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Upon request by the Committee on Legal Affairs, this handbook, provided by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, summarises, in its first part, the EU legal framework on the incompatibilities and immunity of Members of the European Parliament. Based on national reports, the second part of the handbook gives an overview, for each EU Member State, of the relevant national provisions on the composition of national governments and parliaments as well as those on national ...

Upon request by the Committee on Legal Affairs, this handbook, provided by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, summarises, in its first part, the EU legal framework on the incompatibilities and immunity of Members of the European Parliament. Based on national reports, the second part of the handbook gives an overview, for each EU Member State, of the relevant national provisions on the composition of national governments and parliaments as well as those on national ...

Having been elected to the European Parliament, two current members of the College of Commissioners have resigned as Commissioners in order to take up their seats. As a general rule, a vacancy caused in this way needs to be filled by a new Commissioner of the same nationality – unless the Council unanimously decides otherwise. On 16 June 2019, given the short duration of the remainder of the current Commission’s mandate, the Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, proposed not to replace the departing ...

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is aimed at bringing the EU closer to its citizens, by enabling them to invite the European Commission to make a proposal for a legal act. Introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, the ECI should provide every citizen with the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union. However, the ECI in practice has had various procedural hurdles, preventing the fulfilment of the regulation's objectives. The ECI is thus not fulfilling its potential with regard to ...

European Citizens' Initiative (ECI)

V stručnosti 29-01-2018

The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), introduced in 2009 with the Lisbon Treaty, is a key element of participatory democracy, allowing citizens to play an active role in the EU's democratic life, through addressing a request to the European Commission to make a proposal for a legal act. The procedure and conditions for ECIs are governed by Regulation (EU) No 211/2011, in force since April 2012. In September 2017, the European Commission presented a proposal for its amendment, picking up on a number ...

Európsky parlament: volebné postupy

Informačné listy o EÚ 01-10-2017

Postupy týkajúce sa volieb do Európskeho parlamentu upravujú európske právne predpisy, v ktorých sú stanovené pravidlá spoločné pre všetky členské štáty, a špecifické vnútroštátne ustanovenia, ktoré sa v jednotlivých štátoch líšia. Spoločné pravidlá stanovujú zásadu pomerného zastúpenia a niekoľko prípadov nezlučiteľnosti funkcií s mandátom poslanca Európskeho parlamentu. Vnútroštátne právne predpisy upravujú mnoho ďalších dôležitých otázok, ako je presný volebný systém alebo počet volebných obvodov ...

This handbook provides the Committee on Legal Affairs with a practical tool aimed at simplifying its tasks when verifying the credentials of the newly elected Members of the European Parliament, when ruling on the validity of their mandate or when considering requests for the waiver or defence of parliamentary immunity. The handbook is intended for internal use only and does not purport to be an exhaustive study on the incompatibilities and immunity of the Members. The first part of the handbook ...

This study is primarily based on information supplied between July and December 1996 by the appropriate departments of the national parliaments, and presents an overview of national provisions concerning ineligibility and incompatibility with regard to elections to and membership of the European Parliament. The first part concerns ineligibilities arising either from the holding of certain posts or carrying out of certain activities or from an individual criminal law or civil law decision. The second ...