17 Amendments of Dennis de JONG related to 2018/2624(RSP)
Amendment 8 #
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas in this regard also Parliament's own senior management recruitment procedures should be fully transparent and based solely on merit thereby excluding any kind of political deal-making,
Amendment 11 #
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas Parliament often publishes senior management posts externally and whereas the criteria determining internal/external publication are not transparent,
Amendment 12 #
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas posts published externally frequently result in the selection of internal candidates that do not meet the requirements for applying under internal rules thereby circumventing regular career progression;
Amendment 17 #
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Requests the Commission, and in particular its President, its First Vice- President as well as the Commissioner responsible for Budget and Human Resources, to publicly apologise for their lack of responsiveness to the public disapproval of the procedure followed;
Amendment 18 #
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Is not convinced that the transfer procedure as followed by appointing the former Head of Cabinet to Deputy Secretary-General and a few minutes later to Secretary-General served the interests of the service, and thus its legality, let alone its legitimacy are at least questionable;
Amendment 19 #
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Expresses the opinion that against this background the new Secretary- General should be called upon to voluntarily suspend his activities, so that the Commission has the opportunity of conducting a new and transparent recruitment procedure based upon an open call for applications;
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Notes that so far the Budget Control Committee only invited Commissioner Oettinger for a hearing; underlines that in the interest of hearing both sides, not only management should be heard but also the most directly affected, including the staff; requests the committee to conduct further hearings of, amongst others, representatives of the Staff Associations and representatives of the Staff Unions;
Amendment 48 #
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Considers that the European Ombudsman has received a complaint on the promotion of Mr. Selmayr and is currently conducting an investigation; believes that the European Ombudsman should also be heard by the committee, at the latest once she has been able to formulate her recommendations in this respect;
Amendment 57 #
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines that by opting for the procedure under transfer of Article 7 of the Staff Regulations in the form of reassignment of the newly appointed Deputy Secretary-General with his post to the position of Secretary-General, it was possible to avoid publishing the vacant post of the retiring former Secretary- General; notes that the same procedure was used for the appointments of previous was avoided; questions, however, whether this procedure was in the interest of the service especially since the former Head of Cabinet was informed beforehand about the intentions of the Secretariesy-General; stresses, however, that to retire soon after 1 March 2018 whereas potential other candidates withisn tradition of non-publication has reached its limits insofar as ithe civil service were deprived of the possibility to apply; stresses that this idea of non- publication does not correspond anymore to modern standards of transparency;
Amendment 84 #
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Considers that, should the Staff Committee or Staff Union of the European Commission file suit against the appointment of the Secretary General of the European Commission at the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Parliament joins the suit of the Staff Committee as complainant;
Amendment 89 #
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Considers that the Commission's spokespersons should address journalists’ concerns adequately in an open and transparent manner; regrets journalists were treated as opponents by Commission spokespersons rather than as valuable allies in the quest for ethical governance;
Amendment 106 #
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on all the institutions and bodies of the European Union, in this context, also to put an end to the practice of cabinets and political “parachuting” in order to protnot to adversely affect the regular career progress of traditional European civil service; calls, furthermore, on all institutions and bodies, to cease making recourse to external recruitment procedures to recruit internal candidates who do not meet the statutory eligibility requirements for internal procedures thereby circumventing regular career progression; stresses that political influence and cronyism must not undermine the application of the Staff Regulations;
Amendment 108 #
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Proposes that officials from staff representative bodies sit on Parliament’s senior management selection panels;
Amendment 109 #
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Considers Parliament should appoint one or two Vice-Presidents responsible for staff matters and that this or these Members should be involved in senior management appointments under clearly defined rules and procedures;
Amendment 110 #
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22 c. Insists that Parliament only publishes senior management posts externally when it is satisfied there are no suitable in-house candidates and/or if the post is highly technical or requires special qualifications;
Amendment 111 #
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22 d. Considers the letter of the Staff Committee to President Tajani of 27 March 2018(D101954) on the imminent appointment of directors; recalls that on 28 February2018 the Staff Committee has had a meeting with President Tajani and Secretary-General Klaus Welle on this issue; requests the Secretary-General of the European Parliament to draw up an action plan to prevent political appointments and ‘parachuting’ in the European Parliament;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22 e. Requests President Tajani, in the light of the uproar of political appointments, to withdraw the proposed package of 9 appointments of directors;