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. Opening statements by Rapporteurs and Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

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Strasbourg

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plenary session

VAUTMANS, Hilde (Renew, BE)

LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Juan Fernando (S&D, ES)

Treaty on European Union (T)

LINS, Norbert (EPP, DE)

UŠAKOVS, Nils (S&D, LV)

FARRENG, Laurence (Renew, FR)

GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, Lina (S&D, ES)

MARQUES, Margarida (S&D, PT)

Opening statements by Hilde VAUTMANS (Renew, BE), Nils UŠAKOVS (S&D, LV), Margarida MARQUES (S&D, PT), Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), Laurence FARRENG (Renew, FR), Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ (S&D, ES)

SOUNDBITE (Original), Hilde VAUTMANS (Renew, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Margarida MARQUES (S&amp;D, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Laurence FARRENG (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Juan Fernando L&#211;PEZ AGUILAR (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Lina G&#193;LVEZ MU&#209;OZ (S&amp;D, ES), -