9 Amendments of Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI related to 2021/2108(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
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 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recalls that key performance indicators are a widely recognized tool for measuring achievement against targets; calls on the Council to provide summaries of its key performance indicators and the related results in its management reports;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets the lack of information on the implementation of the Council’s gender action plan and the measures taken to ensure equal opportunities for persons with disabilities at the Council as a workplace; calls on the Council to provide information on gender balance, geographical distribution and disabilities of its members of staff and on the related internal policies in force;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Encourages the Council to maintain control over its own technical systems, provide stronger safeguards for privacy and increase security and transparency for the public;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Emphasises Parliament's prerogative to grant discharge pursuant to Article 319 TFEUof the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as well as the applicable provisions of the Financial Regulation and Parliament’s Rules of Procedure; reiterates that this prerogative allows the Union to maintain transparency, democratic scrutiny and in line with current interpretation and practice, namely, the power to grant discharge in order to maintain transparency and to ensure democratic accountability towards Union taxpayers;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Stresses that the current situation, where Parliament can only check the reports of the Court and of the European Ombudsman as well as the information on the Council’s website but does not receive written or oral answers from the Council during the annual discharge procedure, i.e., the Council refuses to collaborate with Parliament in the context of the annual budgetary discharge procedure, makes it impossible for Parliament to make an informed decision on granting discharge, and that this has a lasting negative effect on both institutions and discredits the management and democratic scrutiny of the Union budget; regrets the Council’s continuing refusal to engage in loyal cooperation in the framework of the discharge procedure that has lasted for more than a decade;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Believes that a revision of the Treaties is necessary to streamlineIn respect of the Council's specific role as an institution giving recommendations on the discharge procedure, making it clearer and more transparent, especially by giving Parliament the explicit competence to grant discharge to all institutions, bodies, offices and agencies individuallyreiterates its requests to the Council to give discharge recommendations with respect to the other Union institutions;