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3 Amendments of Georgios EPITIDEIOS related to 2015/2163(DEC)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Remains concerned about continuing imbalances in the staffing profile of the EEAS regarding gender and nationality; welcomes recent progress but notes that gender imbalances, particularly in higher grades and in management, remain considerable; reiterates its concerns about the disproportional number of high-grade posts in the EEAS;·(Does not affect the English version)
2016/01/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the staffing formula establishing the balance between staff drawn from Member States and from the community institutions should apply to all levels of the hierarchy, in particular also to Heads of Delegation where Member States diplomats are strongly overrepresented; also underlines that there is still an overreliance on seconded national experts, which further circumvents the staffing formula; urges the EEAS to work towards reducing this overreliance;deleted
2016/01/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that EU Heads of Delegation continue to be overburdened with administrative tasks due to the inflexibility of the financial regulation; welcomes in this context the discussion on the possible pilot project to establish a regional administrative support centre for Europe that will alleviate some of these burdens and may form part of a broader future solution; repeats its call on the Commission and the EEAS to consider all solutions to this problem, which could also entail possible changes to the financial regulation;
2016/01/15
Committee: AFET