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9.2.2017 A8-0390/9 Amendment 9 Herbert Reul, Markus Pieper, Markus Ferber, Hermann Winkler, Joachim Zeller, Werner Kuhn, Peter Liese, Elmar Brok, Michaela Šojdrová, Kinga Gál, Thomas Mann, Andreas Schwab, Norbert Lins, Angelika Niebler, Bendt Bendtsen, Mairead McGuinness, Roberta Metsola, Francesc Gambús, Elisabetta Gardini, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Monika Hohlmeier, Sven Schulze, Daniel Caspary, Jens Gieseke, Burkhard Balz, Axel Voss, Sabine Verheyen, Michał Boni, Jan Olbrycht, Artis Pabriks, Jérôme Lavrilleux, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Wim van de Camp, Anne Sander, Gunnar Hökmark, Krišjānis Kariņš, Dariusz Rosati, Esther de Lange, Françoise Grossetête, Pavel Svoboda, Janusz Lewandowski, Jarosław Wałęsa, Tomáš Zdechovský, Jeroen Lenaers, Siegfried Mureşan, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Esteban González Pons, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Patricija Šulin, Jerzy Buzek, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Alain Lamassoure, Birgit Collin- Langen, Albert Deß, Petri Sarvamaa, Arnaud Danjean, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Angélique Delahaye, Sandra Kalniete, Constance Le Grip, Reimer Böge, Brice Hortefeux, Andrey Kovatchev, Alojz Peterle, Eduard Kukan, Cristian Dan Preda, Ingeborg Gräßle, Michel Dantin, Franck Proust, Tokia Saïfi, Renate Sommer, Deirdre Clune, Heinz K. Becker, Vladimir Urutchev, Milan Zver, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Julia Pitera, David McAllister, Christian Ehler, Philippe Juvin, Brian Hayes, Rainer Wieland Report A8-0390/2016 Guy Verhofstadt Possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union 2014/2248(INI) Motion for a resolution Recital A Motion for a resolution Amendment A. whereas this resolution is aimed at A. whereas this resolution is aimed at providing solutions which cannot be providing solutions which cannot be reached using the tools currently provided reached using the tools currently provided for in the Treaties and which are therefore for in the Treaties and which are therefore only feasible through a future Treaty only feasible through a future Treaty change; change when the preconditions are met; Or. en AM\1117055EN.docx PE598.461v01-00 EN United in diversity EN .

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