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Highlights - Oral question to the Council on the reform of the electoral law of the EU - Committee on Constitutional Affairs 13-12-2017 07:00 PM CET Since the adoption of the Parliament's resolution on the reform of the electoral law of the EU in November 2015, five Council Presidencies (LUX, NL, SK, MT, EE) have worked on the Parliament's proposal but none of them has provided Parliament with any formal or informal outcome of Council's deliberations. Without the reform of the Electoral Act, the next European elections will be conducted under the rules of 1976 with all their shortcomings and deficiencies, and the opportunity to improve voter turnout and participation in the 2019 elections will be wasted. Therefore, AFCO will vote an oral question to the Council demanding precisions concerning the timetable for the finalisation of Parliament's proposal and explanations of the reasons for such a blockade to the reform of European electoral law. Further information Oral question Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Highlights - Modification of the Framework Agreement between EP and Commission - Committee on Constitutional Affairs 13-12-2017 06:59 PM CET The Committee on Constitutional Affairs will examine amendments proposed by the Commission to the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and European Commission. Those agreed amendments focus in particular on the involvement of the standing Commissioners in the electoral campaigns as candidates to the election to the Parliament as well as to be elected as the lead candidates for the presidency of the European Commission. Such candidates have to abide by the principle of independence, integrity and discretion as provided by the Article 245 TFEU as well as by the Code of Conduct for the Commissioners. Further information Draft report Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP Subject files - Brexit: the Constitutional Relationship of the United Kingdom with the European Union - Committee on Constitutional Affairs 13-12-2017 05:03 PM CET At each meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs there is an exchange of views on the constitutional relationship of the United Kingdom with the European Union: the consequences of the results of the referendum of 23 June 2016. During these exchange of views, the AFCO committee hears from various experts and policy makers. Below you can find links to these events and relevant documents. Source : © European Union, 2017 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us | This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111