Activities of Jana TOOM related to 2024/2056(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 2023
Amendments (6)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas EU citizens have broad rights to access documents held by the EU administration; whereas the Ombudsman opened an own-initiative inquiry asking the Commission to urgently deal with systematic delays in its handling of access to documents requests in order to ensure it adheres to the deadlines set out in the EU public access law (Regulation (EC) No 1049/20012 ); whereas this inquiry revealed that when the Commission is asked to review a decision on access to documents, it misses the deadlines set out in the law in 85 % of cases; with the majority of replies arriving after 60 days; _________________ 2 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Endorses the conclusions of the Ombudsman’s special report4 to the European Parliament concerning the time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents and is worried about the Ombudsman’s assessment that these systemic and significant delays in the Commission’s processing of requests for public access to documents amount to maladministration; underlines how important it is that the Commission dedicate more resources to dealing with confirmatory requests under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and calls on the Commission to correct this situation as a matter of priority and to improve its practice of handling confirmatory requests; acknowledges the importance of the timely treatment of access to documents requests by all institution; underlines how important it is that the Commission dedicate more resources to dealing with confirmatory requests under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and the need for more proactive transparency and a more constructive approach towards requesters; calls on the Commission to correct this situation as a matter of priority by reforming its management of public access to documents; reminds the Commission of Parliament’s right to bring action against it before the Court of Justice of the European Union on the grounds of infringement of the Treaties and expects a clear and unequivocal commitment by the new College of Commissioners to remedy this situation; _________________ 4 Special Report of the European Ombudsman in her strategic inquiry concerning the time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents (OI/2/2022/OAM).
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note of the Ombudsman’s inquiry into the extent to which the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission apply EU law and the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union when it comes to public access requests for legislative documents, in which the Ombudsman stressed the need to facilitate EU citizens’ participation in the EU law-making process; acknowledges the importance of the timely treatment of access to documents requests by all institutions in fostering a sense of trust in European law making;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Endorses the intention of the Ombudsman to conduct a broader inquiry into how the scope of environmental information and information related to emissions into the environment is interpreted by the Commission; commends the Ombudsman forrecalls that a considerable number of petitions to the European Parliament concern the lack of or limited access to environmental information; emphasisingzes that the EU has an obligation to ensure a high level of public access to environmental information and public participation in decision-making relating to the environment;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Appreciates the Ombudsman’s commitment to upholding fundamental rights in the EU institutions’ border management activities by launching inquiries into the actions of Frontex and the Commission in this area; notes that the Ombudsman asked for further clarification from the Commission as to how it intends to guarantee respect for human rights in the context of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding, in an effort to ensure that the EU complies with its human rights obligations; stresses that all EU institutions, bodies and agencies have an obligation to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms as outlined in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the essential role of transparency, good administration and institutional checks and balances in the work of the EU institutions; welcomes the adoption of an agreement for establishing an Interinstitutional Ethics Body but regrets that the negotiations between the signing institutions could not deliver a more ambitious framework that would set- up a genuine, independent ethics body; urges all the signatory institutions to go beyond the framework when implementing their respective ethical requirements and standards;