Activities of Rafał TRZASKOWSKI related to 2012/2078(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the European Union PDF (283 KB) DOC (151 KB)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas differentiation is a constitutive feature of the process of European integration and a means to allowfacilitate its progress and guarantee substantial respect for the principle of equality, understood as the equal treatment of equal situations and the unequal treatment of unequal situations;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas differentiation must not undermine Union citizenship, which is the fundamental status of Member States' nationals, enabling those who find themselves in the same situation to enjoy, within the scope of the Treaty, the same treatment in law, irrespective of their nationality; (comma)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas differentiation may be resorted to where common action is not possible or rfeachasible;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas differentiation is and should always be embedded in the single institutional framework of the European Union;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas international agreements outside of the Treaties which aim at realising the objectives of the Treaties have been used as an absolute ultima ratio instrument for differentiated integration which has to respect the unity, effectiveness and coherence of the European legal order, having to remain open for all Member States willing to join, and either already integrated or providing for an obligation to integrate the content of the international agreement concerned into the Treaties; (Repetition, included already in paragraphs B, D, G)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers differentiation as a fundamental meanstool to promote a deeper integration while safeguarding the integrity of the EU, and to achieve a genuine EMU within the Union;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that differentiation should preferably be done, when possible, within a legal act addressed to all Member States by means of derogations and safeguard clauses, instead of a priori excluding some Member States from the territorial scope of application of a legal act;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that Article 352 TFEU, which empowers the Council to adopt appropriate measures to attain one of the objectives set out in the Treaties if the Treaties have not provided the necessary powers, can be used in conjunction with Article 20 TEU, thus allowing the activation of the flexibility clause, where unanimous consensus cannot be achieved in the Council through the mechanism of enhanced cooperation; (comma)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Disagrees with ‘the term 'contractualisation’ of the relationship between the Union and the Member State arrangements' and encourages to find better ways to formally link the funds made available under the competitiveness and convergence instrument (CCI) and the structural reforms, and reiterates that the lack of Union competences and of Union powers can be overcome by using the appropriate procedures or, in absence of an appropriate legal basis, by amending the Treaties;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Takes the view that the above task, initially for the benefit of a subgroup of Member States, can be assigned to the Commission as an institution of the entire EU, since such assignment is covered by a Union competence and a temporarily limited scope of geographical application does not limit a given Union competence; (comma)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Is of the opinion that the European Stability Mechanism, as a mechanism covering Member States whose currency is the euro, can be the financial backstop of the SRM, which could cover more Member States than the ESM, providing that a country concerned has fulfilled all its obligations and that insolvent banks are not covered;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call for the presentation of a legislative proposal to establish a competitiveness and convergence instrument under Article 121(6) TFEU, as an incentive-based mechanism of enhanced economic policy coordination, in particular regarding structural reforms, for all Member States whose currency is the euro which is open to the voluntary participation of non-euro countries;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Reiterates the call for the gradual roll- over of excessive debt into a redemption fund for the euro area bWelcomes the setting up on 2 July 2013 by the Commission, and following the agreements of the 2-Pack, of an expert group under the chair of Mrs Gertrude Trumpel-Gugerell, which is tasked on the model ofwith thoroughly assessing the Germain Economic Council of Experts; considers Article 352 TFEU to offer a legal basis for the establishment of such a fund for Member States whose currency is the euro, if necessary in conjunction with an enhanced cooperation of these Member Stafeatures of a potential redemption fund and eurobills, including any legal provisions, financial architecture and complementary budgetary frameworks; intends to position itself on these matters after the expert group's report has been presentesd;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Considers that any future treaty change should affirm differentiated integration as a principle and a means oftool safeguarding unity of the Union;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Takes the view that a future treaty change may introduce a new tier of associate membership, including a partial integration into specific Union policy areas, as a means to strengthen the European Neighbourhood Policy; (comma)
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Calls for the current Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs to be a Treasury Minister and a permanent Vice- President of the Commission;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Considers the reversed qualified majority voting in the Fiscal Compact as a merelymore as a political declaration without any legally binding effect on Member Statesthan an effective decision making instrument, and calls insteadtherefore for the integration of this voting rulee RQM into the Treaties and for the modification of, especially in Articles 121, 126 and 148 TFEU, in such a way that the proposals or recommendations submitted by the Commission may enter into force if no objection has been expressed by Parliament or the Council within a certain predefined period, in order to ensure fully-fledged legal certainty36;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Considers the inclusion of the possibility for the Union to budget for a deficit which shall not exceed a reference value to be specified in the Treaties, together with the establishment of proper mechanisms ensuring the avoidance of an excessive deficit at the European level;