IZVJEŠĆE o provjeri valjanosti mandata
27.1.2015 - (2014/2165(REG))
Odbor za pravna pitanja
Izvjestitelj: Pavel Svoboda
PRIJEDLOG ODLUKE EUROPSKOG PARLAMENTA
o provjeri valjanosti mandata
Europski parlament,
– uzimajući u obzir Akt od 20. rujna 1976. o izboru zastupnika u Europski parlament neposrednim općim izborima[1],
– uzimajući u obzir svoju odluku od 28. rujna 2005. o donošenju Statuta zastupnika u Europskom parlamentu[2], posebno njezin članak 2. stavak 1. i članak 3. stavak 1.,
– uzimajući u obzir Direktivu Vijeća 93/109/EZ od 6. prosinca 1993. o utvrđivanju detaljnih aranžmana za ostvarivanje aktivnog i pasivnog biračkog prava na izborima za Europski parlament za građane Unije koji borave u državi članici čiji nisu državljani[3];
– uzimajući u obzir presude Suda Europske unije od 7. srpnja 2005. i 30. travnja 2009.[4],
– uzimajući u obzir članke 3., 4. i 11. Poslovnika te Prilog I. Poslovniku,
– uzimajući u obzir službena priopćenja nadležnih tijela država članica o rezultatima izbora za Europski parlament,
– uzimajući u obzir izvješće Odbora za pravna pitanja (A8-0013/2015),
A. budući da se člankom 7. stavcima 1. i 2. Akta od 20. rujna 1976. jasno definiraju dužnosti nespojive s dužnošću zastupnika u Europskom parlamentu;
B. budući da se u skladu s člankom 11. Poslovnika i Prilogom I. Poslovniku od zastupnika traži detaljna izjava o njihovim profesionalnim aktivnostima i svim drugim plaćenim dužnostima ili aktivnostima;
C. budući da su sve države članice obavijestile Parlament o imenima izabranih kandidata, ali neke od njih još nisu, ili su sa zakašnjenjem, proslijedile liste mogućih zamjenika i njihov poredak u skladu s rezultatima glasovanja sukladno članku 3. stavku 4. Poslovnika;
D. budući da su u nekim slučajevima države članice dale djelomičnu obavijest o izabranim kandidatima, a dodatne pojedinosti proslijedile naknadno;
E. budući da se u nekim državama članicama u skladu s njihovim nacionalnim zakonodavstvom razmatraju prigovori na izbor nekih zastupnika u Europski parlament i budući da bi ti postupci mogli rezultirati poništenjem izbora dotičnih zastupnika;
F. budući da je Parlament u skladu s člankom 12. Akta od 20. rujna 1976. dužan odlučivati o svim sporovima koji se tiču valjanosti mandata svojih zastupnika samo kada se oni odnose na kršenja odredaba navedenog Akta, a ne u slučajevima kršenja nacionalnih izbornih odredaba na koje se Akt odnosi;
G. budući da Parlament, kako bi u skladu s člankom 12. Akta iz 1976. provjerio valjanost mandata svojih zastupnika, mora uzeti u obzir rezultate izbora koje su službeno objavila nadležna tijela država članica, pri čemu mu nije omogućena diskrecija; no budući da se ovom odredbom Parlament ne sprečava u tome da po potrebi izvijesti o potencijalnim slučajevima neusklađenosti nacionalnog izbornog zakonodavstva na kojima se rezultati temelje i prava EU-a;
H. budući da se državljanima pojedinih država članica koji određeno razdoblje borave u drugoj zemlji može uskratiti pravo glasa u njihovoj matičnoj državi članici (oduzimanje glasačkog prava); budući da to u nekim slučajevima može također uključivati oduzimanje prava na kandidaturu;
I. budući da je izborno povjerenstvo Ujedinjene Kraljevine izvijestilo da određen broj državljana drugih država članica koji borave u Ujedinjenoj Kraljevini nije mogao ostvariti svoje pravo glasa na posljednjim europskim izborima;
1. proglašava valjanim mandat zastupnika u Europskom parlamentu navedenih u Prilogu ovoj Odluci, o čijem su izboru obavijesti objavila nadležna nacionalna tijela i koji su podnijeli pisane izjave tražene na temelju članka 7. stavaka 1. i 2. Akta od 20. rujna 1976. i Priloga I. Poslovniku, pod uvjetom da nadležna tijela država članica u kojima su rezultati izbora osporeni ne donesu drugačiju odluku;
2. ponovno upućuje zahtjev nadležnim nacionalnim tijelima da ga hitno obavijeste o svim imenima izabranih kandidata, ali i da mu proslijede imena mogućih zamjenika i njihov poredak u skladu s rezultatima glasovanja;
3. poziva nadležna tijela država članica da bez odgode dovrše ispitivanje sporova koji su im upućeni i da Parlament obavijeste o rezultatima;
4. smatra da je oduzimanje glasačkog prava jednako kažnjavanju državljana koji ostvaruju pravo na slobodno kretanje unutar EU-a (članak 20. stavak 2. točka (a) UFEU-a), uskraćivanju njihova prava glasa i kandidature na izborima za Europski parlament u državi članici njihova boravišta (članak 20. stavak 2. točka (b) UFEU-a) i kršenju načela neposrednih općih izbora (članak 14. stavak 3. UEU-a te članak 1. stavak 3. Akta iz 1976.); smatra da se oduzimanje glasačkog prava ni pod kojim okolnostima ne smije primijeniti na europske izbore i poziva Komisiju da zajamči da nijedna od država članica ne predvidi tu mogućnost;
5. poziva države članice da zajamče pojednostavljenje formalnosti u vezi s prijavom koje se odnose na sudjelovanje državljana drugih država članica na europskim izborima u svojstvu glasača ili kandidata, posebice uklanjanjem nepotrebnih administrativnih prepreka kako bi prava iz članka 20. stavka 2. točaka (a) i (b) UFEU-a imala učinak; zahtijeva da Komisija osigura usklađivanje praksi država članica s pravom EU-a;
6. nalaže svojem predsjedniku da ovu Odluku proslijedi Komisiji te nadležnim nacionalnim tijelima i parlamentima država članica.
