Activities of Vladimír MAŇKA related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
2016 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate) SK
General budget of the European Union for 2016 - all sections (debate) SK
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 PDF (354 KB) DOC (319 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 a (new)
Paragraph 60 a (new)
60a. Fully compensates these reinforcements by reducing the appropriations in the budget lines for contingency reserve, the general Members' allowance, further training, fitting out of premises, energy consumption, computing and telecommunications - investment in projects and furniture;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 a (new)
Paragraph 77 a (new)
77a. OTHER STAFF RELATED ISSUES Recalls that the need for new posts in the General Secretariat should be covered by internal redeployment, unless the need for creating new posts is duly justified and demonstrated, and confirmed by the internal auditors under the responsibility of the Parliament's Bureau;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 b (new)
Paragraph 77 b (new)
77b. Recalls that any reorganisation of parliamentary work or of the procedures should not lead to a deterioration in the working conditions and social rights of staff, regardless of their position;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 c (new)
Paragraph 77 c (new)
77c. Notes that the new rules regarding parliamentary assistance are currently being prepared; reiterates its conviction that a new balance is necessary between accredited parliamentary assistants and local assistants; requests therefore the Secretary-General to present to the Bureau a proposal for a decision before the end of 2015 addressing, inter alia, the following issues: ‒ limiting the number of local assistants by Member while respecting specific conditions of exercising the Members' mandate in different Member States; ‒ regulating distribution of the allowance between local and accredited parliamentary assistance; ‒ reforming the current salary cap system for local assistance with a longer term perspective of getting closer to the principle of "equal pay for equal work"; ‒ introducing a minimum salary and a maximum ceiling for the remuneration of local assistants in different Member States; ‒ covering current staff of national delegations under the Statute for the Parliament's accredited assistants; calls on the Secretary-General to take all the necessary measures to ensure that the trainees working for the Members are entitled to viable scholarship and to social protection and that the implementation of the said rules in controlled by the Parliament's services; invites the Secretary-General to introduce a mandatory training on respect and dignity in work for the Members and their assistants; Underlines that a transition period should be respected in the case of the revision of the current rules; invites the Secretary- General and the Bureau to report to the Committee on Budgets on the resulting revised rules as soon as possible and not later than by February 2016, in due time for the preparation of the Parliament's estimates for the financial year 2017; expects that the final decision will enter into force as of year 2017 at the latest;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 d (new)
Paragraph 77 d (new)
77d. Reiterates its commitment to support multilingualism in parliamentary work through high standards of interpretation and translation; requests updated information on the consequences of non- agreement on new working conditions for interpreters (spring 2015) to be communicated to the Committee on Budgets by February 2016 at the latest; expects the Secretary-General to use all flexibility required to ensure high quality interpretation and translation service for Members;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 e (new)
Paragraph 77 e (new)
77e. Asks the Secretary-General to provide a detailed overview of all the posts in Parliament in the years 2014-2016, including distribution of posts by services, categories and types of contracts; considers that this overview should be validated by the internal auditors under the responsibility of the Parliament's Bureau and should be communicated to the Committee on Budgets before September 2016;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 16
Subheading 16
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -78 a (new)
Paragraph -78 a (new)
-78a. PROPERTY POLICY Recalls that the Committee on Budgets should be informed on a regular basis about new developments in the Parliament's building policy and should be consulted in due time, that is before a contract is obtained, on any building project having financial implications; confirms that financial impact of any building project will be closely scrutinised;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -78 b (new)
Paragraph -78 b (new)
-78b. Believes that decisions related to building projects should be subject to an open dialogue and should ensure a transparent decision making process;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -78 c (new)
Paragraph -78 c (new)
-78c. Reiterates once again its calls for the new mid-term building strategy to be presented to the Committee on Budgets as soon as possible and at the latest by early 2016, in time for the preparation of the Parliament's estimates for the financial year 2017; invites the Secretary-General to present to the Committee on Budgets a possible long-term strategy until 2025 early in advance before the Parliament's reading of the budget in the autumn 2016;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)
Paragraph 78 a (new)
78a. AUDIT Demands that the internal auditors of the Parliament are placed under the direct responsibility of the Bureau;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 b (new)
Paragraph 78 b (new)
78b. Following the internalisation and re- organisation of the security services of the Parliament, calls for an independent audit of DG SAFE to assess whether financial and human resources are being used in the best possible way; believes that the independent audit should be mandated by the Parliament's Bureau and should be reported directly to the Bureau ; believes that the results of that audit should be communicated to the Committee on Budgets by September 2016, before the start of the Parliament's reading of the budget;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 c (new)
Paragraph 78 c (new)
78c. MEMBERS' EXPENSES Reiterates the appeal for greater transparency regarding the general expenditure allowance for the Members; calls on the Parliament's Bureau to work on a definition of more precise rules regarding the accountability of the expenditure authorised under this allowance, without generating additional costs to the Parliament;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 e (new)
Paragraph 78 e (new)
78e. Asks the Secretary General to open negotiations with the main actors in the transport sector in order to obtain more advantageous tariffs, and, as a consequence, to reduce the travel expenses of Members and staff;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93
Paragraph 93
93. RestoresBelieves that, in order to be able to cope with the challenges posed by the geopolitical uncertainty and to ensure the Union's role across the world, a due financing of the EEAS needs to be ensured; restores therefore the draft budget on all lines and deletes the reserves adopted by Council related to the fluctuation of the Euro exchange rate;