7 Amendments of Angelika WINZIG related to 2020/2142(DEC)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Council’s role in appointing the European prosecutors to the EPPO
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 b (new)
Subheading 8 b (new)
Recalls that Council implementing decision 14830/19 of 22 July 2020 on appointing the European prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor's Office states that regarding the 'candidates nominated by Belgium, Bulgaria and Portugal, the Council did not follow the non-binding order of preference of the selection panel, on the basis of a different assessment of the merits of those candidates which was carried out in the relevant preparatory bodies of the Council';
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34 b. Recalls that on 27 July 2020, Austria, Estonia, Luxembourg and the Netherlands published a statement that 'a competition between rankings of national selection panels and the ranking of the European selection panel must be avoided, at the risk of eroding the European component of the appointment procedure';
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)
Paragraph 34 c (new)
34 c. Regrets that Council did not properly reply to several parliamentary written questions between July and September 2020 asking Council to explain why it decided not to follow there commendations by the European selection panel and asking for elaborations on the assessment for arriving at the decision not to follow the recommendations of the European selection panel;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 d (new)
Paragraph 34 d (new)
34 d. Is very concerned about media revelations that the Portuguese government provided Council with wrongful information about the title and experience of the candidate ranked second by the European selection panel leading to his appointment as Portuguese European prosecutor;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 e (new)
Paragraph 34 e (new)
34 e. Recalls that the European prosecutors must be independent and any suspicion of an intervention by a national government in favour of a candidate against the recommendation of the European selection panel would have a severe negative impact on the reputation, integrity and independence of the EPPO as an institution;