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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Proposes that the Council be transformed into a true legislative chamber by reducing the number of Council configurations to one by means of a European Council decision, so as to create a genuinely bicameral legislative system based on the Council and Parliament, with the Commission acting as the executive;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that the Council should switch from unanimity to qualified majority voting (QMV) wherever this is possible under the Treaties in the short term, and permanently by means of Treaty changes, in order to make EU decision- making more efficient and democratic;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Considers it necessary for Parliament to strengthen its functions of political scrutiny over the Commission, including introducing the possibility of triggering motions of censure against individual commissioners;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Proposes that the Council and Parliament, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, shall be able to lay down common provisions on the acquisition and loss of citizenship of the Union by third country nationals; calls in this regard for Article 20 TFEU to be changed;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to better inform non- national Union citizens (i.e. Union citizens who reside in a Member State of which they are not nationals) about their right to vote in or run for office in municipal and European elections; ~~stresses that such ‘mobile’ EU citizens’ right to vote and stand should be expanded to regional and national elections in Member States;~~

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Recalls that a single harmonised age for voting and for standing as a candidate should be introduced across the EU; is of the opinion that the minimum age for voting should be set at 16;~~deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Proposes the institutionalisation of representative deliberative processes of participation based on the model of the CoFE’s European Citizens Panels; believes that the use of ‘mini-publics’ with randomly selected participants representing subsets of the socio- economic structure of the Union will help prevent unequal access to participation in EU decision-making;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Proposes, in particular, the creation of a permanent representative and deliberative mechanism called the European Agora, which will start in January each year by deliberating on the Commission’s annual work programme and the specific theme of the European Year; further proposes that in the first four months of the year the Agora should focus on the EU’s priorities for the year ahead with the results of the deliberations to be presented on 9 May as an input to the consultation process on the work programme; notes that those results should also include a proposal for the specific theme for the European Year in the following annual cycle;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses that throughout the year, the citizens in the European Agora should deliberate on proposals on the specific theme of the European Year, and their conclusions should be presented at the end of the year; considers that different minimum requirements for follow-up by Parliament should be laid down depending on the sizes of the majorities supporting these conclusions in the panel, and that this follow-up could include debates in a specific hearing of the relevant parliamentary committees or the drafting of legislative or non-legislative own-initiative reports;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

Brice HORTEFEUX

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Suggests that a Youth component of the Agora should form a European Youth Assembly, which will also monitor the application of the ‘youth check’ throughout the EU’s legislative process; proposes that the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee should establish a structure that convenes representatives of youth civil society and young local elected politicians, which should cooperate closely with the Youth Assembly to implement the youth check;deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: AFCO

10 Amendments of Brice HORTEFEUX related to 2023/2017(INI)

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