ОКОНЧАТЕЛЕН
A6-0355/2007
5.10.2007
ДОКЛАД
за изменение на член 23 от Правилника за дейността на Европейския парламент относно състава на Председателския съвет
(2007/2066(REG))
Комисия по конституционни въпроси
Докладчик:
Georgios Papastamkos
PE 388.646v03-00
СЪДЪРЖАНИЕ
ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЕ ЗА РЕШЕНИЕ НА ЕВРОПЕЙСКИЯ ПАРЛАМЕНТ.................................3
ИЗЛОЖЕНИЕ НА МОТИВИТЕ...............................................................................................4
ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЕ ЗА ИЗМЕНЕНИЕ НА ПРАВИЛНИКА ЗА ДЕЙНОСТТА НА ПАРЛАМЕНТА (B6-0039/2007) 7
РЕЗУЛТАТ ОТ ОКОНЧАТЕЛНОТО ГЛАСУВАНЕ В КОМИСИЯ.....................................8
ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЕ ЗА РЕШЕНИЕ НА ЕВРОПЕЙСКИЯ ПАРЛАМЕНТ
за изменение на член 23 от Правилника за дейността на Европейския парламент относно състава на Председателския съвет
( 2007/2066(REG) )
Европейският парламент ,
– като взе предвид предложението за изменение на своя правилник ( B6‑0039/2007 ),
– като взе предвид член 202 от своя правилник,
– като взе предвид доклада на Комисията по конституционни въпроси ( A6‑0355/2007 ),
1. решава да внесе в своя правилник следното изменение;
2. припомня, че настоящото изменение влиза в сила на първия ден от следващата месечна сесия;
3. възлага на своя председател да предаде настоящото решение за сведение на Съвета и на Комисията.
Текст в сила
Изменения
Изменение
1
Член 23, параграф 2
2. Независимите членове на ЕП възлагат на двама от тях да участват в заседанията на Председателския съвет без право на глас.
2. Независимите членове на ЕП възлагат на един от тях да участва в заседанията на Председателския съвет без право на глас.
Обосновка
There is no justification for the non-attached Members to be overrepresented in comparison with the regularly constituted political groups.
ИЗЛ0ЖЕНИЕ НА МОТИВИТЕ
1. ON THE PROCEDURE
By letter of 23 February 2007, the European Parliament's President has forwarded to the Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs a proposal for an amendment to Rule 23 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure submitted by Mr Corbett.
This Rule relates to the composition of the Conference of Presidents and in particular as regards the representation of non-attached Members, who - under the present provisions - can delegate two of their number to attend the Conference, but without having the right to vote.
Mr Corbett's proposal reads as follows:
Rule 23
Composition of the Conference of Presidents
23.2
The non-attached Members shall delegate two of their number to attend meetings of the Conference of Presidents, without having the right to vote.
becomes
23.2 The non-attached Members shall delegate one of their number on the basis of a monthly rotation to attend, without having the right to vote, meetings of the Conference of Presidents in so far as these meetings determine the plenary agenda and/or items directly related to the position and rights of individual Members.
Mr Corbett argues that, due to the drastic reduction in number of the non-attached Members, who have become even less numerous (14) than the minimum number required to form a political group (20), there is no justification any more for them to be represented by two members, who - in any case - due to the nature of their grouping do not represent each other in political terms.
2. CONSIDERATIONS OF THE RAPPORTEUR
By comparison with the other groups, and irrespective of the number of Members involved, the degree of heterogeneity among the non-attached Members is very marked. Nevertheless, the differing views held by the non-attached Members could perfectly well be put forward in the Conference of Presidents by one representative.
However, the number of non-attached Members can also increase at any time as a result of unforeseen events. The determining factors are the degree of political coherence within the existing groups or the ability of the non-attached Members to reach agreement in cases where the numerical criteria governing the formation of a group have been met. In legal terms, therefore, the provisions of the Rules of Procedure governing the composition of the Conference of Presidents should not be tailored exclusively to a situation in which there is a small number of non-attached Members.
In addition, your rapporteur wishes to emphasise that the situation of the non-attached Members differs from that of Members who belong to a group in two respects.
- Whereas the latter are linked by their shared political allegiance, the non-attached Members will generally be much more disparate in their political convictions. In other words, in their case the reason justifying the arrangement whereby members of a group as it were collectively take part in the work of the Conference of Presidents through a single representative, in the person of the group chairman, is lacking.