PRILOG: Popis zastupnika u Europskom parlamentu čiji je mandat proglašen valjanim
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Belgija (21 zastupnik)
ANNEMANS Gerolf
ARENA Maria
ARIMONT Pascal
BAYET Hugues
BELET Ivo
DE BACKER Philippe
DEMESMAEKER Mark
DEPREZ Gérard
IDE Louis
LAMBERTS Philippe
LOONES Sander*
MICHEL Louis
NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK Annemie**
RIES Frédérique
ROLIN Claude
STAES Bart
STEVENS Helga
TARABELLA Marc
THYSSEN Marianne***
VAN BREMPT Kathleen
VANDENKENDELAERE Tom****
VAN OVERTVELDT Johan*****
VERHOFSTADT Guy
(*) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 14. listopada 2014.,
kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Sandera LOONESA kao zamjene
za Johana VAN OVERTVELDTA.
(**) Mandat Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK istekao je 1. siječnja 2015.
(***) Mandat Marianne THYSSEN istekao je 1. studenog 2014.
(****) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 6. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Toma VANDENKENDELAERA kao zamjene za Mariannu THYSSEN.
(*****) Mandat Johana VAN OVERTVELDTA istekao je 11. listopada 2014.
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Bugarska (17 zastupnika)
ALI Nedzhmi
BAREKOV Nikolay
DONCHEV Tomislav*
DZHAMBAZKI Angel
GABRIEL Mariya
HYUSMENOVA Filiz Hakaeva
IOTOVA Iliana Malinova
KOVATCHEV Andrey
KYUCHYUK Ilhan
MALINOV Svetoslav Hristov
MIHAYLOVA Iskra
NEKOV Momchil
NOVAKOV Andrey **
PAUNOVA Eva
PIRINSKI Georgi
RADEV Emil
STANISHEV Sergey
URUTCHEV Vladimir
(*) Mandat Tomislava DONCHEVA istekao je 7. studenog 2014.
(**) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 24. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Andreya NOVAKOVA kao zamjene za Tomislava DONCHEVA.
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Češka Republika (21 zastupnik)
Charanzová Dita
Dlabajová Martina
Ježek Petr
Keller Jan
Konečná Kateřina
Mach Petr
Maštálka Jiří
Niedermayer Ludek
Poc Pavel
Poche Miroslav
Polčák Stanislav
Pospíšil Jiří
Ransdorf Miloslav
Sehnalová Olga
Šojdrová Michaela
Štětina Jaromír
Svoboda Pavel
Telička Pavel
Tošenovský Evžen
Zahradil Jan
Zdechovský Tomáš
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Danska (13 zastupnika)
AUKEN Margrete
BENDTSEN Bendt
CHRISTENSEN Ole
DOHRMANN Jørn
KARI Rina Ronja
KARLSSON Rikke
KOFOD Jeppe
MESSERSCHMIDT Morten
PETERSEN Morten Helveg
ROHDE Jens
SCHALDEMOSE Christel
TØRNӔS Ulla
VISTISEN Anders Primdahl
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Njemačka (96 zastupnika)
ALBRECHT Jan Philipp
BALZ Burkhard
BÖGE Reimer
BROK Elmar
BUCHNER Klaus
BULLMANN Udo
BÜTIKOFER Reinhard
CASPARY Daniel
COLLIN-LANGEN Birgit
CRAMER Michael
DE MASI Fabio
DESS Albert
ECK Stefan
EHLER Christian
ERNST Cornelia
ERTUG Ismail
FERBER Markus
FLECKENSTEIN Knut
FLORENZ Karl-Heinz
GAHLER Michael
GEBHARDT Evelyne
GEIER Jens
GERICKE Arne
GIEGOLD Sven
GIESEKE Jens
GRÄSSLE Ingeborg
GROOTE Matthias
HÄNDEL Thomas
HARMS Rebecca
HÄUSLING Martin
HENKEL Hans-Olaf
HEUBUCH Maria
HOFFMANN Iris
HOHLMEIER Monika
JAHR Peter
KAMMEREVERT Petra
KAUFMANN Sylvia-Yvonne
KELLER Ska
KOCH Dieter-Lebrecht
KÖLMEL Bernd
KÖSTER Dietmar
KREHL Constanze Angela
KUHN Werner
LAMBSDORFF Alexander Graf
LANGE Bernd
LANGEN Werner
LEINEN Jo
LIESE Peter
LIETZ Arne
LINS Norbert
LOCHBIHLER Barbara
LÖSING Sabine
LUCKE Bernd
McALLISTER David
MANN Thomas
MEISSNER Gesine
MELIOR Susanne
MICHELS Martina
MÜLLER Ulrike
NEUSER Norbert
NIEBLER Angelika
NOICHL Maria
PIEPER Markus
PRETZELL Marcus
PREUSS Gabriele
QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL Godelieve
REDA Julia
REINTKE Theresa
REUL Herbert
RODUST Ulrike
SCHOLZ Helmut
SCHULZ Martin
SCHULZE Sven
SCHUSTER Joachim
SCHWAB Andreas
SIMON Peter
SIPPEL Birgit
SOMMER Renate
SONNEBORN Martin
STARBATTY Joachim
STEINRUCK Jutta
von STORCH Beatrix
THEURER Michael
TREBESIUS Ulrike
TRÜPEL Helga
VERHEYEN Sabine
VOIGT Udo
VOSS Axel
WEBER Manfred
von WEIZSÄCKER Jakob
WERNER Martina
WESTPHAL Kerstin
WIELAND Rainer
WINKLER Hermann
ZELLER Joachim
ZIMMER Gabriele
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Estonija (6 zastupnika)
ANSIP Andrus*
KALLAS Kaja
KELAM Tunne
LAURISTIN Marju
PAET Urmas**
TARAND Indrek
TOOM Yana
(*) Mandat Andrusa ANSIPA istekao je 1. studenog 2014.
