5 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2021/2146(DEC)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes the Agency’s efforts following Parliament’s resolution of 29 April 2021 with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2019, namely: (1) the recruitment of the fundamental rights officer, who took office on 1 June 2021, and the appointment of the first 20 fundamental rights monitors; regretnotes the fact that 15 of those appointments were made at AST level; reiterates that Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 provides for the recruitment of at least 40 fundamental rights monitors by 5 December 2020; urges the Agency to swiftly recruit the remaining 20 fundamental rights monitors and to appoint them at AD level; deeply regrets the delay in the recruitment of the fundamental rights monitors and recalls that this poses a serious risk to operations and reputation of the Agency; welcomes the cooperation between the Agency and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights towards completing the recruitment of the reminding fundamental rights monitors; (2) the appointment of the three deputy executive directors in 2021; and (3) the update of the Standard Operating Procedure for Serious Incident Reporting in May 2021;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes any and all evaluations, inquiries and investigations into the performance and effectiveness of the Agency in its coordinating role relating to Member States' implementation of border controls and border management; rejects the unprecedented trend of politically motivated investigations into the Agency's activities; considers it imperative to evaluate how much time is spent by the Agency's management and staff dealing with compliance, internal control and fundamental rights related issues;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. AcknowledgNotes that an analysis of respect for fundamental rights by the Agency was not included in the scope of the Court’s special report 08/2021 since that would require a specific audit in view of the complexity of the matter; asks the Court to carry out such a specific audit in the future; calls the Agency to swiftly implement recommendation 5 of the Court’s special report, respecting the indicated timeline set out thereinentitled 'Frontex's support to external border management: not sufficiently effective to date’ since that would require a specific audit in view of the complexity of the matter.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Expresses admiration, respect and full understanding for Member States' who, when faced with hybrid warfare operations in which migrants are deployed as human ammunition, do not see any added value in inviting the Agency and its fundamental rights monitors to monitor sensitive operations with national security implications;