R to @d_boeselager: Sadly, these amendments did not make it into the report because of the delicate political balance the text.
But I wanted to set the ambition level high enough for the convention that will hopefully be triggered based on this!
Let me know what you think about my ideas 🙋/f
🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/d_boeselager/status/1717114183181889733#m
[2023-10-25 09:41 UTC]
@d_boeselager On name changes for EU institutions:
Many countries have peculiar names for historical reasons - from the 🇩🇪🇦🇹 Bundeskanzler, 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 statsminister,
🇳🇱 minister-president to the 🇮🇹 presidente del consiglio, etc....
But talking about names, I still regret we replaced "European Community" by "European Union". Not because of the union, because I am a European federalist, but because a community puts the *focus on the people*
@d_boeselager Great ideas - but overall name changes are not the most important ones (they will mostly trigger emotional reactions). For me personally, the top 3 priorities are
1/ legal initiative right for the #EUParliament
2/ end vetos in #EUCouncil (or water them down, e.g. can be overturned by 2/3 vote in EP)
3/ #EUCommission President aka EU PM appointed by a majority in EP