(**) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 3. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Urmasa PAETA kao zamjene za Andrusa ANSIPA.
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Irska (11 zastupnika)
BOYLAN Lynn
CARTY Matt
CHILDERS Nessa
CLUNE Deirdre
CROWLEY Brian
FLANAGAN Luke “Ming”
HARKIN Marian
HAYES Brian
KELLY Seán
McGUINNESS Mairead
NÍ RIADA Liadh
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Grčka (21 zastupnik)
ANDROULAKIS Nikos
CHRYSOGONOS Konstantinos
EPITIDEIOS Georgios
FOUNTOULIS Lampros
GLEZOS Emmanouil
GRAMMATIKAKIS Giorgos
KAILI Eva
KATROUGALOS Georgios
KEFALOGIANNIS Manolis
KUNEVA Kostadinka
KYRKOS Miltiadis
KYRTSOS Georgios
MARIAS Notis
PAPADAKIS Konstantinos
PAPADIMOULIS Dimitrios
SAKORAFA Sofia
SPYRAKI Maria
SYNADINOS Eleytherios
VOZEMBERG Elissavet
ZAGORAKIS Theodoros
ZARIANOPOULOS Sotirios
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Španjolska (54 zastupnika)
AGUILERA GARCÍA Clara Eugenia
ALBIOL GUZMÁN Marina
ARIAS CAÑETE Miguel*
AYALA SENDER Inés
AYUSO Pilar
BECERRA BASTERRECHEA Beatriz
BILBAO BARANDICA Izaskun
BLANCO LÓPEZ José
CABEZÓN RUIZ Soledad
CALVET CHAMBON Enrique**
COUSO PERMUY Javier***
del CASTILLO VERA Pilar
de GRANDES PASCUAL Luis
DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA
CONSUEGRA Agustín
ECHENIQUE ROBBA Pablo
ESTARÀS FERRAGUT Rosa
FERNÁNDEZ ÁLVAREZ Jonás
FISAS AYXELÀ Santiago
GAMBÚS Francesc
GARCÍA PÉREZ Iratxe
GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL Eider
GIRAUTA VIDAL Juan Carlos
GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS Tania****
GONZÁLEZ PONS Esteban
GUERRERO SALOM Enrique
GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO Sergio
HERRANZ GARCÍA Esther
IGLESIAS TURRIÓN Pablo
ITURGAIZ Carlos*****
JÁUREGUI ATONDO Ramón
JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO Teresa
JIMÉNEZ VILLAREJO Carlos******
JUARISTI ABAUNZ Iosu Mirena
LOPE FONTAGNÉ Verónica
LÓPEZ AGUILAR Juan Fernando
LÓPEZ BERMEJO Paloma
LÓPEZ FERNÁNDEZ Javier
LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE Antonio
MARAGALL Ernest
MATO ADROVER Gabriel
MAURA BARANDIARÁN Fernando
MEYER Willy*******
MILLÁN MON Francisco José
NART Javier
RODRIGUEZ-RUBIO VÁZQUEZ Maria Teresa
SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY Lola
SEBASTIÀ TALAVERA Jordi
SENRA RODRÍGUEZ María Lidia
SOSA WAGNER Francisco********
TERRICABRAS Josep-Maria
TREMOSA i BALCELLS Ramon
URTASUN Ernest
VALCÁRCEL SISO Ramón Luis
VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO Elena
VALLINA DE LA NOVAL Ángela Rosa
ZALBA BIDEGAIN Pablo
(*) Mandat Miguela ARIASA CAÑETA istekao je 1. studenog 2014.
(**) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 20. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Enriquea CALVETA CHAMBONA kao zamjene za Francisca SOSE WAGNERA.
