15 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2016/2150(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Article 15 TFEU states that in order to promote good governance and ensure the participation of civil society, the Union's institutions, bodies, offices and agencies shall conduct their work as openly as possible;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines that the results of the Ombudsman investigation into the state- of-play of whistleblowing rules in the EU institutions showed there were significant issues related to the effective protection of whistle-blowers; calls on the EU institutions to adopt the necessary measures to encourage whistleblowing and to fully protect whistle-blowers against retaliation;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the continued efforts of the European Ombudsman to increase transparency in the TTIP negotiations through proposals to the European Commission; commends regrets that trade negotiations withe resulting publication by the Commission of numerous TTIP documents and the inclusion of transparency as one of the three pillars of the Commission’s new trade strategy; notes the continuing concerns of citizens with regard to these negotiations; encourages increased transparencypect to TTIP have not been fully open, transparent and democratic and that certain information has become public only because of leaks, despite the inclusion of transparency as one of the three pillars of the Commission’s new trade strategy; insists that the negotiations on TTIP be abandoned as TTIP paves the way for wider liberalisation, deregulation and privatisation, undermining citizens' fundamental rights to high levels of social, environmental and health protection; underlines the continuing concerns of citizens with regard to these negotiations; believes that the highest levels of transparency and democracy should be ensured in the negotiations on otherall international agreements;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the continuation of the European Ombudsman’s investigations into ‘revolving doors’ cases in the Commission; acknowledgestakes note of the increased information offered by the Commission regarding the names of the senior officials who have left it to work in the private sector as a result of these investigations; encourages the more frequent publication of the names and other data of such persons; expresses its hopecalls for the timely publication of the names of all officials involved in the same cases and to ensure full transparency on all related information; firmly believes that other European institutions and agencies will follow suit; welcomes the willingnesmust do the same; calls ofn the Commission to publish informationguarantee a proactive publication and full transparency regarding the post-term-of-office occupation of former Commissioners; expresses great concern and on all related information; deeply regrets that the former Commission President Mr Barroso was appointed as an adviser and non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International; stresses that this case increases citizens' mistrust towards the Commission regarding its credibility and independence from private financial interests and can represent a breach of the duty to behave with integrity and discretion, as regards the acceptance of certain appointments for former Commissioners, laid down in both Article 245 TFUE and the Code of conduct for Commissioners;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the need for full transparency in EU decision-making, and supports the investigation by the European Ombudsmean into informal negotiations between the three main EU institutions (‘trilogues’); commends the awareness- raising actions by the Ombudsman on the matter; supports the publishing of keyall ‘trilogue’ documents;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Approves of the Ombudsman’s investigation into the make-up and transparency of the Commission’s expert groups; notes the Commission’s efforts to open up these groups to the public, and calls forstresses that further actions in this directionare needed to ensure full transparency; reiterates its call to the Council, including its preparatory bodies, to join the lobby register as soon as possible and to improve transparency of their work;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the Ombudsman’s efforts in making lobbying more transparent; regrets the Commission’s reluctance to publish detailed information on meetings with tobacco lobbyists; urges the Commission to make its workings more open to the publicfully transparent;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Calls on the Ombudsman to investigate on the transparency and the added value of the programmes and actions financed by the EU funds, also assessing if and how they have contributed to the promotion of respect for the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to make all information on lobby influence available free of charge, fully comprehensible for and easily accessible to the public through one centralised online database;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls on the Commission to submit, within 2017, a proposal for a fully mandatory and legally-binding lobby register aimed at closing all loopholes and achieving a fully mandatory register for all lobbyists;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges that the right of citizens to have a say in EU policy-making is now more important than ever; welcomes the guidelines proposed by the Ombudsman for improving the functioning of the European Citizens’ Initiative, especially where solid reasoning by the Commission in ECI rejections is concerned; recognises, however, that there are significant deficits which need to be tackled and solved in order to make the ECI more effective;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Reminds that Regulation (EC) N. 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents builds on the principle of 'widest possible access'; underlines therefore that transparency and full access to documents held by the EU institutions must be the rule in order to ensure that citizens can fully exercise their democratic rights; stresses that, as has already decided by the EU Court of Justice, exceptions to that rule have to be properly interpreted, taking into account the overriding public interest in disclosure and in the requirements of democracy, the closer involvement of citizens in the decision-making process, the legitimacy of governance, efficiency and accountability to citizens;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Regrets that the revision of Regulation (EC) N. 1049/2001 is stalled; believes that progress should be achieved without further delay as the Regulation no longer reflects the current legal situation and the institutional practices;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Regrets that the EMIS Committee received from the Commission a partial documentation, drawn up in the absence of information deemed by the Commission not relevant; calls on the Commission to ensure the highest accuracy in its work and full transparency on the documentation provided, fully complying with the principle of sincere cooperation, in order to guarantee that EMIS Committee can fully and effectively exercise its powers of investigation;