5 Amendments of Olivier CHASTEL related to 2021/2108(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2020 / Postpones its decision on granting the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2020;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls its resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality2 as a dedicated institutional forum to ensure stronger integration of gender equality in Union strategies, coordination of all related policies and progress in the main files related to gender equality, as well as harmonisation of the protection of women’s rights and gender equality; regrets that the Council has thus far ignored this call of Parliament; _________________ 2 OJ C 445, 29.10.2021, p. 150.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the political agreement on the Transparency Register for interest representatives, reached by Parliament, the Council and the Commission on 15 December 2020; emphasises the importance forurges the Council, including the Member States’ representatives, tof harmonisinge, improvinge and enforcinge the existing ethics rules, in particular with regard to conflicts of interest, revolving doors and lobby transparency rules;
Amendment 28 #
30. Reiterates its full endorsement of the Ombudsman’s recommendations on transparency of the Council legislative process, following the Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry (Case OI/2/2017/TE) and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on transparency and access to documents; believes that compliance with the Ombudsman's recommendations would enable citizens to be more involved and to better understand Union law making; welcomes the measures adopted by the Council in July 2020 to strengthen legislative transparency in line with the Ombudsman’s recommendations, including the proactive publication of progress reports on negotiations on draft legislative acts as well as the Council mandate for negotiations with Parliament; regrets, however, that the decision- making process in the Council is still far from transparent; calls therefore on the Council to implement the relevant CJEU rulings according to their letter and spirit and not to circumvent them; urges the Council to keep taking all the necessary measures to implement the Ombudsman’s recommendations and the CJEU rulings without undue delay;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Supports the Ombudsman’s remarks on the need to improve legislative transparency by recording and making the Member States’ positions more accessible and by making more trilogue documents available; , which has already been established in 2013 by CJEU case law1a, and by making more trilogue documents available; _________________ 1a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 17 October 2013, Council of the European Union v Access Info Europe, C-280/11 P, ECLI:EU:C:2013:671