11 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2020/2133(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the main challenges in implementing conflict-of-interest policies relate to the management of compulsory disclosure, revolving doors and conflicts of interest arising from collateral activities and membership of specific groups;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers it essential for documentation relating to agreements with pharmaceutical companies for COVID-19 vaccines to contain a clause that requires their essential provisions to be made public;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the 'revolving doors' phenomenon in particular is very much on the rise; whereas many Commissioners and a third of those who were MEPs from 2014 to 2019 have been recruited by organisations entered in the European Transparency Register; whereas this entails risks of conflict of interest with the legitimate areas of competence of the Member States and the EU institutions and of confidential information being disclosed or misused, as well as risks that former staff members may use their close personal contacts and friendships with ex-colleagues for lobbying purposes;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it essential to make the transparency register mandatory for all EU institutions and agencies, in order to facilitate public scrutiny and enable individual citizens and other interest groups to monitor the activities of lobbyists and their impact on decisions and legislation;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the agreement reached between the three institutions to introduce a European transparency register; urges them to conclude negotiations on this matter as soon as possible;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the important role that the European Ombudsman plays in ensuring high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions; calls on its Committee on Constitutional Affairs committee to consider and to take into account the experience provided by the European Ombudsman when reflecting on the possible establishment of an independent ethics body; considers it necessary to strengthen the role of the Ombudsman as most immediate means of protection for citizens in the face of the institutions; suggests the setting up of an EU interinstitutional working group that is tasked with discussing and formulating recommendations on all aspects related to the subject matter;
Amendment 107 #
5a. Considers that all administrations should require senior officials, MEPs and Commissioners leaving the service to provide sufficiently detailed information and documentation to enable the ethics body to carry out a comprehensive analysis and prevent conflicts of interest;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that this monitoring capacity should include the verification of the veracity of the declaration of financial interests, the handling of conflicts of interest, checks on transparency obligations and the verification of compliance with revolving doors rules, entailing own- initiative inquiries and the assessment of any individual cases arising;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the decision on-making process regarding the absence of conflicts of interest of the Commissioners-designate should remain a competencebe significantly improved to facilitate a thorough examination by Members responsible of any conflicts of interest of future Commissioners, using objective criteria, while leaving the procedural and decision-making aspects in the hands of Parliament’'s Committee on Legal Affairs, while the EU Ethics Body should support the process with the publication of; considers that the Committee on Legal Affairs should be given more time and the possibility of assistance from the EU ethics body, which should publish its analysis of each individual case and make its investigative capacities available; points out that the findings of this committee should be made public;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Suggests that each institution choose these members in particular from among former judges of the CJEU, former or current members of highest courts of Member States, former Members of the European Parliament, former staff of the participating institutions and bodies, former EU Ombudsmen, and members of the ethics authorities in Member States; suggests further that the body elect a President and two Vice- Presidents from among its members;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Insists that the decisions of the EU Ethics Body should be properly justified, well documented and legally binding, reviewable before the CJEU and subject to possible complaints to the EU Ombudsman;