4 Amendments of Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ related to 2011/2206(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee/Postpones discharge in respect of the implementation of the Economic and Social Committee budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EESC, as a body designed to offer privileged access to the Union's legislative and policy-making processes, to fund its activities by means of subscription for those few bodies that have secured representation;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates the call made in its resolution1 on discharge to the EESC for the financial year 2009 to undertake with urgency a comprehensive spending review of all areas of activity to ensure all expenditure is delivering value for money in order to identify savings which will reduce the pressure on the budget in this period of austerity; calls on the EESC to adopt the principle of zero-based budgeting to identify savings, rather than simply adding a nominal percentage increase for inflation to existing budgets during each budget cycle; 1 OJ L 250, 27.9.2011, p.98.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Deplores, with regard to the alleged irregularities uncovered in the 2009 discharge procedure, the fact that the EESC Secretary-General did not provide sufficient explanation in response to questions highlighting not only instances of bad administrative practice and the pressing need for internal procedures to be improved, but also, which is more serious, the recurring suspicions that interest in sound economic management of the institution and of the EU budget is being abandoned, in particular through the failure to resolve staff conflicts; notes that all these questions have led, inter alia, to allegations being submitted to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Ombudsman and the Court of Justice, not only by officials but also by members of the EESC; stresses that recourse to external bodies, which unavoidably result in significant costs and delays, should be avoided as far as possible by means of suitable internal mechanisms which can resolve such staff conflicts;