(***) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 15. srpnja 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Javiera COUSA PERMUYA kao zamjene za Willyja MEYERA.
(****) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 11. rujna 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Tanie GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS kao zamjene za Carlosa JIMÉNEZA VILLAREJA.
(*****)Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 6. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Carlosa ITURGAIZA kao zamjene za Miguela ARIASA CAÑETA.
(******) Mandat Carlosa JIMÉNEZA VILLAREJA istekao je 1. kolovoza 2014.
(*******) Mandat Willyja MEYERA istekao je 10. srpnja 2014.
(********) Mandat Francisca SOSE WAGNERA istekao je 20. listopada 2014.
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Francuska (74 zastupnika)
ALIOT Louis
ALLIOT-MARIE Michèle
ANDRIEU Eric
ARNAUTU Marie-Christine
ARTHUIS Jean
BALAS Guillaume
BAY Nicolas
BERÈS Pervenche
BERGERON Joëlle
BILDE Dominique
BOUTONNET Marie-Christine
BOVÉ José
BRIOIS Steeve
CADEC Alain
CAVADA Jean-Marie
CHAUPRADE Aymeric
DANJEAN Arnaud
DANTIN Michel
DATI Rachida
DELAHAYE Angélique
DELLI Karima
DENANOT Jean-Paul
de SARNEZ Marielle
D'ORNANO Mireille
DURAND Pascal
FERRAND Edouard
GODDYN SYLVIE
GOLLNISCH Bruno
GOULARD Sylvie
GRIESBECK Nathalie
GROSSETÊTE Françoise
GUILLAUME Sylvie
HORTEFEUX Brice
JADOT Yannick
JALKH Jean-François
JOLY Eva
JOULAUD Marc
JUVIN Philippe
LAMASSOURE Alain
LAVRILLEUX Jérôme
LEBRETON Gilles
LE GRIP Constance
LE HYARIC Patrick
LE PEN Jean-Marie
LE PEN Marine
LOISEAU Philippe
MANSCOUR Louis-Joseph
MARTIN Dominique
MARTIN Edouard
MAUREL Emmanuel
MÉLENCHON Jean-Luc
MELIN Joelle
MONOT Bernard
MONTEL Sophie
MORANO Nadine
MORIN-CHARTIER Elisabeth
MUSELIER Renaud
OMARJEE Younous
PARGNEAUX Gilles
PEILLON Vincent
PHILIPPOT Florian
PONGA Maurice
PROUST Franck
REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY Christine
RIQUET Dominique
RIVASI Michèle
ROCHEFORT Robert
ROZIÈRE Virginie
SAÏFI Tokia
SANDER Anne
SCHAFFHAUSER Jean-Luc
THOMAS Isabelle
TROSZCZYNSKI Mylène
VERGIAT Marie-Christine
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Italija (73 zastupnika)
ADINOLFI Isabella
AFFRONTE Marco
AGEA Laura
AIUTO Daniela
BEGHIN Tiziana
BENIFEI Brando Maria
BETTINI Goffredo Maria
BIZZOTTO Mara
BONAFÈ Simona
BORGHEZIO Mario
BORRELLI Davide
BRESSO Mercedes
BRIANO Renata
BUONANNO Gianluca
CAPUTO Nicola
CASTALDO Fabio Massimo
CESA Lorenzo
CHINNICI Caterina
CICU Salvatore
CIRIO Alberto
COFFERATI Sergio Gaetano
COMI Lara
CORRAO Ignazio
COSTA Silvia
COZZOLINO Andrea
D'AMATO Rosa
DANTI Nicola
DE CASTRO Paolo
DE MONTE Isabella
DORFMANN Herbert
EVI Eleonora
FERRARA Laura
FITTO Raffaele
FONTANA Lorenzo*
FORENZA Eleonora
GARDINI Elisabetta
GASBARRA Enrico
GENTILE Elena
GIUFFRIDA Michela
GUALTIERI Roberto
KYENGE Kashetu
LA VIA Giovanni
MALTESE Curzio
MARTUSCIELLO Fulvio
MATERA Barbara
MOI Giulia
MORETTI Alessandra
MORGANO Luigi
MOSCA Alessia Maria
MUSSOLINI Alessandra
PANZERI Pier Antonio
PAOLUCCI Massimo
PATRICIELLO Aldo
PEDICINI Piernicola
PICIERNO Giuseppina
PITTELLA Gianni
POGLIESE Salvatore Domenico
SALINI Massimiliano
SALVINI Matteo
SASSOLI David-Maria
SCHLEIN Elena Ethel
SERNAGIOTTO Remo
SORU Renato
SPINELLI Barbara
TAJANI Antonio
TAMBURRANO Dario
TOIA Patrizia
TOSI Flavio**
TOTI Giovanni
VALLI Marco
VIOTTI Daniele
ZANNI Marco
ZANONATO Flavio
ZULLO Marco
(*) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 11. srpnja 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Lorenza FONTANE kao zamjene za Flavija TOSIJA.
(**) Mandat Flavija TOSIJA istekao je 9. srpnja 2014.
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Cipar (6 zastupnika)
CHRISTOFOROU Lefteris *
HADJIGEORGIOU Takis
MAVRIDES Costas
PAPADAKIS Demetris
STYLIANIDES Christos**
SYLIKIOTIS Neoklis
THEOCHAROUS Eleni
(*) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 3. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Lefterisa CHRISTOFOROUA kao zamjene za Christosa STYLIANIDESA.
