Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001946/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Marieke Ehlers (PfE)
In the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Conference on the Future of Europe (COM(2022) 404 of 17 June 2022), the Commission stated that it would ‘always be on the side of those who want to reform the European Union to make it work better, including through Treaty change […]’.
On 18 September 2024, however, in response to minister Marjolein Faber’s letter, in which the Netherlands formally requested an opt-out from European migration policy in the event of a subsequent Treaty change, the Commission stated that no Treaty change was planned.
- 1.Does the Commission intend to go back on its communication of 17 June 2022, which backed Treaty change initiatives?
- 2.Has the Commission decided, accordingly, that it is not going to abide by the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe and, hence, that it no longer wants to be involved in the process of initiating Treaty change?
- 3.Has the Commission decided, accordingly, that no candidate countries will join the EU during the 2024-2029 parliamentary term, given that accession agreements allow Member States to opt out of certain European policies?
Submitted: 3.10.2024