3 Amendments of Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO related to 2017/2233(ACI)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Commission President will be elected by the European Parliament on a proposal by the European Council, taking into account the outcome of the elections to the European Parliament and after appropriate consultations have been held, and that therefore, as was the case in 2014, European political parties shall come up with lead candidates (‘Spitzenkandidaten’), preferably of a transnational list in order to give the European citizens the choice whom to elect as Commission President in the European Parliament elections;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the Spitzenkandidaten process is a further step in strengthening the EU’s parliamentary dimension, and therefore warns that the European Parliament will reject any candidate in the investiture procedure of the Commission President who was not appointed as a Spitzenkandidat in the run-up to the elections of the European Parliament and will avoid submitting a candidate who does not have a sufficient parliamentary majority;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that all major European political parties embraced the Spitzenkandidaten process in the run-up to the 2014 European electionsor indicate their candidate to the presidency of the Commission in the run-up to the 2014 European elections and also public debates were held among the candidates to chair the Commission, which is itself a sign of its success, and stresses that the 2019 European elections will be the occasion to cement the use of that process;