7 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2016/2055(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Maintains that whistle-blowers play an essential role in helping Member State and EU institutions and bodies to deter any breaches of the principle of integrity and misuse of power that might violate the rule of law at European and national levels, harm the economy, raise unemployment, restrict and distort fair competition and undermine the trust of citizens in democratic institutions and processes; in this regard, whistle-blowers greatly contribute to increase the democratic quality of and the trust in public institutions by making them directly accountable to citizens and more transparent;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that not all EU institutions and bodies have adopted the rules and therefore calls on them to adopt as swiftly as possible such rules;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note that the Commission, in its EU Anti-Corruption report, stated that EU Member States have in place most of the necessary anti-corruption legal instruments and institutions, the capacity and efficiency of which should be improved; to this end, calls on Member States to put in place concrete efforts to ensure the adequate capacity of these instruments and institutions and improve their efficiency;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that Commission Directive 2015/2392 sets out the procedures for reporting, record-keeping requirements, and protection measures for whistle- blowers; underlines the importance in guaranteeing that whistle-blowers can report infringements in a confidential way and that their anonymity is properly and fully safeguarded also in the digital environment;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set up an EU legal framework on the protection of whistle-blowers without undermining Member State competences, taking into account the best practices developed in other countries, in order to ensure economic, legal and social protection, and to specifically provide for adequate remedies against negative action taken by the institution for which they work;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the Commission’s decision to withdraw a chapter on the EU institutions from the report on corruption in the Member States and therefore calls on the Commission to reintroduce such important chapter;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop and put in place specific policies and programmes to raise awareness on the social importance of whistle-blowers in ensuring the respect of the principle of integrity, detecting violations of fundamental rights and the rule of law as well as avoiding the misuse of power within our societies;