(**) Mandat Christosa STYLIANIDESA istekao je 1. studenog 2014.
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Latvija (8 zastupnika)
DOMBROVSKIS Valdis*
GRIGULE Iveta
KALNIETE Sandra
KARIŅŠ Krišjānis
MAMIKINS Andrejs
PABRIKS Artis
VAIDERE Inese**
ŽDANOKA Tatjana
ZĪLE Roberts
(*) Mandat Valdisa DOMBROVSKISA istekao je 1. studenog 2014.
(**) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 1. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Inesee VAIDERE kao zamjene za Valdisa DOMBROVSKISA.
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Litva (11 zastupnika)
AUŠTREVIČIUS Petras
BALČYTIS Zigmantas
BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ Vilija
GUOGA Antanas
LANDSBERGIS Gabrielius
MAZURONIS Valentinas
PAKSAS Rolandas
ROPÉ Bronis
SAUDARGAS Algirdas
TOMAŠEVSKI Valdemar
USPASKICH Viktor
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Luksemburg (6 zastupnika)
BACH Georges
DELVAUX-STEHRES Mady
ENGEL Frank
GOERENS Charles
REDING Viviane
TURMES Claude
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(1. srpnja 2014.)
Hrvatska (11 zastupnika)
BORZAN Biljana
JAKOVČIĆ Ivan
MALETIĆ Ivana
PETIR Marijana
PICULA Tonino
PLENKOVIĆ Andrej
RADOŠ Jozo
ŠKRLEC Davor
STIER Davor Ivo
ŠUICA Dubravka
TOMAŠIĆ Ruža
ZASTUPNICI U PARLAMENTU PO DRŽAVI ČLANICI
(1. srpnja 2014.)
Mađarska (21 zastupnik)
BALCZÓ Zoltán
BOCSKOR Andrea
DELI Andor
DEUTSCH Tamás
ERDŐS Norbert
GÁL Kinga
GÁLL-PELCZ Ildikó
GYÜRK András
HÖLVÉNYI György
JÁVOR Benedek
KÓSA Ádám
KOVÁCS Béla
MESZERICS Tamás
MOLNÁR Csaba
MORVAI Krisztina
NIEDERMÜLLER Péter
SCHÖPFLIN György
SZÁJER József
SZANYI Tibor Jenő
TŐKÉS László
UJHELYI István
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Malta (6 zastupnika)
CASA David
COMODINI CACHIA Therese
DALLI Miriam
METSOLA Roberta
MIZZI Marlene
SANT Alfred
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Nizozemska (26 zastupnika)
van BAALEN Johannes Cornelis
BELDER Bas
van de CAMP Wim
van DALEN Peter
EICKHOUT Bas
GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan
de GRAAFF Marcel
HAZEKAMP Antje Anna Helena
HUITEMA Jan
JANSEN Hans
de JONG Cornelis
JONGERIUS Agnes
de LANGE Esther
LENAERS Jeroen
MAEIJER Vicky
van MILTENBURG Matthijs
MINEUR Anne-Marie
van NIEUWENHUIZEN-WIJBENGA Cora
van NISTELROOIJ Lambert
PIRI Kati
SARGENTINI Judith
SCHAAKE Marietje
SCHREIJER-PIERIK Annie
STUGER Olaf
TANG Paul
in 't VELD Sophia
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(1. srpnja 2014.)
Austrija (18 zastupnika)
BECKER Heinz K.
FREUND Eugen
KADENBACH Karin
KAPPEL Barbara
KARAS Othmar
KÖSTINGER Elisabeth
LEICHTFRIED Jörg
LUNACEK Ulrike
MAYER Georg
MLINAR Angelika
OBERMAYR Franz
REGNER Evelyn
REIMON Michel
RÜBIG Paul
SCHMIDT Claudia
VANA Monika
VILIMSKY Harald
WEIDENHOLZER Josef
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Poljska (51 zastupnik)
BONI Michał
BUZEK Jerzy
CZARNECKI Ryszard
DUDA Andrzej Sebastian
FOTYGA Anna Elżbieta
GERINGER de OEDENBERG Lidia Joanna
GIEREK Adam
GOSIEWSKA Beata Barbara
GRÓBARCZYK Marek Józef
GRZYB Andrzej
HETMAN Krzysztof
HÜBNER Danuta Maria
IWASZKIEWICZ Robert Jarosław
JACKIEWICZ Dawid Bohdan
JAZŁOWIECKA Danuta
JUREK Marek
KALINOWSKI Jarosław
KARSKI Karol Adam
KORWIN-MIKKE Janusz Ryszard
KOZŁOWSKA-RAJEWICZ Agnieszka
KRASNODĘBSKI Zdzisław Marek
KUDRYCKA Barbara
KUŹMIUK Zbigniew Krzysztof
LEGUTKO Ryszard Antoni
LEWANDOWSKI Janusz
LIBERADZKI Bogusław
