MEPs put forward draft changes to the EU’s core rules, following up on the Conference on the Future of Europe and reacting to unprecedented challenges. The text, prepared in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs by five co-rapporteurs representing a broad majority, includes a more bicameral system, as well as granting Parliament the full right to initiate legislation and the right to co-legislate on the EU’s long-term budget. It also calls for an increase in the number of decisions taken by qualified majority in the Council. Closing statements Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography, Guy VERHOFSTADT (Renew, BE), Sven SIMON (EPP, DE), Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D, DE), Daniel FREUND (Greens/EFA, DE) and Helmut SCHOLZ (The Left, DE), Rapporteurs.

VERHOFSTADT, Guy (Renew, BE)

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

SCHOLZ, Helmut (The Left, DE)

Treaty on European Union (T)

ŠUICA, Dubravka (EPP, HR, EC)

FREUND, Daniel (Greens/EFA, DE)

SIMON, Sven (EPP, DE)

BISCHOFF, Gabriele (S&D, DE)

Proposal of the European Parliament for the amendment of Treaties: Closing statements Dubravka ŠUICA, VP of the EC in charge of Democracy and Demography, and Rapporteurs

SOUNDBITE (Original), &Scaron;UICA, Dubravka, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography, -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Guy VERHOFSTADT (Renew, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Daniel FREUND (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Helmut SCHOLZ (The Left, DE), -