4 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2008/2073(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Maintains that the European Parliament must itself carry out the necessary internal reforms in order to adapt its structures, its proceedings and its working methods to the new competences and to the reinforced requirements of programming and interinstitutional cooperation deriving from the Treaty of Lisbon1; awaits with interest the conclusions of the working party on parliamentary reform and recalls that its competent committee is currently working on the reform of its Rules of Procedure in order to adapt them to the Treaty of Lisbon12; 1 Draft report by Mr Leinen on Parliament's new role and responsibilities in implementing the Treaty of Lisbon (PE 407.780 v02-00). 2 Draft report by Mr Corbett on amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure in the light of the proposals by the Working Party on Parliamentary Reform concerning the work of the Plenary and initiative reports (PE 400.716 v01-00).
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that, although the new Treaty provides for the European Council to be assisted by the General Secretariat of the Council, the specific expenditure of the European Council must be set out in a separate part of the budget and must include specific allocations for the President of the European Council, who will in any case need to be assisted by his/her own cabinet, which should be established on reasonable terms;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Calls on the Commission and the High Representative/Vice-President to make full use of the possibility of presenting common initiatives in the field of foreign relations, in order to enhance the cohesion of the different areas of action of the Union in the external sphere and increase the possibility of those initiatives being adopted by the Council in relation to the CFSP; stresses in this connection the need for parliamentary supervision of foreign and security policy measures;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Stresses the importance of coordination and cooperation between all the different parties responsible for these different tasks of external representation of the Union, so as to avoid conflicts of competence and ensure the coherence and visibility of the Union in the external sphere;