ŁUKACIJEWSKA Elżbieta Katarzyna
ŁYBACKA Krystyna
MARUSIK Michał
OLBRYCHT Jan
OŻÓG Stanisław
PIECHA Bolesław Grzegorz
PIOTROWSKI Mirosław
PITERA Julia
PLURA Marek Mirosław
PORĘBA Tomasz Piotr
ROSATI Dariusz
SARYUSZ-WOLSKI Jacek
SIEKIERSKI Czesław Adam
SZEJNFELD Adam
THUN UND HOHENSTEIN Róża Gräfin von
UJAZDOWSKI Kazimierz Michał
WAŁĘSA Jarosław Leszek
WENTA Bogdan Brunon
WIŚNIEWSKA Jadwiga
WOJCIECHOWSKI Janusz
ZDROJEWSKI Bogdan Andrzej
ZEMKE Janusz Władysław
ZŁOTOWSKI Kosma Tadeusz
ZWIEFKA Tadeusz
ŻÓŁTEK Stanisław Józef
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Portugal (21 zastupnik)
ASSIS Francisco
COELHO Carlos
FARIA José Inácio
FERNANDES José Manuel
FERREIRA Elisa
FERREIRA João
GOMES Ana
MARINHO E PINTO António
MATIAS Marisa
MELO Nuno
MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR Cláudia
RANGEL Paulo
RIBEIRO Sofia
RODRIGUES Liliana
RODRIGUES Maria João
RUAS Fernando
SERRÃO SANTOS Ricardo
SILVA PEREIRA Pedro
VIEGAS Miguel
ZORRINHO Carlos
ZUBER Inês Cristina
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Rumunjska (32 zastupnika)
BOŞTINARU Victor
BUDA Daniel
BUŞOI Cristian Silviu
CREŢU Corina*
CRISTEA Andi-Lucian
DĂNCILĂ Vasilica Viorica
DIACONU Mircea
DRĂGHICI Damian
FRUNZULICĂ Doru-Claudian
GRAPINI Maria
HELLVIG Eduard-Raul
IVAN Cătălin Sorin
MACOVEI Monica Luisa
MĂNESCU Ramona Nicole
MARINESCU Marian-Jean
MOISĂ Ionel-Sorin
MUREȘAN Siegfried Vasile
NEGRESCU Victor
NICA Dan
NICOLAI Norica
PAŞCU Ioan Mircea
PAVEL Emilian **
PREDA Cristian Dan
REBEGA Constantin-Laurențiu
SÂRBU Daciana Octavia
SÓGOR Csaba
STOLOJAN Theodor Dumitru
TĂNĂSESCU Claudiu Ciprian
TAPARDEL Ana-Claudia
UNGUREANU Traian
VĂLEAN Adina-Ioana
WEBER Renate
WINKLER Iuliu
(*) Mandat Corine CREŢU istekao je 1. studenog 2014.
(**) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 1. studenog 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Emiliana PAVELA kao zamjene za Corinu CREŢU.
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Slovenija (8 zastupnika)
BOGOVIČ Franc
FAJON Tanja
PETERLE Alojz
ŠOLTES Igor
ŠULIN Patricija
TOMC Romana
VAJGL Ivo
ZVER Milan
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Slovačka (13 zastupnika)
CSÁKY Pál
FLAŠIKOVÁ BEŇOVÁ Monika
KUKAN Eduard
MAŇKA Vladimír
MIKOLÁŠIK Miroslav
NAGY József
SMOLKOVÁ Monika
ŠKRIPEK Branislav
ŠTEFANEC Ivan
SULÍK Richard
ZÁBORSKÁ Anna
ZALA Boris
ŽITŇANSKÁ Jana
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(1. srpnja 2014.)
Finska (13 zastupnika)
HALLA-AHO Jussi
HAUTALA Heidi
JAAKONSAARI Liisa
JÄÄTTEENMÄKI Anneli
KUMPULA-NATRI Miapetra
KYLLÖNEN Merja
PIETIKÄINEN Sirpa
REHN Olli
SARVAMAA Petri
TERHO Sampo
TORVALDS Nils
VÄYRYNEN Paavo
VIRKKUNEN Henna
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(1. srpnja 2014.)
Švedska (20 zastupnika)
ADAKTUSSON Lars
ANDERSSON Max
BJÖRK Malin
CEBALLOS Bodil
CORAZZA BILDT Anna Maria
ENGSTRÖM Linnéa*
ERIKSSON Peter
FEDERLEY Fredrick
FJELLNER Christofer
GUTELAND Jytte
HEDH Anna
HÖKMARK Gunnar
LÖVIN Isabella**
LUDVIGSSON Olle
LUNDGREN Peter
NILSSON Jens
PAULSEN Marit
POST Soraya
ULVSKOG Marita
WIKSTRÖM Cecilia
WINBERG Kristina
(*) Mandat postaje valjan s učinkom od 8. listopada 2014., kad je nadležno nacionalno tijelo objavilo obavijest o izboru Linnée ENGSTRÖM kao zamjene za Isabellu LÖVIN.
(**) Mandat Isabellee LÖVIN istekao je 3. listopada 2014.
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(1. srpnja 2014.)
