10 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2017/2054(INL)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the composition of the European Parliament shouldmust respect the criteria laid down in the first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union, namely representatives of the Union's citizens not exceeding seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the President, representation being degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State and no Member State being allocated more than ninety-six seats;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that the current distribution of seats conly partially respectsflicts in a number of places with the principle of degressive proportionality, and therefore shouldmust be corrected as soon as possible;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the legal uncertainty created by the triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union by the United Kingdom, and the unknown date for finalisation of the Brexit negotiations and the impossibility of adjusting, without a change in the Treaty, the Council’s qualified majority voting system, which should be defined in connection with the allocation of seats in Parliament in order to better ensure the inter-institutional balance;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that, whilst the mathematical formulas display great potential for providing a permanent system for the distribution of seats in the future, the political and legal uncertainty as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU ultimately make it politically unviable for Parliament to suggest a permanent system at this stagbecause of the political and legal uncertainty brought about by the United Kingdom leaving the EU, Parliament considers it politically appropriate to suggest a permanent system for the distribution of seats in the future at a later date;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that until the United Kingdom withdraws from the Union, the most viable solution providing legal certainty to Member States would be to maintain the same distribution of seats in Parliament – together with the D’Hondt method as the way of determining the distribution – as the one applied in respect of the 2014 - 2019 parliamentary term;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes that a new distribution of seats in Parliament should immediately apply once there is legal certainty andintroducing the principle of degressive proportionality when determining the distribution of seats in Parliament once the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective; insists that the MEPs that will occupy the seats resulting from this new distribution shall all take up their seats in Parliament at the same time;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Proposes that this newe distribution of seats should be fair, objective andfor the 2019-2024 legislative term should be based on the following principles: respect for the principleimmediate introduction of degressive proportionality, and no loss of seats for any Member State, andwith the use of only a minimal fractionsome of the seats vacated by the UK for this purpose;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to link the social debate necessary for a reform of the electoral law of the European Union,1a which has a direct impact on the distribution of seats, to the present discussion in all Member States and in the European institutions on the future of the EU, including the establishment of a joint constituency and considering European political parties as institutions sui generis able to represent common European perspectives in a more varied, political and programmatic way in the debate on the future of the EU; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0395.
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. At the same time, proposes linking a change to the distribution of seats in the European Parliament to a permanent system to a Treaty review of the qualified majority voting system in the Council in order to ensure greater balance between the EU’s institutions;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recital 3
Annex – recital 3
(3) From the European elections after the adoption of the legal basis for transnational lists, a number of representatives in the European Parliament should be elected in a joint constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union; The distribution of these seats should be carried out in accordance with the principle of proportional representation.