9 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2021/2107(DEC)
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61 a. Regrets that no follow-up is given to the long standing request to reconsider the possibility for APAs, under certain conditions to be determined, to accompany Members on official Parliament delegations and missions, as already requested by several discharge resolutions; calls on the Secretary- General to investigate the budgetary consequences, and the organisation and logistics of these missions;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71 a. Recalls European Parliament resolution of 16 December 2021 on MeToo and harassment – the consequences for the EU institutions (2021/2986(RSP)), and its main requests, namely compulsory trainings on harassment prevention for members, professional and medical expertise in the harassment advisory committee, independent expertise to evaluate and improve the existing harassment management and its advisory committee;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)
Paragraph 75 a (new)
75 a. Is worried that the dismissal of staff announced at the end of 2020 could be used to replace staff working in the service for a long time with higher protective contracts with staff having less protective contracts; invites again the Bureau to reconsider Parliament’s externalisation policy considering that the European Parliament could guarantee these workers job security by the internalisation of the catering service and directly hiring the catering personnel; regrets that such a discussion has not been proposed yet in the Bureau;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)
Paragraph 78 a (new)
78 a. Notes that the decision to discontinue the distribution of warm water in Members' offices in Brussels and Strasbourg was taken by the Questors on 24 October 2017 in connection with the health risk posed by the presence of harmful legionella bacteria within the ageing and deteriorating hydraulic systems of the buildings; asks the Secretariat to call for an in-depth study in order to find adequate solutions to this long standing issue;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 a (new)
Paragraph 84 a (new)
84 a. Regrets again that distribution of offices to political groups has pushed some to relocate to external buildings no longer connected to the main activities of Parliament and thus creating a structural isolation of the staff from its own Members; reminds that Treves I building is poorly equipped in services; rejects the evaluation expressed by Parliament in the answers to the written questions that from a catering point of view the Treves I building is fully serviced since the presence of two vending machines and some water fountains cannot be considered as a catering service; underlines that the catering space on floor 1 has recently been emptied; urges this space to be opened for the provision of hot drinks, sandwiches, soups etc;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 b (new)
Paragraph 84 b (new)
84 b. Reminds that in order to find a solution to the isolation of the Treves I building it is of outmost importance to connect it to the Altiero Spinelli building and Paul-Henri Spaak building; requests that until this project is not completed, an alternative solution is to be provided to the staff of political groups located in the Treves I building;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 c (new)
Paragraph 84 c (new)
84 c. Underlines that staff of political groups have specific needs in term of flexible working arrangements which do not fit with the rules applied to the entry of buildings outside the main one (e.g. access not allowed after a certain time or during week-end); regrets that after the entry into force of the temperature check requirement, the staff located in the Treves I building have been obliged for some time to have the test done at the Altiero Spinelli building before being allowed to enter the Treves I building;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 d (new)
Paragraph 84 d (new)
84 d. Express concerns about Treves I building structural problems; underlines the urgent need for the building to be upgraded to the last energy and environmental norms; underlines the need for urgent measures to fix the unstable heating system, the lack of air conditioning and toilets for persons with reduced mobility, the poor sound proofing, as well as the sewage problem;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94 a (new)
Paragraph 94 a (new)
94 a. Notes that the Court’s audit work on the general budget and financial statements of the Union includes an examination of pension liabilities, including the voluntary pension scheme for Members; invites again the Court to present a new opinion on the voluntary pension funds, investigating all possible options to limit its deficit, considering that this could help in further investigating measures to manage the funds;