DRAFT REPORT (COM(2021)0732 – C9-0021/2022 – 2021/0372(CNS))
On the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (recast)
AFCO-PR-767903
Committee on Constitutional Affairs · Rapporteur: Sven Simon
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The draft report concerns a Council directive on the right to vote and stand as a candidate in European Parliament elections for EU citizens living in another member state. The rapporteur approves the Council draft without amendments.¶¶
Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that the Council draft be approved with no amendments.¶
Key points
- Parliament approves the Council draft as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.¶
- Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament.¶
- Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the text approved by Parliament.¶
- The rapporteur welcomes the proposed revision of Directive 93/109/EC, saying it balances mobile voters' needs for timely information and equal treatment with the administrative burden on member states.¶
- The Council draft improves exchange of information between member states to avoid multiple voting or multiple candidacies, and introduces reporting and data collection obligations.¶