7 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2021/2108(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Regrets, despite the Court's general consideration, that its audit has a rather limited scope and conclusions; requests that the audit work for the chapter on Administration be more focused on issues that are of high relevance or even critical for the European Council and the Council;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Regrets that the Code of conduct of the President of the European Council has not been brought in line with those of Parliament and the Commission, in particular in terms of activities to be approved after he or she leaves the post, and this despite several requests by Parliament;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recalls that, as an institution giving recommendations on the discharge procedure, the Council should do so in a more timely manner and with respect for all the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Deplores that the Council, for more than a decade, has shown that it does not have any willingness to collaborate in the context of the discharge procedure which is not compliant with the principle of loyal cooperation and makes it impossible for Parliament to make an informed discharge decision; considers that lack of cooperation a complete disregard for Parliament's role with the very negative effects of discrediting the democratic scrutiny of the Union budget and eroding the citizens trust in the Union; demands full respect for Parliament's prerogative and role as guarantor of transparency and the democratic accountability principle, in line with the case-law of the Court of Justice emphasising the right of taxpayers and of the public to be kept informed about the use of public revenues, which is linked to Parliament's role in the discharge procedure as the only institution directly elected by the Union citizens;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Welcomes the fact that the status of the Council has changed from that of an observer to that of a formal party to the new Interinstitutional Agreement1a on a mandatory Transparency register; reminds, nevertheless, of the European Parliament decision of 27 April 2021 on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission on a mandatory transparency register1b, which in its paragraph 5 considers that the Council's 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 joint framework all Permanent Representations should take an active part in it through voluntary schemes, continue to apply such voluntary schemes after their presidency has ended and extend them, insofar as this is possible, to other officials; _________________ 1aInterinstitutional Agreement of 20 May 2021 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on a mandatory transparency register (OJ L 207, 11.6.2021, p. 1). 1b OJ C 506, 15.12.2021, p. 127.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Reminds of the petition launched by the Corporate Europe Observatory, Observatoires des Multinationales and foodwatch, urging the French government to decline any sponsorship offers when taking on the rotating Council presidency in 2022;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Strongly reiterates its call on the Council to bring the code of conduct for the President of the European Council in line with those of Parliament and the Commission in order to have rules in place to approve activities related to Union legislation after the President of the European Council leaves his or her post;