Activities of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2016/2150(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2015 (A8-0331/2016 - Notis Marias) HR
Amendments (8)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Congratulates Ms Emily O’ Reilly for her excellent work and for her untiring efforts to improve the quality of service offered to citizens by the European administration; acknowledges the importance of transparency as a core element of gaining trust and of good administration, something that is also underlined by the high percentage of complaints concerning transparency (22.4 %), giving this subject matter the highest ranking of all; acknowledges the role of strategic enquiries conducted by the European Ombudsman’s office in this domain;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the continued efforts of the European Ombudsman to increase transparency in the TTIP negotiations through proposals to the European Commission; commends the resulting publication by the Commission of numerous TTIP documents and the inclusion of transparency as one of the three pillars of the Commission’s new trade strategy; notes the continuing concerns of citizens with regard to these negotiations; regrets the unnecessary level of secrecy surrounding negotiations on TTIP; encourages increased transparency in the negotiations on other international agreements;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the need for transparency in EU decision-making, and supports the investigation by the European Ombudsmen into informal negotiations between the three main EU institutions (‘trilogues’); commends the awareness- raising actions by the Ombudsman on the matter; supports the timely publishing of key ‘trilogue’ documents;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Approves of the Ombudsman’s investigation into the make-up and transparency of the work of the Commission’s expert groups; notes the Commission’s efforts to open up these groups to the public, and calls for further actions in this direction;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the Ombudsman’s efforts in making lobbying more transparent; regrets the Commission’s reluctance to publish detailed information on meetings with tobacco lobbyists; urges the Commission to make its workings more open to the public in order to gain more trust in its work;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the introduction of a complaints mechanism for potential fundamental human rights infringements in Frontex, following an ongoing Ombudsman investigation into practices employed by Frontex and Member States in joint forced returns of illegal migrants; commends the inclusion of the same mechanism in the new European Border and Coast Guard;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges that the right of citizens to have a say in EU policy-making is now more important than ever; welcomes the guidelines proposed by the Ombudsman for improving the functioning of the European Citizens’ Initiative, especially where solid reasoning by the Commission in ECI rejections is concerned; asserts that the greater inclusion of citizens in the creation of EU policies will increase the credibility of the European institutions;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. NotesPoints out the concern of citizens in relation to the handling of infringement complaints by the Commission, to the potential initiation of an infringement procedure before the CJEU and to the transparency of the relevant procedures; welcomes the resulting strategic enquiry by the European Ombudsman on the systemic issues encountered in the EU pilot;