RE_AmendROP - European Parliament

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European Parliament
2014 - 2019
Plenary sitting
16.6.2015 B8-0611/2015
PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENT
OF PARLIAMENT’S
RULES OF PROCEDURE
pursuant to Rule 227 of the Rules of Procedure
Amendment of Rules 17 and 204 (Application of the d’Hondt formula)
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Morten Messerschmidt

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B8-0611/2015
Amendment of Rules 17 and 204 (Application of the d’Hondt formula)
Amendment 1
Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament.
Article 17(1)
Present text
Amendment
Article 17
Election of Vice-Presidents
1. The Vice-Presidents shall then be
elected on a single ballot paper. Those who
on the first ballot, up to the number of 14,
secure an absolute majority of the votes
cast shall be declared elected in order of
the number of votes obtained. If the
number of candidates elected is less than
the number of seats to be filled, a second
ballot shall be held under the same
conditions to fill the remaining seats. If a
third ballot should prove necessary,
candidates are elected by relative majority
for the seats still to be filled. In the event of
a tie, the oldest candidates are declared
elected.
Article 17
Election of Vice-Presidents
1. The Vice-Presidents shall then be
elected on a single ballot paper. The seats
to be filled shall be allocated among the
political groups by applying the d’Hondt
formula. Those who on the first ballot, up
to the number of 14, secure an absolute
majority of the votes cast shall be declared
elected in order of the number of votes
obtained. If the number of candidates
elected is less than the number of seats to
be filled, a second ballot shall be held
under the same conditions to fill the
remaining seats. If a third ballot should
prove necessary, candidates are elected by
relative majority for the seats still to be
filled. In the event of a tie, the oldest
candidates are declared elected.
Or. fr
Amendment 2
Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament.
Article 204(1)
Present text
Amendment
Committee bureaux
1. At the first committee meeting after the
election of committee members pursuant to
Rule 199, the committee shall elect a
bureau consisting of a chair and of vice-
Committee bureaux
1. At the first committee meeting after the
election of committee members pursuant to
Rule 199, the committee shall elect a
bureau consisting of a chair and of vice-

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chairs who shall be elected in separate
ballots. The number of vice-chairs is
determined by Parliament on a proposal of
the Conference of Presidents.
chairs who shall be elected in separate
ballots. The number of vice-chairs is
determined by Parliament on a proposal of
the Conference of Presidents. That number
of seats shall then be allocated among the
political groups by applying the d’Hondt
formula.
Or. fr
Justification
La répartition des fonctions au sein de l'institution parlementaire européenne est
normalement réalisée selon la formule d'Hondt, qui garantit la juste représentation de
l'ensemble des groupes politiques constitués. Jusqu'ici objet d'un Gentlemen Agreement entre
les groupes, l'application de la formule d'Hondt ne peut pas, sans violer le principe
démocratique, être décidée à géométrie variable: aucun groupe parlementaire régulièrement
constitué ne saurait en être exclu. Il est donc proposé de régulariser et systématiser le recours
au système d'Hondt pour la désignation des vice-présidents du Parlement, des bureaux des
commissions et des délégations.