10 Amendments of Mercedes BRESSO related to 2018/2093(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas with the exception of the Financial Transaction Tax, all existing cases of differentiated integration could have been adopted in Council by qualified majority voting if this had been the rule to be appliedprovided for in Article 329(2) TFEU instead of unanimity;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Member States are not the only potential actors of differentiated integration, since local and regional authorities also have a key role to play; whereas Regulations (EC) No 1082/2006 and No 1302/2013 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) already allows for cross-border and transnational cooperation on the basis of a shared interest;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. Whereas some EU policies, for example the macro-regional strategies or the cross-border cooperation programmes and initiatives, are helping to foster new forms of differentiated integration; whereas the legal bases provided by the Council of Europe and the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Cooperation between Territorial Communities or Authorities, with the three additional protocols thereto, are tools for encouraging closer cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that differentiated integration should reflect the idea that Europe does not work on a one-size fits all approach and should adapt to the needs and wishes of its citizens; believes that differentiation should be used as a constitutional tool to ensure flexibility without undermining the general interest of the Union and the equality of rights and opportunities between citizens and to overcome the deadlock arising from national political situations not connected with the common project;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that differentiated integration should always take place within the Treaty provisions, maintain the unity of EU institutions and should not lead to the creation of parallel institutional arrangements; reminds or arrangements indirectly contrary to the spirit of Union law and its fundamental principles; points out that flexibility and adaptation to national, regional or local specificities can and should also be ensured via provisions in secondary law;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Suggests that full membReiterates that a partnership wshould require full compliance with Union primary law and all the policy areas whereas associated membership would entail the participation in certain policies only and would not be fully integrated into the EU decision-making process; Believes that the associated memberbe defined and developed in order to set up a ring of partners around the EU for states which cannot or will not join the Union, but nevertheless want a close relationship with the EU; considers that this relationship should be accompanied by obligations corresponding to the associatedrespective rights, such as a for example ainancial contribution to the EU budget and should be conditional to theand more importantly respect ofor the Union’s fundamental values and to the four freedomshe rule of law;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Suggests, when competences attribution allows it, permitting regions to participate in cases of enhanced cooperation; also proposes opening enhanced cooperation to the participation of candidate countrienon-member countries, as is already provided for in the EU EGTC regulations;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Suggests developing tools within the Union law and budget for testing transnational and cross- border initiatives on issues that represent an EU-wide interest that could eventually turn into legislative proposals or cases of enhanced cooperation;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17