Activities of Gerald HÄFNER related to 2013/2130(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon with respect to the European Parliament PDF (271 KB) DOC (146 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the next Convention to rethink the way in which the Commission’s President is elected in order to reinforce the Commission’s democratic legitimacy, including the possibility of its direct election through a sound parliamentary investiture;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Requests that someas many Members of the next Commission as possible are chosen from among newly-elected Members of the European Parliament; invites the governments of the Member States to duly consider the votes of their fellow citizens when they propose personalities for appointment as members of the European Commission;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the opinion that the elected President of the Commission should act more autonomously in the process of selecting the other Members of the Commission; calls upon the governments of the Member States to each propose a list of at least three candidates for the office of European Commissioner, allowing the elected Presidentmake gender- balanced proposals of candidates, taking into account the results of the Commisselections to choose one of the candidates from that listhe European Parliament; urges the newly elected President of the Commission to insist with the governments of the Member States that the list of candidates for the office of Commissioner must enable him to ensure the gender-balanced composition of thecompose a gender-balanced European Commission;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes, the view, further to that the political understanding reached at the meeting of the European Council on 11 and 12 December 2013 and, following the decision of the European Council on 22 May 2013, concerning the number of Members of the European Commission, that additional measures should be envisaged for the more effective functioning of the Commission, without prejudice to the right to appoint one Commissioner per Member Statedo not allow for an effective functioning of the Commission;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, under the Treaties in force, the solution to be adopted may involve the establishment of a rotation system of Commissioners with portfolio and Commissioners without portfolio, thus ensuring relative stability in the number and content of portfolios and guaranteeing at the same time that the representation of the specificities and interests of all Member States is well balanced in the Commission’s decision- making process; believes that, within this framework, Commissioners without portfolio should fully participate in the decision-making process and could undertake representative duties for the Commission at European levelArticle 17(5) TEU, which states that the number of Commissioners shall correspond to two thirds of the number of Member states, and Article 244 TFEU on the rotation system of Commissioners shall be fully implemented and calls therefore for the review of the decision of the European Council on the 22 May 2013 in order to abolish the principle of one Commissioner per Member State;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that, in a future revision of the Treaties, the majority currently required under Article 234 TFEU for a motion of censure against the Commission should be simplified so as to require only a majority of the component Members of the European Parliament, under the obligation of a constructive motion of censure, hence the election of a new President;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned about the problems that still exist in applying the ordinary legislative procedure, especially in the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and, the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the Area of freedom, security and justice ("Stockholm Programme") as well as in aligning the acts of the former Third Pillar with the hierarchy of norms of the Lisbon Treaty and in general with regard to the continuing ‘asymmetry’ regarding the transparency of the Commission’s involvement in the preparatory work of the two branches of the legislative authority; in this regard, underlines the importance of the Council’s working methods being adapted so as to make it possible for Parliament representatives to participate in some of its meetings when duly justified under the principle of mutual sincere cooperation between the institutions;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Regrets the lack of transparency of the Commission vis-à-vis the Parliament when it acts in its capacity as a member of the Troika and insists that its accountability in this respect shall be improved;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission not to misuse the choice of legal basis to illegally diminish the role and prerogatives of the Parliament, as it happened for the Frontex regulation;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that the rejection of the SWIFT agreement was the firstnd ACTA agreements were demonstrations of Parliament using its newly acquired prerogatives;