Activities of Marco VALLI related to 2016/2055(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the role of whistle-blowers in the protection of EU’s financial interests PDF (382 KB) DOC (59 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in the context of the discharge procedure, Parliament needs as much information as possible relating to any such irregularities; whereas in cases concerning irregularities internal to the institutions, Parliament should be entitled to full access to information so that it can conduct the discharge procedure in full knowledge of the facts;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas all the EU institutions have been obliged since 1 January 2014 to introduce internal rules protecting whistle- blowers who are officials of the EU institutions, in accordance with Articles 22a, 22b and 22c of the Staff Regulations, even though not all institutions have yet done so and the working group of the interinstitutional Preparatory Committee for Matters relating to the Staff Regulations, dealing with the protection of whistle-blowers, has not yet finished its work; whereas part of the work done by that working group should be to assess the situation of whistle-blowers who have suffered consequences within the institutions, so as to establish best practices based on past experience;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas that delay is the reason behind a discriminatory situation in which a vulnerable minority of potential whistle-blowers has been created who are liable to be mistreated within the institutions themselves;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas there is a need to ensure that any kind of retaliation against whistle-blowers will be suitably punished;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its proposal states that every report of fraud is automatically forwarded to the competent judicial authorities so that an external investigation can be held and penalties considered for every form of retaliation against whistle-blowers;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that whistle-blowing relating to the financial interests of the Union is the disclosure or reporting of wrongdoing, including, but not limited to, corruption, fraud, conflicts of interest, money laundering, infiltration by organised crime and acts to cover up any of these;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. considers it essential for the burden of proof in cases of fraud and alleged retaliation for this to rest with the person accused of wrongdoing and not with the whistle-blower;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the role of investigative journalism and calls on the Commission to ensure that its proposal affords the same protection to investigative journalists as it does to whistleblowers,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses the need to establish an independent EU institution withadvisory and information- gathering body that constitutes reference point and has sufficient budgetary resources, in order to help 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, support and advice against possible retaliatory measures;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, and in particular on the European Anti-Fraud Office, to similarly set up procedures for receiving and protecting whistle-blowers who provide information on irregularities relating to the financial interests of the Union and to establish a single working protocol for whistle-blowers;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to provide Parliament with any information received from whistle-blowers affecting the financial interests of the Union and to include a chapter on their alerts and the follow-up to these in the annual activity reports;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its call on all EU institutions who have not yet done so to implement Article 22c of the Staff Regulations without further delay; calls urgently on all the institutions to ensure that their internal rules in respect of whistle-blowers are reliable and comprehensive;