- On the other hand, the need for the EP to function effectively as a body and the greater political influence wielded by group members by comparison with the numerically much smaller, heterogeneous grouping of non-attached Members make working arrangements which reflect these factors, as introduced in connection with the right to vote, essential. However, in practical terms this should not deter the non-attached Members from contributing to the decision-making process by at least putting forward effective arguments in support of their views.
The Rules of Procedure consist of a body of provisions which are intended to remain in force over time and which must not only produce effective results as soon as they are enacted or amended, but also be flexible enough to accommodate future changes to the make-up of Parliament. New sets of circumstances which may change at any time, in particular by reverting to the status quo ante, should not therefore prompt the adoption of new rules which are tailored precisely to those new circumstances, but would be less appropriate if they were to revert to what they were before or change again
Rotation principle
Another question is whether it is appropriate or not to specify that the non-attached representation should be on the basis of a monthly rotation among their members.
There is, however, no obvious reason to disrupt the continuity of representation of the non-attached Members in the Conference of Presidents by introducing a rotation system which does not apply to the group chairmen. This would work to the detriment of the non-attached Members by hampering their ability to advocate any firm standpoints they might have in the Conference of Presidents and to make their views heard consistently.
In the final analysis, there is no overriding reason for incorporating into the Rules of Procedure complicated provisions governing a rotating system of representation for the non-attached Members. If they so wish, the latter can reach agreement on an informal arrangement of this kind.
Restrictions on attendance at certain meetings
It is also proposed to limit the non-attached representative's attendance at the Conference of Presidents only in so far as it deals with Parliament's agenda or discusses matters directly involving the rights of individual Members.
However, the powers of the Conference of Presidents cover a series of matters which have a major bearing on the work of the non-attached Members as well, for example Rules 24(2), (5), (7) and (8) and 45 of the Rules of Procedure. For that reason, the inclusion of non-attached Members in the composition of the Conference of Presidents makes sense.
Since your rapporteur is not aware of any real problem that full attendance at Conference of Presidents' meetings by the non-attached Members' representatives would have caused to date, he is of the opinion that the present provisions in this respect should remain as they are, in a spirit of transparency and maximum involvement of all Members in the running of Parliament. If the non-attached Members do not wish to attend certain meetings, then that is their right.
2.2.2007
ПРЕДЛОЖЕНИЕ ЗА ИЗМЕНЕНИЕ НА ПРАВИЛНИКА ЗА ДЕЙНОСТТА НА ПАРЛАМЕНТА( B6-0039/2007 )
pursuant to Rule 202 of the Rules of Procedure
by Richard Corbett
Amendment of Rule 23(2)
PARLIAMENT'S RULES OF PROCEDURE
Present text
Amendments
Amendment
1
Rule 23, paragraph 2
2. The Non-attached Members shall delegate two of their number to attend meetings of the Conference of Presidents, without having the right to vote.
2. The Non-attached Members shall delegate one of their number on the basis of a monthly rotation to attend, without having the right to vote, meetings of the Conference of Presidents in so far as these meetings determine the plenary agenda and/or items directly related to the position and rights of individual Members .
РЕЗУЛТАТ ОТ ОКОНЧАТЕЛНОТО ГЛАСУВАНЕ В КОМИСИЯ
Дата на приемане
2.10.2007
Резултат от окончателното гласуване
+:
–:
0:
20
5
0
Членове на ЕП, присъствали на окончателното гласуване
Jim Allister, Enrique Barón Crespo, Jens-Peter Bonde, Richard Corbett, Andrew Duff, Maria da Assunção Esteves, Ingo Friedrich, Bronisław Geremek, Genowefa Grabowska, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Jo Leinen, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Adrian Severin, József Szájer, Riccardo Ventre, Johannes Voggenhuber, Bernard Wojciechowski, Dushana Zdravkova
Заместник(ци), присъствал(и) на окончателното гласуване
Elmar Brok, Carlos Carnero González, Klaus Hänsch, Alain Lamassoure, Stavros Lambrinidis, Gérard Onesta, Georgios Papastamkos, Bernard Poignant, György Schöpflin, Kathy Sinnott, Alexander Stubb, Mauro Zani
Заместник(ци) (чл. 178, пар. 2), присъствал(и) на окончателното гласуване
Othmar Karas, Eoin Ryan, Rainer Wieland
