4 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2008/2025(BUD)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Requests the Commission to continue its screening exercise started in 2007 and to set out clearly further information regarding human resources policy (including national experts, who receive part of their salary from the Union's budget) and redeployment strategy for 2009; takes note of the Commission's 2008 follow-up report on "Planning and optimising Commission human resources to serve EU priorities" whereby the Commission confirms its commitment not to request any new posts up to 2013, beyond the last tranche of enlargement- related posts in 2009;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Requests the Commission to continue its screening exercise started in 2007 and to set out clearly further information regarding human resources policy, andpplication of redeployment strategy for 2009and the degree of externalisation of tasks for 2009; asks for a follow-up report by 30 April 2009 including the conclusions the Commission will draw with regard to their internal organisation; takes note of the Commission's 2008 follow-up report on "Planning and optimising Commission human resources to serve EU priorities" whereby the Commission confirms its commitment not to request any new posts up to 2013, beyond the last tranche of enlargement-related posts in 2009;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is worried about the increasing number of external investigations of OLAF opened in the external aid sector; invites, therefore, the Commission to adopt the necessary measures to ensure proper protection of EU funds; asks the Member States to improve the quality of their cooperation with the Commission in the fight against EU fraud, including the assistance given to OLAF when conducting investigations on their territories; calls for the strengthening of the information exchange, from the Member States to the Commission, on irregularities and frauds, notably in the field of structural funds; asks the Member States to ensure a proper follow-up of the anti-fraud investigations, including the recovery procedure; invites the Commission to focus efforts also on the prevention aspects of the anti-fraud and anti-corruption policies;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Is concerned about the fact that, in general, the Commission's outsourcing tendencies, together with the latest changes in the Staff Regulations, have led to a situation where an increasing number of staff employed by the EU is neither visible in the institutions' establishment plans as adopted by the budgetary authority nor paid under heading 5 of the MFF; deeply regrets this lack of transparency which concerns also the employment of national experts; calls for a public and comprehensive discussion amongst all stakeholders on the future of European governance;