9 Amendments of Anthony SMITH
Amendment 1 #
2024/2030(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the efforts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (‘the Centre’) to enable and promote multilingualism in the Union, for example as regards communications of the Union agencies and the development of terminology in specialised subject areas to improve the quality of translations; calls for all written documents to be translated and made available in the official languages of the European Union within reasonable deadlines;
Amendment 1 #
2024/2021(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for full respect of Parliament's prerogatives in the annual budgetary procedure and insists on the full application of article 14 (1) TEU; emphasises Parliament’s prerogative to grant discharge pursuant to Article 319 TFEU, as well as the applicable provisions of the Financial Regulation and Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, in order to ensure transparency and democratic accountability;
Amendment 3 #
2024/2021(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the Council’s continuing refusal to engage in sincere cooperation in the framework of the discharge procedure for more than a decade, which prevents Parliament from carrying out its duties properly and taking informed decisions; regrets that this is also reflected in other important files, such as the revision of the Treaties, the European Parliament’s right of inquiry and the reform of the Electoral Law;
Amendment 7 #
2024/2021(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the lack of cooperation from the European Council and from the Council with the discharge authority sends a negative signal to citizens of the Union at a time when greater transparency and accountability are essential to enhance citizens’ trust to the EU institutions;
Amendment 10 #
2024/2021(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council to implement the recommendations adopted by the European Parliament on the budget discharge procedure and to resume negotiations in good faith on the memorandum of understanding on the interinstitutional cooperation on that matter;
Amendment 12 #
2024/2021(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the next revision of the Treaties should render the discharge procedure clearer and more transparent, in particular by empowering the European Parliament explicitly in Article 319 TFEU to grant discharge to all institutions and bod, bodies, offices and agencies individually, as reflected in its resolution of 22 November 2023 on proposals for the amendment of the Treaties; underlines that pending such a revision, the current situation should be improved through better interinstitutional cooperation within the current framework and urges the Council to actively engage with the Parliament in addressing the current situation.
Amendment 11 #
2024/2020(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. ExpresseCalls concerns regarding several aspects the full and urgent implementation of the Agreement establishing an interinstitutional body for ethical standards for members of institutions and advisory bodies referred to in Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union, includingregrets that the Council is outside the scope of the substance of the Agreement, as well as the placement of the secretariat of the body at the Commission and definition risks associated with using the term ethics; considers that no work of the body should commence and no funding should be provided by Parliament until all provisions of the Agreement have been incorporated into Parliament’s Rules of Procedure.
Amendment 13 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has adapted the grant amounts for individual support for learning mobility under Erasmus+ by 12,27 % in 2023 in order to mitigate the effects of inflation and the fact that similar adjustments have been made for the European Solidarity Corps; calls for the individual support grants to be increased and indexed to annual inflation in order to facilitate access to the Erasmus+ scheme, in particular for people in dual work programmes or apprenticeships or people with disabilities who need tailored support;
Amendment 32 #
2024/2019(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Considers that civil society and NGOs play an instrumental role in shaping policies that benefit society and our environment; recalls the commitment of the Commission in its political guidelines to step up its engagement with civil society organisations that have expertise and an important role to play in defending specific societal issues and upholding human rights; urges the Commission to revise its guidelines1a from May 2024 in order to ensure the continuation of the funding of NGO activities, including advocacy, under the LIFE programme; considers that discontinuation of this funding for all NGO activities would seriously undermine the voice of civil society in the public debate and would cause a severe reputational risk for the Commission; _________________ 1a Guidance on funding for activities related to the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of Union legislation and policy