Ujedinjena Kraljevina (73 zastupnika)
AGNEW John Stuart
AKER Tim
ANDERSON Lucy
ANDERSON Martina
ARNOTT Jonathan
ASHWORTH Richard
ATKINSON Janice
BASHIR Amjad
BATTEN Gerard
BEARDER Catherine
BOURS Louise
BRADBOURN Philip*
BRANNEN Paul
CAMPBELL BANNERMAN David
CARVER Jim
COBURN David
COLLINS Jane
CORBETT Richard
DANCE Seb
(The Earl of) DARTMOUTH William
DEVA Nirj
DODDS Anneliese
DODDS Diane
DUNCAN Ian
ETHERIDGE Bill
EVANS Jill
FARAGE Nigel
FINCH Raymond
FORD Vicky
FOSTER Jacqueline
FOX Ashley
GILL Nathan
GILL Neena
GIRLING Julie
GRIFFIN Theresa
HANNAN Daniel
HELMER Roger
HONEYBALL Mary
HOOKEM Mike
HOWITT Richard
HUDGHTON Ian
JAMES Diane
KAMALL Syed
KARIM Sajjad
KHAN Afzal
KIRKHOPE Timothy
KIRTON-DARLING Jude
LAMBERT Jean
LEWER Andrew
McAVAN Linda
McCLARKIN Emma
McINTYRE Anthea
MARTIN David
MOODY Clare
MORAES Claude
NICHOLSON James
NUTTALL Paul
O'FLYNN Patrick
PARKER Margot
REID Julia
SCOTT CATO Molly
SEYMOUR Jill
SIMON Sion
SMITH Alyn
STIHLER Catherine
SWINBURNE Kay
TANNOCK Charles
TAYLOR Keith
VAN ORDEN Geoffrey
VAUGHAN Derek
WARD Julie
WILLMOTT Glenis
WOOLFE Steven
(*) Mandat Philipa BRADBOURNA istekao je 21. prosinca 2014.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
1. Generalities
Under Annex VI, section XVI, point 10, of the Rules of Procedure, the Committee on Legal Affairs is responsible for the verification of Members' credentials. This report relates to the results of the direct election to the European Parliament held from 22 to 25 May 2014 and is based on the official notifications by all the Member States of the full election results.
2. Legal framework governing the verification of credentials
The verification of credentials of the newly elected Members of the European Parliament is governed by the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (as amended by Council Decision 2002/772/EC, Euratom of 25 June and 23 September 2002) and by Parliament's Rules of Procedure.
In particular, pursuant to Article 12 of the Act of 1976, the European Parliament shall verify the credentials of its Members. For this purpose it shall take note of the results declared officially by the Member States and shall rule on any disputes which may arise out of the provisions of the Act other those arising out of the national provisions to which the Act refers. The Court of Justice has made it clear that the use of the expression ‘take note’ in the context of the Act of 1976 must be interpreted as indicating Parliament’s complete lack of discretion in the matter[1].
In accordance with Article 5 of the Act, the term of office of Members began with the opening of the first sitting of Parliament, which took place on 1 July 2014 (eighth legislative term).
Pursuant to Rule 3(3) and (4) of the Rules of Procedure, on the basis of a report by the committee responsible, Parliament shall verify the credentials without delay and rule on the validity of the mandate of each of its newly elected Members and also on any dispute referred to it pursuant to the provisions of the Act of 20 September 1976, except those based on national electoral laws. The committee's report shall be based on the official notification by each Member State of the full results of the election specifying the names of the candidates elected and those of any substitutes together with their ranking in accordance with the results of the vote.
It should be noted that, pursuant to Rule 3(2), first subparagraph, until such time as Members' credentials have been verified or a ruling has been given on any dispute, and provided that they have previously signed a written declaration on the absence of incompatible offices (see further), they shall take their seat in Parliament and on its bodies and shall enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.
3. Specific issues
a) Members' declarations
Members are required to sign a written declaration on the absence of incompatible offices and a written declaration on their financial interests, failing which the validity of their mandate cannot be confirmed (Rule 3(4), second subparagraph).
In particular, Members whose election has been notified to Parliament shall make a written declaration, before taking their seat in Parliament, that they do not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament within the meaning of Article 7(1) or (2) of the Act of 20 September 1976. Following general elections, this declaration shall be made, where possible, no later than six days prior to Parliament's constitutive sitting (Rule 3(2)). Members shall also make a written declaration on their financial interests, disclosing information on their remuneration sources for transparency purposes, pursuant to Rule 9 and Annex I of the Rules of Procedure. These declarations have to be made on two separate forms handed to Members after their election. Making the declarations is the sole responsibility of the Member, who must make them to the best of his or her knowledge. Members should, therefore, be as accurate as possible, in particular in respect of the amount of their income, which should always be clearly specified.
According to the information available to date, all Members have signed the declaration on the absence of incompatible offices and the declaration on their financial interests.
b) Disputes
Pursuant to Article 12 of the Act of 1976, Parliament shall rule on any disputes which may arise out of the provisions of the same Act other those arising out of the national provisions to which the Act refers.
The Court of Justice has established that it is clear from the wording itself of Article 12 that that article does not confer on the Parliament the power to settle disputes which arise out of EU law as a whole. According to the clear wording of that article, it applies only to “disputes which … arise out of the provisions of this act” [2]. Examples of such disputes may range from objections to the election of Members in a list providing for alternation of female and male candidates, in purported breach of the principle of direct universal suffrage (Article1(3) of the Act), to objections to the way a Member State has set a minimum threshold for the allocation of seats, in purported breach of Article 3 of the Act.
