Inside lawmakers’ plans to make the EU Parliament extra enjoyable – POLITICO

One concept from the ESN group, led by Alternative for Germany, is to increase the blue card system — a instrument for MEPs to have the ability to reply to a different MEP’s speech advert hoc and ask a query — to commissioners too.

The Left and S&D are additionally proposing that, following the College of Commissioners assembly in Strasbourg — when the 27 commissioners take selections collectively — they then come to the Parliament to current the end result, and provides MEPs the possibility to problem it publicly.

Spicing up debating codecs

All teams additionally agree that the blue card system needs to be allowed for use extra typically by lawmakers.

The ECR is proposing a brand new debate format known as “right-left” through which political teams with reverse views on large coverage points — such because the Green Deal and migration — “challenge each other’s positions directly.”

The Greens equally need “controversial topics” to be prioritized when scheduling debates, and are additionally proposing a brand new debate format through which one MEP accountable for a file or matter is grilled for 60 minutes. “After short opening statements, members can respond and rebut directly, allowing for genuine dialogue,” the proposal reads.

Several teams are calling on the Parliament to schedule the debates proper earlier than voting on the subject or file, both on the plenary or committee stage — with some even asking to schedule key debates throughout voting classes.