Activities of Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ related to 2021/2108(DEC)
Reports (2)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020, Section II – European Council and Council
SECOND REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020, Section II – European Council and Council
Amendments (8)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that in 2020 the Court examined, without remarks, the public procurement procedures organised by the Council and three other Union institutions to acquire personal protective equipment for its members of staff which included strict minimum requirements in the tender specification such as European reference quality standards; is aware that in four cases the successful bidder did not include full evidence that all minimum quality requirements were met at the time of contracting, leading the Council to organise laboratory tests that showed that the personal protective equipment was indeed compliant;
Amendment 11 #
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 to the budgetary authority on gender balance, geographical distribution and disabilities of its members of staff and on the related internal policies in force;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Recalls that the Council appoints the members of the Court after consultation with Parliament and understands the difficulties in achieving gender balance as nomination of candidates is the sole responsibility of the Member States and each Member State can only nominate one candidate at a time; finds it unacceptable, however, that the Court has had only 16 female members out of a total of 112 members since its establishment in 1977 (85,7 % male and 14,3 % female) and that in 2020 the Court had only 8 female members compared to 18 male members; strongly calls on the Council to tackle this problem with concrete actions, such as presenting Parliament with at least two candidates from each Member State, one being a woman and one being a man;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is aware of the Council’s key role in nomination and appointment procedures for the Union institutions and bodies, in particular forthe President of the European Council, the Commission, the Court and the consultative Committees (President of the Commission, the members of the Court, and the members of both the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committees); strongly recommends considering a review of that role exercise of that prerogative with a view to guaranteeing and strengthening the democratic participation of relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is reminded of the Court's statement in its Special Report no 13/2019: The ethical frameworks of the audited EU institutions: scope for improvement that ethical conduct “contributes to sounder financial management and increased public trust, which is indispensable if public policies are to succeed” and, in particular, that “any unethical behaviour by staff and Members of the EU institutions attracts high levels of public interest and reduces trust in the EU”; makes a strong calls on the Council, therefore, to avoid the appointment of candidates who represent a reputational risk for the Union as a whole, taking into account, in particular, existing investigations by the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF), legal proceedings underway against them anrespect the opinions of Parliament, especially when they contain negative advice on the appointment of candidates who represent a potential damage to the credibility of the Union, for instance due to insufficient professional competence or established unegative recommendations by Parliament or the Commissionthical behaviour;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Notes the increased audience on several social media platforms from 2019 to 2020 with an increase of 39 % in visits to the Council’s website, approximately 443 000 followers on Facebook (an increase of 8 %), approximately 561 000 followers on Twitter (an increase of 22 %) and approximately 167 000 followers on Instagram (an increase of 37 %); observes that there were more than 16 million visits to the Council’s websitean increase of 39 % in visits to the Council’s website, reaching more than 16 million visits in 2020;
Amendment 40 #
45. Stresses the well-established and respected practice followed by Parliament over the course of almost twenty years of granting discharge to all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; recalls that the Commission has declared its inability to oversee the implementation of the budgets of the other institutions; stresses the reiterated view of the Commission that the practice of giving discharge to each institution for their administrative expenditure should continue to be pursued directly by Parliament;