According to the information available to date, no disputes have been brought before the European Parliament. However, given that disputes may arise even at a later stage, Rule 3(4), third subparagraph, lays down that on the basis of a report by the committee responsible, “Parliament may at any time rule on any dispute as to the validity of the mandate of any of its Members”.
c) Disenfranchisement
It appears that nationals of some Member States who have been living in another country for a given period of time can be deprived of the right to vote in their home Member State. Albeit to different extents, this is the case in Cyprus, Denmark, Ireland, Malta and the UK. Where franchise and eligibility are interdependent, this may also entail the deprivation of the right to stand as a candidate.
Disenfranchisement, as this mechanism is called, is hardly justifiable in modern societies where contacts with one's homeland can be easily maintained even from great distances.
Most importantly, disenfranchisement cannot be regarded as compatible with EU law at least for two reasons. Firstly, it is tantamount to punishing citizens who have exercised the right of free movement within the EU and to denying their right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament in their Member State of residence as provided for by Article 20(2)(a) and (b) TFEU. Secondly, even when it only applies to nationals residing in a third country – as is the case in Cyprus, Denmark and Malta – it clearly violates the principle that Parliament is elected by universal suffrage as enshrined in Article 14(3) TEU and Article 1(3) of the Act of 1976.
The Rapporteur, therefore, takes the view that on no account may disenfranchisement apply to the European election and calls on the Commission to make sure that none of the Member States provides for that possibility[3].
d) Exercise of electoral rights
Pursuant to Article 20(2)(b) TFEU, citizens of the EU enjoy the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in their Member State of residence, under the same conditions as nationals of that State. These rights are fleshed out in Council Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (as amended by Council Directive 2013/1/EU of 20 December 2012).
In some Member States the exercise of these rights is subject to certain formalities which may make the participation in elections particularly difficult, if not impossible. For instance, the Electoral Commission of the UK reported that number of nationals of other EU Member States residing in that country complained that they were not able to vote in the last European election because they had not complied with the necessary formalities[4].
If this is a serious curtailment of EU citizens' right, complexity or even disparity in registration formalities might also affect the right to stand as a candidate in the elections to the European Parliament. In the UK, for instance, Schedule 1, Rule 9, of the European Parliamentary Elections Regulations 2004 – as amended by the European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2013 as well as by the European Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2009 – lays down that a candidate who is a relevant citizen of the Union is not validly nominated as an individual candidate or as a candidate on a registered party’s list unless specific registration formalities are completed. These formalities are not imposed on UK nationals nor are they on Irish, Maltese and Cypriot citizens. What is more, under Schedule 1, Rule 10, of the same Regulations a person shall not be validly nominated as an individual candidate unless the sum of £5000 is deposited by him or on his behalf with the returning officer at the place and during the time for delivery of nomination papers.
The Rapporteur wonders whether the registration formalities relating to the participation of nationals of other EU Member States in the European election – in the UK as well as in any other country where similar problems might have arisen – cannot be simplified so as to make the rights referred to in Article 20(2)(a) and (b) TFUE more effective. The Commission is, in any event, requested to make sure that the relevant practices of the Member States comply with EU law.
- [1] See judgment in Le Pen v Parliament, C-208/03, EU:C:2005:429, paragraph 50; judgment in Italy and Donnici v Parliament, C-393/07 and C-9/08, EU:C:2009:275, paragraph 55.
- [2] See Judgment in Italy v Parliament, C-393/07 and C-9/08, EU:C:2009:275, paragraph 54.
- [3] The European Commission is already paying attention to the problem in connection with national elections: see COM(2013) 269 final, COM(2013) 270 final, COM(2014)33 and C(2014) 391 final.
- [4] See http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/169867/EP-and-local-elections-report-May-2014.pdf . Under the European Parliamentary Elections (Franchise of Relevant Citizens of the Union) Regulations 2001 (regulation 6), resident aliens who wish to vote in a European election in the UK must complete a separate declaration stating that they will not vote in their home country. Only those who have completed this declaration are entitled to be issued with a ballot paper. However, although they had registered to vote in the UK, the EU citizens in question had not successfully completed the necessary declaration and were, therefore, not allowed to vote at their local polling station. Apparently, they had not been informed, nor had they been in the position of being otherwise aware of the prescribed formalities. A group of citizens concerned by the problem also submitted a petition to the European Parliament which was forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 215(6) (petition No. 1440/2014 [Christian Heitsch])
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REZULTAT KONAČNOG GLASOVANJA U ODBORU
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Zastupnici nazočni na konačnom glasovanju |
Max Andersson, Joëlle Bergeron, Marie-Christine Boutonnet, Jean-Marie Cavada, Kostas Chrysogonos, Therese Comodini Cachia, Mady Delvaux, Andrzej Duda, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Laura Ferrara, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Mary Honeyball, Dietmar Köster, Gilles Lebreton, António Marinho e Pinto, Jiří Maštálka, Emil Radev, Julia Reda, Pavel Svoboda, Axel Voss, Tadeusz Zwiefka |
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Zamjenici nazočni na konačnom glasovanju |
Daniel Buda, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Pascal Durand, Angel Dzhambazki, Heidi Hautala, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Angelika Niebler, Virginie Rozière, Viktor Uspaskich, Cecilia Wikström |
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