10 Amendments of Andrey KOVATCHEV related to 2014/2248(INI)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, in the field of the euro and monetary policy, the United Kingdom obtained a permanent derogation from joining (Protocol No 15), Denmark has a constitutional exemption (Protocol No 16), Sweden has ceased to follow the euro convergence criteria and the possibility of Greece leaving the single currency has been openly discussed in the European Council; whereas, all EU Member States, except for the United Kingdom and Denmark, have contractual obligation to join the single currency once they meet all required criteria;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the UK’s decision creates an opportunity to reduce and drastically simplify the ‘variable geometry’ and complexity of the Union; whereas the decision of the United Kingdom opens up an opportunity to promote collaboration in areas with high European added value such as security and defence; whereas it offers at least the opportunity to clarify what membership of the Union really means and what could be a clear structure in the future for the EU’s relationship with non- members in our periphery (the United Kingdom, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.); whereas the founding fathers of the Union had already envisaged a type of ‘associate status’;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the UK’s decision creates an opportunity to reduce and drastically simplify the ‘variable geometry’ and complexity of the Union; whereas it offers at least the opportunity to clarify what membership of the Union really means and what could be a clear structure in the future for the EU’s relationship with non- members in our periphery (the United Kingdom, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, etc.); whereas the founding fathers of the Union had already envisaged a type of ‘associate status’;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the direction of the Union’s reform should lead towards its modernisation by establishing new effective European capacities and instruments, rather than its renationalisation by means of greater intergovernmentalism; notes further that the proposals for reform of the Lisbon Treaty will no doubt make some Member States and euroesceptic parties raise their demands for returning the powers to the Member States; emphasises, in that connection, the necessity of broad and open public debate as a preparation for convening a Convention in order to achieve political consensus concerning the direction of the necessary reform;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes with great concern the proliferation of subsets of Member States undermining the unity of the Union by causing a lack of transparency, as well as diminishing the trust of the people; Considers that the suitable format for conducting the discussion regarding the Union’s future is EU-27; Emphasises that the fragmentation of the discussion into various formats or groups of Member States would be counterproductive;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that, instead of these multiple derogations, a type of ‘associate status’ could be proposed to those states in the periphery, that only want to participate on the sideline, i.e. in some specific Union policies; this status should be accompanied by obligations corresponding to the associated rights;
Amendment 820 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34а. Emphasises the necessity of expansion of resources intended for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, in order to achieve a fairer sharing of the cost for military operations, implemented within the Common Security and Defence Policy or the European Defence Union;
Amendment 910 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 925 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41а. Believes that, in order to achieve better transparency and to improve EU citizens’ understanding of the operation of the institutional framework of the EU, the Council should be transformed into an European Senate, consisting of equal number of representatives of each Member State and functioning in accordance with the common European traditions of the two-chamber parliamentarism;
Amendment 960 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Believes that, in strengthening the governance of the euro area, due respect should be paid to the interests of Member States that are not yet part of the euro (the ‘pre-ins’); Believes further that, the measures for strengthening the governance should not hamper the transition to the euro area of the Member States that are not yet part of it; Recommends that, the Member States that want to participate in all of EU policies, should approve the roadmap for adoption of the euro on an urgent basis and within a predefined timetable;