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I abstained from this. Despite the possibility of developing a uniform electoral process enshrined in the Treaties since 1957, European elections are still governed for the most part by national laws. The legal basis for reforming the electoral procedure is enshrined in Article 223 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). It is unsure whether Transnational lists would benefit the smaller EU countries such as Ireland and its Proportional representation system.

I voted in favour of this proposal. Persistent organic pollutants are a group of organic compounds that have toxic properties, persist in the environment, accumulate in food chains and pose a risk to human health and the environment. The proposal aims to update the list of substances covered by the regulation with new items and tighten concentration limit values for five substances that were already on the list to reflect scientific and technical progress.

I voted in favour of this. The optional reverse charge mechanism is used to address "carousel" or "missing trader fraud”. The Quick Reaction Mechanism allows Member States to quickly introduce a temporary reverse charge mechanism for supplies of goods and services in sectors where sudden and massive fraud occurred