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13 Amendments of Beata GOSIEWSKA related to 2016/2152(DEC)

Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants itsPostpones its decision on granting the President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the financial year 2015;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out, however, that the reputational risk in the case of the Parliament’s budgetary and financial management is relatively high, especially against the background of the Members of Parliament (MEPs) being the representatives of the citizens in the Union and hence any irregularities do not only damage the administration’s reputation, but also undermine the credibility of the MEPs as aneven if the error rate is remarkably low, the reputational risk is relatively high, given that such financial and budgetary errors might impact negatively on the standing of the institution;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Takes furthermore note of the specific findings concerning Parliament contained in the annual report of the Court for 2015; notes that the Court found that in one out of the sixteen Parliament transactions examined, related to a political group, the Court found weaknesses in controls of the authoriszation and settlement of expenditure made in 2014 but cleared in 2015, and in the related procurement procedures; these involved only one out of 16 Parliament transactions and these weaknesses were cleared in 2015;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Calls in this regard on the bureau to publish on the Parliament’s website the documents submitted to it by the secretary-general, as soon as they become available, unless the nature of the information contained therein makes this impossible, for example, for the protection of personal data;deleted
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Believes that MEPs ought to be able to use the Parliament’s website to provide their constituencies with maximum transparency on their activities and therefore calls upon the secretary-general to develop a system in which MEPs can indicate how they want their personal webpages to be organised; refers, in this respect, to the wish of certain MEPs to have their diaries and, in particular, their meetings with interest representatives, included on these webpages, and urges the secretary-general to make this possible without further delays, as already requested in Parliament’s 2014 discharge resolution;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the bureau to make it possible for MEPs who wish to do so, to have their accounts relating to the general expenditure allowance audited by the Parliament’s administration in a manner that is both efficient and effective (for example, by taking samples or by concentrating on expenditures over a certai; asks the bureau to insure that any measure taken financial threshold) and to publish the results on their personal webpages on the Parliament’s website; alternatively, to earmark a percentage of the general expenditure allowance for MEPs to hire an external audit this regard produces no additional costs; recalls about the answer to the 2014 discharge questionnaire that "a comprehensive system of control and direct payment of the general expenditure allowance (GEA) would necessitate the creation of 40 to 75 new posts in the area of financial management, depending on the degree of control required"; recalls about the principle of the independence of the mandate;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on the secretary-general to ensureNotes that the accounts of the political groups and of NI are easily accessible on the Parliament's website in a format that allows for quick and easy searches;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Similarly, calls on the secretary- general to ensure onNotes that the Parliament's website full disclosure of the underlyingmakes available a range of documents regarding the decision on the recognition of the European political parties and European political foundations and the determination of the final funding amount;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Welcomes the introduction of a special form for rapporteurs which enables to indicate which interest representatives had influenced their reports (legislative footprint);
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Reiterates its call for a report by Parliament’s administration on the use of the Parliament’s premises by interest representatives and other external organisations, whilst paying special attention to the MEP-industry fora;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Is not convinced of the need to have information offices of the Parliament in all Member States, especially in view of the fact that for effective communication physical presence may not always be necessary and can easily be replaced by effective and responsive internet facilities; is in particular sceptical about having an information office in the cities of Brussels and Strasbourg as in both cities the Parliament itself can be visited and in addition for interested visitors there is or will be a Parlamentarium at their disposalNotes that the Parliament's information offices' task is to better inform citizens; calls therefore for better use of modern ways of communication;
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 101
101. Requests the secretary-general to coordinate an extensive progress report in respect of the necessary improvements of the internal control systems of the political groups, as even if it is first of all the responsibility of the political groups themselves to take the necessary actions, reputational risk of any irregularities in this regard affects Parliament as a whole;deleted
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112
112. Calls on the bureau to examine for the longer-term whether it is logical to have the responsibility for subsidies for European political parties and foundations attributed to the Parliament, whereas in most Member States subsidies for national political parties and foundations are administered by the ministry of the interior, since conflicts of interest may arise for bureau members representing political groups in Parliament who are affiliated with European political parties and foundations.deleted
2017/03/10
Committee: CONT