21 Amendments of Guy VERHOFSTADT related to 2017/2054(INL)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2015 on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union, and the annexed Proposal for a Council Decision adopting the provisions amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage1a, __________________ 1a P8_TA-PROV(2015)0395
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the European Council Decision 2013/312/EU, of 28 June 2013, establishing the composition of the European Parliament,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas Parliament, pursuant to the European Council Decision of 28 June 2013, is obliged to present a proposal to establish a system which will make it possible, before each election to the European Parliament, to reallocate the seats between the Member States in an objective, fair, durable and transparent way, respecting the principle of degressive proportionality, while taking account of any change in the number of Member States and demographic trends;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. wWhereas its resolution of 11 November 2015 on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union2 outlined its position onthe European Parliament’s proposal of 11 November 2015 for a Council Decision amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage provides for the establishingment of a joint constituency in which lists are headed by each political family’s candidate for the post of President of the Commission; __________________ 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0395.
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a modification of the electoral law of the EU will be necessary to create the legal basis for such a joint constituency;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 52 #
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 legalProposes a mathematical formula that produces an objective, fair, durable and transparent system for the distribution of seats among Member States respecting all the requirements set out by the Treaty on European Union; uncdertainty as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU ultimately make it politically unviablelines that, as this formula is based on population figures, it can be used for any future parliamentary composition, thereby ending the current practice of political bartering for Pparliament to suggest a permanent system at this stageary seats;
Amendment 62 #
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 as the one applied in respect ofthe current distribution of seats in Parliament as established by the European Council Decision of 28 June 2013 only applies to the 2014 - 2019 parliamentary term; stresses, therefore, that a new decision on the composition of the European Parliament for the 2014 9- 201924 parliamentary term is required;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ProposNotes that this newproposed distribution of seats should beamong the Member States is fair, objective and based on the following principles: respect for the principle of degressive proportionality, no loss of seats for any Member State, and the use ofusing only a minimal fraction of the seats vacated by the UK;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the new distribution among Member States in accordance with the proposed formula would allow for a reduction inof the size of Parliament to 699 members plus the President, thereby leaving sufficient room for manoeuvre to accommodatotal number of representatives elected in the Member States to 699 members plus the President; proposes to elect 30 members in the joint constituency which would reduce to overall size of the Parliament by 21 Members; notes, however, that, as a te mpotential future enlargements of the EU and members elected in a joint constituencyrary transitional measure 8 seats out of those 21 are needed to make sure that no Member State will lose a seat;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the new distribution proposedamong Member States in accordance with the proposed formula would allow for a reduction inof the size of Parliament to 699 members plus the President, thereby leaving sufficient room for manoeuvre to accommodate potential future enlargements of the EU and members elected in atotal number of representatives elected in the Member States to 699 members plus the President; notes, however, that, as a temporary transitional measure 8 additional seats are needed to make sure that no Member State will lose a seat; proposes to elect 43 members in the joint constituency;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – recital 3
Annex – recital 3
(3) From the European electollowing the Council Decisions aftermending the Act concerning the adopelection of the legal basis for transnational listsmembers of the European Parliament, a number of representatives in the European Parliament shouldwill be elected in a joint constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The number of representatives in the European Parliament elected in each Member State for the 2019 - 2024 parliamentary term shall be the one provided for in Article 3 of the European Council Decision 2013/312/EU of 28 June 20132 . __________________ 2European Council Decision No 2013/312/EU of 28 June 2013 establishing the composition of the European Parliament (OJ L 181 of 29.6.2013, p. 57)shall be based on the following formula: - Four base seats shall be assigned to each Member State, plus one additional seat per adjusted population unit or part thereof using the divisor method with upward rounding. - The number of base seats, the power, and the divisor shall be determined so that six seats will be allocated to the least populous Member State, 96 seats will be allocated to the most populous Member State, and the total number of the seats allocated will be 700. - In accordance with Article 1, the distribution of seats shall be degressively proportional, subject to rounding upwards.
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – table
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – table
Belgium 21 Bulgaria 17 Czech Republic 21 Denmark 14 Germany 96 Estonia 7 Ireland 13 Greece 21 Spain 5861 France 781 Croatia 12 Italy 76 Cyprus 6 Latvia 8 Lithuania 11 Luxembourg 6 Hungary 21 Malta 6 Netherlands 289 Austria 19 Poland 512 Portugal 21 Romania 32 Slovenia 8 Slovakia 14 Finland 14 Sweden 21
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 2
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. If the date on which the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective falls after the European Parliament elections in 2019, each Member State concerned shall designate the persons who will fill the additional seats resulting from the difference between the number of seats allocated to that Member State in Article 3 of Decision 2013/312/EU and the number of seats allocated to it in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article. Member States shall designate the persons who will fill those additional seats in accordance with their legislation, provided that the persons in question have been elected by direct universal suffrage and by reference to the results of the European Parliament elections in 2019Without prejudice to Article 2, a number of 30 representatives will be directly elected in a joint constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union.
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 2
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. If the date on which the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union becomes legally effective falls after the European Parliament elections in 2019, each Member State concerned shall designate the persons who will fill the additional seats resulting from the difference between the number of seats allocated to that Member State in Article 3 of Decision 2013/312/EU and the number of seats allocated to it in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article. Member States shall designate the persons who will fill those additional seats in accordance with their legislation, provided that the persons in question have been elected by direct universal suffrage and by reference to the results of the European Parliament elections in 2019Without prejudice to Article 2, a number of 43 representatives will be directly elected in a joint constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union.
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 3
Annex – Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex – Article 4 – paragraph 1
Annex – Article 4 – paragraph 1