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5 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2015/2035(INL)

Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the existing European electoral rules allow for a non-obligatory threshold of up to 5 % of votes cast to be set for European elections, and 15 Member States have availed themselves of this opportunity and have introduced a threshold of between 3 % and 5 %; whereas in smaller Member States, and in Member States that have subdivided their electoral area into constituencies, the de facto threshold nevertheless lies above 3 %, even though no legal thresholds exist;deleted
2015/09/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas the minimum age for eligibility to stand as a candidate across the 28 Member States varies between 18 and 25, and the minimum age for eligibility to vote ranges from 16 to 18, due to the divergent constitutional and electoral traditions in the Member States; whereas harmonisation of the voting age, and of the minimum age for candidates, would be highly desirable as a means of providing Union citizens with real voting equality, and would enable discrimination to be avoided in the most fundamental area of citizenship: the right to participate in the democratic process;deleted
2015/09/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests the introduction of an obligatory threshold, ranging between 3% and 5%, for the allocation of seats in single-constituency Member States and constituencies in which the list system is used and which comprise more than 26 seats; considers this measure important for safeguarding the functioning the European Parliament, since it will avoid further fragmentation;deleted
2015/09/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. As a future step, recommends to Member States that they should consider ways to harmonise the minimum age of voters at 16, in order to further enhance electoral equality among Union citizens;deleted
2015/09/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Determines to give Parliament the right to fix the electoral period for elections to the European Parliament after consulting the Council;deleted
2015/09/01
Committee: AFCO