11 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2016/2152(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 6 of Regulation 1141/2014 establishes an Authority for European political parties and European political foundations; notes that Article 6(2) stipulates that the Authority shall have legal personality and shall be independent;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Questions the decision by Parliament not to act on the allegations concerning the use of its resources by the President in furtherance of his candidacy in 2014; takes note of the reason put forward by the Secretary-General, namely that OLAF had dismissed the complaint because of the limited credibility of the allegations; points out that those allegations were raised by Members in connection with discharge for Parliament for 2014 (paragraphs 32, 33, 34 and 35); takes the view that, in such circumstances, it is the Secretary- General’s duty to address issues raised by Members, especially where they relate to the President, who is the guarantor of Parliament’s credibility; calls on the Secretary-General to explain why he has failed to act on the paragraphs referred to above;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Takes note of the Secretary- General’s reply concerning the inquiry into an accredited assistant to Parliament’s former President who is suspected of having failed to meet his obligation to declare external activities; welcomes the fact that the inquiry is to be completed in mid-March this year; calls on the Secretary-General to notify it of the outcome of the inquiry as soon as possible so that the information concerned can be taken into account as part of the current discharge procedure;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that according to the Court the costs of the geographic dispersion of the Parliament amount to EUR 114 million per year and notes the finding that in the 2013 Fox-Häfner report 78 % of all missions by Parliament statutory staff arise as a direct result of the Parliament’s geographic dispersion; reminds that the estimation of the environmental impact of this dispersion is between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; calls on the Bureau to request the secretary-general to develop without delay a roadmap to a single seat for Parliament;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Points out that, under the Treaties, Parliament has only one seat, but three places of work, and that accordingly the question of a single seat for Parliament has already been settled; calls therefore for an assessment of the financial and environmental cost of travel from Strasbourg to Brussels; questions whether Brussels should be kept as a place of work on the ground of proximity to the other institutions at a time when information and communication technologies make that an outdated argument;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Calls on the Secretary-General to conduct a study into the cost of introducing systematic checks in connection with the general expenditure allowance;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87 a (new)
Paragraph 87 a (new)
87a. Takes the view that DG INTE resources ought to be considerably expanded; is concerned at the late availability of texts put to the vote in plenary in all languages;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
104. Notes with concern that in the cases of the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe, the Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy, the Initiative for Direct Democracy in Europe and the Foundation for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy majoralleged1a irregularities have been detected, relating to prohibited direct or indirect financing of national parties and to donations; _________________ 1aPresumption of innocence is underwritten by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Article 48).
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 a (new)
Paragraph 110 a (new)
110a. Expresses misgivings about Parliament’s establishment plan, on which the new Authority for European political parties and European political foundations comes under the Secretary- General’s managerial responsibility, and about the compatibility of that organisational arrangement with Article 6(2) of Regulation 1141/2014;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 b (new)
Paragraph 110 b (new)
110b. Points out that the Authority enjoys legal personality (Article 6(2)), that it is physically located in Parliament, which provides it with the necessary offices and administrative support facilities (Article 6(4)), that its staff come from one or more institutions (Article 6(5)) and that its appropriations are provided under a separate title in the Parliament section of the EU general budget; calls for clarification of the prospective discharge procedure in the light of those articles;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112
Paragraph 112
112. Calls on the bureau to examine for the longer-term whether it is logical to have the responsibility for subsidies for European political parties and foundations attributed to the Parliament, whereas in most Member States subsidies for national political parties and foundations are administered by the ministry of the interior, since conflicts of interest may arise for bureau members representing political groups in Parliament who are affiliated with European political parties and foundationparties.