14 Amendments of Andrew DUFF related to 2009/0814(NLE)
Amendment 1 #
Draft decision
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard to the request for consent submitted by the European Council in accordance with Article 48(3) of the EU Treaty on European Union (TEU) (C7-0002/2010),
Amendment 2 #
Draft decision
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to Article 14(3) TEU and the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,
Amendment 3 #
Draft decision
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Citation 4
– having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meetings of 11 and -12 December 2008 and of 18 and 19 June , 18-19 June and 10-11 December 2009,
Amendment 4 #
Draft decision
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the Convention held from 22 February 2002 to 18 July 2003, which gave rise to the preparation ofprepared the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, most of the substance of which was incorporated into the Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009,
Amendment 5 #
Draft decision
Recital B
Recital B
B. having regard to the Convention held from 17 December 1999 to 2 October 2000, which gave rise to the drafting ofdrafted the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 7 #
Draft decision
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, however, both Conventions were convened to address major issues relating to the future of the European Union, namely reform of its institutional structure and the drafting of a text setting out the fundamental principles and rights common to Europeans,
Amendment 8 #
Draft decision
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas one of the most important constitutional innovations made by the Lisbon Treaty is to install the Convention as a key part of the ordinary procedure for the revision of the Treaties,
Amendment 9 #
Draft decision
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, under the same article, the President of the European Council is required to convene a Convention to examine proposals for amending the Treaties, and whereas the Convention is required to adopt by consensus a recommendation to an intergovernmental conference,
Amendment 10 #
Draft decision
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas, in any case, it would be extraordinary for Parliament to forgo its first opportunity to exercise its new constitutional right to insist on the systematic holding of a Convention as the normal part of the ordinary revision procedure,
Amendment 11 #
Draft decision
Recital F
Recital F
F. having regard to the European Council’s proposal not to convene a Convention and to adopt the amended protocol by means of an intergovernmental conferencewhereas, however, in this case the European Council is seeking the consent of the Parliament not to convene a Convention on the grounds that, in its own view, a Convention is not justified by the extent of the proposed amendments,
Amendment 12 #
Draft decision
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in the light of the above, it is unnecessary to convene a Convention to approve a transitional amendment, with limited scope, of the provisions set however, the inclusion by the European Council of the third option in its proposed amendment to Protocol No 36 – namely, that national MPs can be designated as MEPs – (Article 2(2)(c) of the Protocol, as inserted by the proposal) raises important constitutional questions about in the EU Treaty relating to the composition ofdemocratic legitimacy and the integrity of the mandate of the European Parliament,
Amendment 13 #
Draft decision
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, moreover, members of national parliaments have been elected with a specific mandate, different from that of Members of the European Parliament, in accordance with non- uniform electoral procedures and at different times,
Amendment 14 #
Draft decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ApproveRejects the European Council’s proposal to amend Protocol No 36 by means of an intergovernmental conference, without convening a Convention;
Amendment 15 #
Draft decision
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on national parliaments to act to uphold the long-standing primary law rule of the European Union whereby Members of the European Parliament are directly elected by universal suffrage in a free and secret ballot;