20 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2017/2137(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there is permanent scope for improvement in terms of quality, efficiency and effectiveness in the management of public finances, and scrutiny is necessary to ensure that political leadership and Parliament’s administration are held accountable to Union citizens; whereas a discharge exercise performed in the year following the execution of the budget is best able to contribute to the attainment of these objectives;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that Parliament’s final appropriations for 2016 totalled EUR 1 838 613 983, or 19,39% of heading V of the Multiannual Financial Framework8 set aside for the 2015 administrative expenditure of the Union institutions as a whole representing a 2,4 % increase over the 2015 budget (EUR 1 794 929 112); considers this increase to be shocking at a time when the European institutions, including the European Parliament, are advocating budgetary austerity for the Member States; _________________ 8 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Parliament’s Secretariat to publish an annual compendium of rules applicable to political groups, setting out their application and subsequent case law, for all the political groups; considers that such a publication would help to prevent political groups repeating errors made by other political groups, as highlighted by the Court of Auditors1 a; _________________ 1aOJ C 322, 28.9.2017, p. 277, point 10.15.
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes the publication of seven “Cost of Non-Europe” reports, as well as five “European Added Value Assessments” which were completed in 2016; considers that mobilising resources to draft and publish such studies is done at the detriment of the day-to-day business; notes that these reports are more akin to propaganda than analysis relevant to the work of the institution;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Awaits, therefore, details of the cost of these publications: number of working hours, number of officials involved and the units they belong to;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that for the above period, the appropriations for communication are as follows: - 2016:EUR 90 839 026 - 2017:EUR 91 906 100 - 2018:EUR 120 368 000 - 2019: EUR 104 000 000
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Condemns in the strongest terms the more than 30% increase in the DG COMM budget between 2016 and 2018;
Amendment 64 #
28c. Considers that this increase, motivated by the upcoming European elections, is intended to finance ‘a positive narrative about the EU1 a’; notes that the overall amount for Parliament’s institutional campaign is EUR 33.3 million (EUR 25 million for 2018 and EUR 8.33 million for 2019); points out that the institution must maintain complete neutrality during the elections which concern it and that it is up to the political parties to offer citizens a programme and a message on the European Union; _________________ 1aMeeting of Parliament’s Bureau on 13 November 2017.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
Paragraph 28 d (new)
8d. Recalls that Parliament plans to increase the European election funding for European parties by EUR 17 million;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Notes that in 2016, EUR 6 500 000 was allocated to the House of European History; maintains that it is not within the remit of an institution to finance a museum; questions the relevance and historical accuracy of the exhibitions in the light of this funding;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Is concerned at the growing politicisation of human resource management, in particular with regard to the highest positions in the institution; stresses that such a development can only create serious suspicions as regards the essential neutrality of officials, which is a minimum requirement for the good management of an institution that holds itself up as an example of democracy;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Notes that most of Parliament’s buildings were not designed and constructed taking into account the Eurocodes requirements for structural integrity, as those norms did not exist at the time of their construction; notes that the only buildings compliant with Eurocodes standards for structural integrity are the Willy Brandt and the Wilfried Martens buildings; acknowledgesnotes the Secretary-General’s explanation that the risk generated by the potential vulnerability of the structures of the different buildings is mitigated partly by operational measures taken by DG INLO and the Directorate- General for Security and Safety (DG SAFE), and that further organisational changes are foreseen to address this issue; calls, nevertheless, for a full audit of the safety of the buildings in Brussels;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Recalls that Parliament paid EUR 303 million between 1993 and 1995 to acquire the PHS building in Brussels; is astonished that after barely 23 years the building has reached the end of its life cycle; stresses that currently the construction of a replacement building is estimated to cost EUR 430 million;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Is concerned about the general state of the PHS building and the absence of communication on the matter from Parliament’s services; calls for a safety audit to be communicated to all Members and to everyone working in the building;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Calls on Parliament to provide clear information on the risks of Legionella contamination in Parliament’s buildings in Brussels where the presence of the bacteria is detected;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Considers that the first priority for the IT services should be to secure good access to the internet, and that there are currently too many crashes;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 14 a (new)
Subheading 14 a (new)
Code of Conduct for Members
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Recalls that the Code of Conduct requires Members to declare any gifts they receive when representing Parliament in an official capacity, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Implementing Measures for the Code of Conduct, and that such gifts are recorded in the register of gifts; wonders why in 2016 only one gift was declared, while in 2015 there were 25;