be amended to align it with the goals of the Green Deal and the pillar of social rightsprice stability and a competitive economy and support the Union´s strategic autonomy in key sectors;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point c (new)
Paragraph 3 – point c (new)
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point d (new)
Paragraph 3 – point d (new)
(3) The Charter shall be amended as follows: (d) Article 23 shall be replaced by the following: “Article 23 Gender equality between women and men Gender equality between women and men must be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay. The principle of equality shall not prevent the maintenance or adoption of measures providing for specific advantages as determined by individual Member States.”;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point g (new)
Paragraph 3 – point g (new)
(3) The Charter shall be amended as follows: (g) Article 35 shall be replaced by the following: “Article 35 Health care Everyone has the right of access to preventive health care and the right to benefit from medical treatment under the conditions established by national laws and practices. A high level of human health protection, including sexual and reproductive health as women rights, shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities with room given to the specificities of each Member State’s family law.”.
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the full use of the current Treaties, in the meantimerespecting the Treaties and strengthening the adherence to the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality.
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the introduction of provisions in Articles 42 and 46 TEU enabling the joint procurement of defence equipment and other security-related spending from the budget of the Union as well as the establishment of joint military units and command structures;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Council to convene a specific ad-hoc working group to reflect on possible Treaty changes, with a view to convening a conventionhow to strengthen the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality composed of representatives of the national parliaments, the Heads of State or Government of the Member States, the European Parliament and the Commission.