15 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2019/2003(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas the budget of the European Parliament should guarantee its full legislative competence and allow its proper functionning;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the share of Parliament’s budget in 2020 should be maintained under 20 % of the heading V ceilat an appropriate level of the heading V ceiling in order to guarantee its proper functionning; notes that the level of estimates for 2020 corresponds to 18,38 %, which is lower than that achieved in 2019 (18,51 %) and the lowest part of heading V in more than 15 years;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, in the event that the United Kingdom does not withdraw from the Union or withdraws without a deal, the proposed appropriations can be adjusted throughout the budgetary procedure, by the Bureau, the Committee on Budgets or the Plenary;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the inauguration of the Europa Experience centres, i.e. exhibition spaces, reproducing the successful concept of the BrusselsConsiders that the presence of Parlaementarium on a smaller scale; observes that for 2020 the installation of five new Europa Experience centres is planned in Liaison Officess should be limited to cities which are the work places of the European Parliament;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the amount budgeted forConsiders that if a Member State plans the installation of five new Europa Experience centres in Liaison Offices covers the exhibition infrastructure itself, managed by DG COMM, but not the exhibition areas; asks for further details on an order of magnitude of the entire expected costs before Parliament's reading of the budget in autumn 2019t should cover itself the cost of the exhibition infrastructure and areas;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Asks that maximum effort be undertaken to complete as many of the Europa Experience centres as needed in order to increaseevaluate the impact and benefit of existing Parlementariums and Europa Experience centres, in terms of citizens´ engagement and, participation in the 2024 European elections, and to raise awareness about the Union; at the same time, calls for a continuous evaluation of the results achieved;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Requests that example be taken on the best practices of internalisation, such as in the Parliament security sector; calls for an assessment of the comparative cost of certain private versus internalised services; asks the Secretary General to present a proposal to pursue the internalisation of the services that are necessary, in particular to guarantee the full legislative role of the European Parliament, a propoer assistance to Members and staff, or to strengthen Parliament's cyber security and IT teams working on Parliament's own software development;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes theCalls for a revision of allowance rates for APAs incurred in respect of their duty travel between Parliament’s three places of work in order to align them with the allowance rates of Parliament officials;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Secretary General to propose the extension of the status of Accredited Parliamentary Assistants to Local Assistants, in order to align their rights to those of the Accredited Parliamentary Assistants;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the decision on Members´ trainees taken by the Bureau on 10 December 2018; requests that the discussion on the technical aspects of that decision be finalised in order for it to enter into force on 2 July 2019; stresses that a binding minimum remunerations of trainees should, at least, cover their living expenses guarantee them a decent revenue; at least at the level of the minimum wage applicable in the working place of the trainee;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates its concern about the additional expenditure onjects the proposal for reducing the interpretation of thecoverage for oral explanations of votes during plenary sessions; urges the Secretary- General to present a detailed cost breakdown related to the oral explanation of votes; recalls that alternatives, such as a written explanation of votes or various public communication facilities, are available to Members wishing to explain their voting positions; in that context, considers that in order to achieve significant savings, the oral explanation of votes could be moved to the end of the agenda of each day of the plenary session, in respect of the principle of multilinguism; recalls that all Europeans are entitled to follow the Parliament’s work and debates in all official languages;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Considers that interpretation and translation are at the heart of an inclusive European democracy and key to to true support to citizen's engagement, and therefore rejects any cut in those services as it would undermine wide and inclusive accessibility to the European Parliament's activities, debates and documents;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Calls on the Secretary General to implement the decision adopted twice by the Plenary for the creation of an international sign language interpretation for all plenary debates in order to make them accessible to all European citizens;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau to instil a culture of performance-based budgetingenvironmental sustainability across Parliament's administration, and a lean management approach in order to enhance efficiency, reduce paperwork and diminish bureaucracy in the institution's internal work; stresses that the experience of lean management is the continuous improvement of the work procedure thanks to simplification and to the experience of the administrative staff;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Requests full transparency on the use and management of the funding made available to European political parties and European foundations; requests a thorough evaluation and control of the budget spending by European political parties and foundations; draws attention to the conflict of interest stemming from the sponsorship of European political parties’ activities by private companies; calls therefore for a ban on donations and sponsorships of any kind from private entities and companies to European political parties and European foundations;