Communication on ‘a Europe that delivers: Institutional options for making the European Union’s work more efficient’

Awdur (Corfforaethol)
Teitl y Gyfres
Manylion y Gyfres (2018) 95 final
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi 14/02/2018
Math o Gynnwys

Further information:

The document presents various options, within the existing Treaty framework, for making the European Union's work more efficient. It includes work on the following topics:

+ Continuation of the Lead Candidates experiment, building on the 2014 'Spitzenkandidaten' experience and highlighting the link between national and European parties;
+ The composition of the European Parliament for the 2019-2024 term and the size of the future European Commission;
+ A single President for the European Union, merging the work conducted by the European Commission and European Council presidents;
+ Citizens' Dialogues and other initiatives that contribute for closer relations between EU institutions and its citizens.

The Communication is accompanied by a Recommendation on enhancing the European nature and efficient conduct of the 2019 elections to the European Parliament, updating and complementing some elements of its Recommendation of 2013.

Background information:

The proposed ideas and options are a direct follow-up to the European Commission's report on the 2014 European Parliament elections which pledged to identify ways of further enhancing the European dimension and the democratic legitimacy of the EU decision-making process, and to examine further, and seek to address, the reasons for the persistently low turnout in some Member States.

+ Juncker suggests changes to EU political framework in his 2017 State of the Union address

+ Legislative initiative on the composition of the European Parliament [European Parliament, February 2018]
+ Revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission [European Parliament, February 2018]

The European Commission published on 14 February 2018 a Communication setting out a number of options that could contribute to improving the European Union's efficiency and the connections between EU institutions and citizens.

Dolen Ffynhonnell http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2018:095:FIN
Dolenni Cysylltiedig
Deutsche Welle, 14.02.18: EC President Juncker defends system against French calls for reform http://p.dw.com/p/2sgsG
BBC News, 14.02.18: Jean-Claude Juncker: EU superstate claims are nonsense http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43058087
The Independent, 14.02.18: EU should get directly elected president in 'foreseeable future', Jean-Claude Juncker says http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-directly-elected-president-jean-claude-juncker-european-council-donald-tusk-poland-rule-of-law-a8210736.html
Politico, 14.02.18: Juncker stands by lead candidate system for picking successor https://www.politico.eu/article/jean-claude-juncker-stands-by-lead-candidate-system-for-picking-successor-european-commission/
RTÉ, 14.02.18: Juncker tells Britain he doesn't want 'European super-state' https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2018/0214/940709-juncker-on-brexit/
Euronews, 14.02.18: Juncker backs Spitzenkandidat process http://www.euronews.com/2018/02/14/juncker-backs-spitzenkandidat-process
Reuters, 14.02.18: EU's Juncker tells Britain he doesn't want 'European super-state' https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKCN1FY1O9
EUObserver, 14.02.18: Commission tells Macron to pick political side https://euobserver.com/institutional/140983
EUObserver, 14.02.18: Juncker to speak out on post-Juncker EU https://euobserver.com/institutional/140977
European Commission: Press Release, 14.02.18: A Europe that delivers: Commission presents ideas for a more efficient European Union http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-743_en.htm
EurActiv, 15.02.18: Juncker jabs at Macron as EU jobs race heats up https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/juncker-jabs-at-macron-as-eu-jobs-race-heats-up/
Euro|topics, February 2018: Juncker's reform: on the path to a people's EU? https://www.eurotopics.net/en/194505/juncker-s-reform-on-the-path-to-a-people-s-eu

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