16 Amendments of György SCHÖPFLIN related to 2009/2134(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. Parliament’s electoral system is a compromise between the democratic principle of equality (‘one man one vote’) 1 person one Declaration of 3 June 2005 by Representatives of the Member States meeting within the Council. vote’) and the international law principle of equality among states, and the TEU lays down the principle of the equality of Union citizens while forbidding discrimination on the grounds of nationalitycitizenship,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal of the Commission (COM(2006) 791) for amending Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 as regards certain detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. there are several differences in the systems used by States for elections to the European Parliament, particularly with respect to the organisation of constituencies and to preferential voting, but also with respect to measures aimed at increasing the representation of women and ethnic minorities,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of ensuring that political parties adhere to democratic principles in the selection of candidates at bothe pan-European and national levels;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. the number of EU citizens resident in Member States other than their own who vote in elections to the European Parliament is low, and the number who stand for election is negligible; residency qualifications for the franchise vary among States, as does the time after which their own nationals resident elsewhere in the EU are deprived of the right to vote in their original home State; moreover, the exchange of information between Member States on nationals of other Member States who have been entered on electoral rolls or have stood as a candidate, is not efficient,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. current proposals of the Commission to facilitate electoral participation by EU citizens resident in Member States other than their own and to abolish the information exchange system as one of the current means to prevent people from voting or standing as a candidate in more than one Member State in the same elections, are stalled in the Council21,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. the number of women MEPs now stands at 35 per cent; measureefforts should be taken to further reducemade to reduce further the gender imbalance in Parliament, especially in certain States,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. the redistribution of parliamentary seats among States needs to take place on a regular basis in order to reflect demographic change in the resident populations of the States and to respect strictly respect the principle of degressive proportionality; it may be possible to reach agreement on an apolitical, mathematical formula which would respect the criteria laid down in the Treaties and spelt out in the Act1,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Proposes that an additional 25 MEPs will be elected by a single constituency formed of the whole territory of the European Union; transnational lists will be composed of candidates drawn from at least one third of the States, and will be gender-balancedmay ensure an adequate gender representation; each elector will be enabled to cast one vote for the EU-wide list in addition to their vote for the national or regional list: voting for the EU constituency will be in accordance with the preferential semi-open list system (whereby votes are allotted either to the party list or to individual candidates 1 The Sainte-Laguë method uses divisors of 1, 3, 5, 7, etc, and was used in the 2009 European elections in Germany, Latvia and Sweden. It produces a slightly more proportional result than the D'Hondt method. within a list)closed list proportional system; and seats will be allocated in accordance with the Sainte-LaguëD'Hondt method1; further, proposes that an electoral authority will be established at EU level in order to regulate the conduct and to verify the result of the election taking place from the EU-wide list;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Proposes that a redistribution of the existing 751 seats among States will take place, if justified objectively by figures established by Eurostat, based on the total resident population, before every election; the redistribution will be made in accordance with a mathematical formula respecting the criteria laid down in the Treaties, and will be announced at least twelve months before the end of the mandate;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UrgesCalls on Member States and political parties to promote the better representation of women and ethnic minority candidates at both the EU and the national level;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Council, Commission and States to intensify efforts to help EU citizens resident in a State other than their own to participate in the European elections in their country of residence; in this context, requests the Commission to submit a new proposal for revision of Council Directive 93/109/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals and in accordance with its preceding proposal to suggest the abolishment of the current information exchange system, whose function might be taken over by an electoral roll at EU level for the elections of the European Parliament;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. urges Member States and the future European electoral authority to promote the development of an electoral roll at EU level for the elections of the European Parliament;
Amendment 99 #
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. 2a. Theyre shall not exceedbe seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the Presidentone seats allocated to constituencies established in the Member States. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats. The European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament, respecting the principles referred to in the first subparagraphdistribution of those seats among the States shall be reviewed regularly. Not later than twelve months before the end of the mandate of each Parliament the European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision on the redistribution of seats. 2b. In addition, there shall be twenty-five seats allocated to a single constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union.
Amendment 115 #
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a For the purposes of distributing seats between Member States in accordance with the principle of degressive proportionality pursuant to Article 14(2a) of the Treaty on European Union, the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each State must vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member from a more populous State represents more citizens than each Member from a less populous State and also, conversely, that no less populous State has more seats than a more populous State.
Amendment 130 #
Article 9
No one may vote more than once in any election of members of the European Parliament. In order to ensure the respect of this principle, an electoral roll on the level of the European Union will be established. Details shall be laid down in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.