5 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2020/2272(ACI)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the action of the institutions and EU policies must be based on participatory democracy, thus ensuring compliance with the principles of full transparency and correct and timely information sharing for citizens; Recalls that it is the duty of the institutions to guarantee an open, transparent and continuous dialogue with civil society, in order to allow citizens to exercise direct control over the different stages of the decision-making process and to allow them to participate more closely in the decision-making process, as well as to ensure full accountability of the Union's institutions and bodies;
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Union will in various forms disburse unprecedented volumes of financial support to the Member States in order to fight the consequences of the pandemic and every decision related thereto has to be taken with full transparency, ensuring full accountability on the part of the Union's decision makers;
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas high ethical standards for interest representation underpin the trust that citizens have in the EU institutions, enhancing their transparency and accountability;
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the status of the Council of the European Union has changed from that of an observer to that of a formal party to the Agreement; considers nevertheless that its participation is limited to meetings with the most senior officials, and, under voluntary schemes only, meetings of the Permanent Representatives and Deputy Permanent Representatives during their presidency and six months before; insists that for the credibility of the scheme all Permanent Representations should take an active part in that voluntary scheme, continue to apply it after their presidency has ended and extend, it insofar as this is possible, to other officials;
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the undertaking to increase resources for maintenance, development and promotion of the register, as well as the Council’s formal contribution to the secretariat; believes that such commitments to the joint scheme should enhance the capacity of the Secretariat to provide timely guidance to the registrants and support them in the registration and update of the requested data; nevertheless, insists, in particular, that human resources are very limited in proportion to the number of registrants in comparison with similar national schemes and that that limitation hampers the efficiency of the operation of the register; requests to the institutions to provide the necessary resources so as to ensure the full operation of the register;