Activities of Marco VALLI related to 2015/2041(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for an overall improvement in the prevention of, and the fight against, corruption in the public sector through betterfull public access to documents and more stringent rules on conflicts of interest and transparency registers, with a view to developing a coherent global approach to these issues;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates the creation of an independent structure to oversee the application of various codes of conduct and arrangements for the protection of whistleblowers, with reference to the highest possible professional ethical standards, in the context of strengthening the public-sector accountability framework and the performance of administration thanks to better governance principles and structures at all levels;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s agreement to increase transparency by improving its system of expert groups, particularly as regards the procedure for selecting experts, through the development of a new conflict- of-interest policy for experts appointed in a personal capacity which makes it possible for Parliament to scrutinise those appointments directly; takes note of the requirement for experts to be registered in the transparency register where relevant;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the level of transparency could be raised through the creation of a legislative footprint for EU lobbying, and calls for a proposal to be put forward with the objective of switching from a voluntary to a mandatory EU register for all lobbying activities for any of the EU institutions by 2016;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers, in this context, that a mandatory EU register shouldmust include clear provisions on the type of information to be recorded, i.e. accurate and regularly updated information on the nature of lobbying/legal activities, together with detailed records of contacts and input into EU law and policymaking; believes that a system of sanctions in the event of abuse shouldmust be envisaged under the supervision of Parliament;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Demands that all those EU institutions that have not yet done so adopt internal rules on whistleblowing and assess the possibility of agreeing ontake a common approach to their obligations, focusing on the protection of whistleblowers;