7 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2016/2055(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to the Recommendation CM/Rec (2014)7 of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case Guja v. Moldova, Application No. 14277/04 of 12 February 2008,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas whistle-blowers therefore play an important role in preventing, detecting and reporting irregularities in respect of the expenditures relating to the EU budget;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the protection of whistle- blowers at Member State level has noteither been implemented in all Member States, nor been harmonised, which means that even when the financial interests of the European Union are at stake, it may be personally and professionally risky for whistle-blowers to provide Parliament with information on irregularities;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses the need to establish an independent EU institutionbody with sufficient budgetary resources, in order to help internal and external whistle-blowers use the right channels to disclose their information on possible irregularities affecting the financial interests of the Union, while protecting their confidentiality and offering assistance against possible direct and indirect, discriminatory or retaliatory measures;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Invites the independent EU body, and until established, the OLAF to write and publish an annual report on the evaluation of the protection of whistle- blowers in the European Union;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. IFurther invites the Court of Auditors to include in its Annual Reports a specific section on the role of whistle- blowers in respect of the protection of the financial interests of the Union;