Activities of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2016/2273(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 PDF (376 KB) DOC (83 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the full potentialmarginal benefits of a digital public administration can only be achieved if citizens and businesses can fully trust the services offeredbe increased if, after critical appraisal of the services offered, citizens and businesses consider them appropriate;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the e-Government Action Plan 2016-2020 with its dynamic structure, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure its rapid and effective implementation, making public administrations fit for the futurebut rejects those aspects of it that tend towards the centralisation of information;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on Member States to take up the suggestions in the eGovernment Action Plan for enabling young people, in particular, to deal with administrative bodies in ways that reflect their communication habits in other areas of their lives;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that public administrations should be open, and efficient and inclusive, providing borderless,, providing personalised, user- friendly and end-to-end digital public services to citizens and businesses by 2022, thereby reducing costs, barriers and administrative burdens for citizens and businesses and thus reaping all the benefits of the digital revolution;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the intention thatCalls for critical consideration to be given to whether future initiatives should be based on the ‘digital by default’ principle, and stresses the importance of the once-only principle, which will make which, on the one hand, means that barriers of distance can be eliminateraction with public administrations easd, and, on the other, erects new barriers for those citizens and businesses by avoiding unnecessary and time-consuming multiple administrative processeswho are insecure or mistrustful in the digital world;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for a critical review of the once-only principle: on the one hand, it facilitates citizens’ and businesses’ interaction with public administrations by avoiding unnecessary and time- consuming multiple administrative processes, while, on the other, it requires public administrations to be networked, making it easier for them to take coordinated action and thus potentially placing individual citizens in a weaker position;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomeRejects the idea of a single contact point which would allow citizens as well as businesses to obtain an overview of all relevant information through one single gateway: the central pooling of information and of public administrations implies an intensification of authority which requires prior political approval and cannot be introduced through the back door of digitalisation;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of inclusiveness andthe accessibility of eGovernment services, and therefore calls on the Member States to fully implement and apply the new directive on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance ofVoices its misgivings about a possible clash between ‘Open Data’, whereby certain public-sector information is freely available for use and reuse within and between public administrations, and reiterates that sharing data openly and inclusively would allow the further development and creation of new innovative solutions, boosting efficiency as well as transparencythe principle of data protection; reiterates that see-through government is about promoting the transparency of public administrations’ data only, and not of citizens’ data;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that interoperability and standardisation are among theis a key elements for implementing eGovernment structures, and therefore welcomes the Commission’s communication entitled ‘European standards for the 21st century’ and its plan to revise the European Interoperability Framework;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Draws attention to the urgent need for continuous support for broadband expansion, especially in rural areas, since access to a high-speed broadband connection is indispensable for using and benefiting from eGovernment services; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to continuereview the adequate funding of broadband expansion, and digital service infrastructures and cross-border interaction of public administration after 2020, within the scope of the Connecting Europe Facility or other suitable EU programmes;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates the need to improve the digital skills of administrative staff as well as of citizens and businesses, by developing and supporting training activities at national, regional and local level in order to minimise the risk of digital exclusionoverload;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises that the protection of personal data is fundamental, and underlines that public administrations should handle personal data securely in line with the relevant national laws, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU Rules on Privacy, thereby boosting trust in digital servicesso that important civil rights are not infringed;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that, at the same time, data protection legislation should not be conceived as an obstacle but should, rather, be seen as a starting-point for the development of innovativebe seen as both delimiting and affording scope for eGovernment solutions, and therefore stresses the need for effective guidance on the application of the GDPR, as well as for a continuous exchange with stakeholders;