2 Amendments of Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO related to 2018/2167(DEC)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Is deeply concerned that, despite all the activities organised by DG COMM, European citizens still feel that there is a lack of information about the Union and what the Parliament accomplishes and works on; calls on DG COMM to make a greaterkeep pushing its effort towards generating innovative ideas to counter this distance between the Union and its citizens and takes note of the innovative approach proposed for the institutional communication campaign proposed for the 2019 European elections;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. RTakes note of the increased communication activities realised by the liaison offices in 2017 involving daily relations with regional and local media, targeted social media presence and local community management, realisation of local events, relations with local authorities, school and stakeholders regrets that expenditure items such as salaries and mission costs were not communicated in response to the questionnaire; draws on the information provided during the 2016 discharge procedure, where salaries paid for EPLO staff amounted to EUR 23 058 210 and mission costs amounted to EUR 1 383 843; assumes that these amounts have not changed significantly for the budgetary year 2017 and remains concerned that costs may outweigh the benefits; acknowledges the importance of effective communication in Member States but stresses the need for cost-efficiency; and it is confident that the revised mission statement will contribute to this aim, invites all decision-making parties involved to strive for more added value particularly with regards to running costs;