Activities of Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU related to 2008/2072(INI)
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Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5a (new)
Citation 5a (new)
- having regard to Article 3(5) of the Statute of the Ombudsman that directs the Ombudsman to seek, as far as possible, a solution with the institution concerned in order to eliminate the instance of maladministration and satisfy the complainant,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas improved transparency, the promotion of multilingualism and informing accurately the public are objectives which are given the highest priority by the EU and its institutions,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas ease of access to information for as manyll the citizens as possibleof the EU is an important prerequisite for, and a basic element of, the general principle of democratic legitimacy and of transparency,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 − point iii
Paragraph 1 − point iii
iii. the information on these websites should, ideally, be available on time in all official languages of the Community,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 − point iv
Paragraph 1 − point iv
iv. the number of available languages should, as far as is necessary, and certainly based only on criteria of objectivity, transparency and manageability, be reduced be reduced only if technical inconveniences and objective criteria dictate it,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Invites the Council to avail itself of the opportunity to conduct a comprehensive review of the language options of the websites of its presidencies, in order to ensure that as large a section of the population as possiblethe entire population of the European Union has easy access to information on its activities;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that any reduction of the language options which may temporarily prove necessary must be undertaken on the basis of objective criteria, and that only the language of the incumbent presidency may have priority until the end of such presidency;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the recommendation of the Ombudsman to the Council to examine the complainant’s request that the websites of the Council presidencies also be available in German and suggests that all EU citizens should have the right to request the official documents in their native language;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Addresses itself to all future Council presidencies, in the hope that they will make their websites available in as many languages as possible and, in the event of a restriction on the number of languages, will use the most widely spoken official languages according to an order of priorityprogressively available in all the official languages of the European Union;