2 Amendments of Loránt VINCZE related to 2021/2167(INI)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Ombudsman to continue performing her work to ensure that citizens can fully exercise their democratic rights by, inter alia, directly participating in and following in detail the decision-making process within the EU institutions, as well as by having access to all the relevant information as also stipulated by the CJEU’s case law; welcomes the Ombudsman’s practical recommendations for the EU administration on the use of 24 official languages when communicating with the public; underlines in this respect the importance of ensuring communication in as many EU official languages as possible; reminds that the equality of languages should be better ensured by the EU institutions; regrets that still many parts of EU institutions’ websites, including information on EU programmes and calls are available only in some languages;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Commends the Ombudsman’s work to protect EU citizens’ right to access documents held by the EU institutions; considers it paramount to guarantee full transparency and full public access to the documents held by the EU institutions; believes that revision of Regulation (EC) No 1049/20012 must take place as a matter of priority; regrets the fact that EU legislation on access to documents is very much obsolete, thereby also hampering the Ombudsman’s activities on this matter; _________________ 2underlines that public access to documents is essential for public scrutiny of EU activity; points out, therefore, that transparency and the broadest possible access to documents held by the institutions must be the rule, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.; believes that the Fast-Track procedure for dealing with public access complaints established by the Ombudsman can improve and accelerate the handling of requests concerning access to documents;