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26 Amendments of Lukas MANDL related to 2018/2105(INI)

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the EU is still facing the worst economic, social and political crisis since its foundation; whereas the ineffective approach adopted by the EU Institutions in tackling the lack of transparency in both the EU decision- making process and in lobbying activities, in addition to other significant ethical issues within the Institutions, are contributing to further undermining the image of the EU;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the Ombudsman inquired into complaints on the Commission’s handling of the post-mandate employment of its former Commissioners; whereas the Ombudsman had already found that the Commission’s failure to take a specific decision in the case of former Commission President Barroso constituted maladministration; whereas on the Barroso case, the Ethics Committee concluded that there were not sufficient grounds to establish a violation of the legal obligations, having taken into account the former President’s written statement that he had not been engaged to lobby on behalf of Goldman Sachs and that he did not intend to do so ;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas on 25 October 2017 a meeting took place between former Commission President Barroso and a current Commission Vice-President, and was registered as an official meeting with Goldman Sachs; whereas the Ombudsman noted that the exact nature of this meeting was not clear; whereas the Ombudsman highlighted that there are understandable concerns that the former President is using his previous status and his contacts with former colleagues to influence and obtain information; whereas this case raises systematic issues as to the Commission’s overall approach to handling such cases and the degree of independence of the Ethics Committee;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Recital P

P. whereas the Ombudsman inquired into citizens’ complaints denouncing the Commission’s failure to reach a timely decision on infringement cases concerning the abuse of fixed-term work contracts; whereas several Member States have, over the years, experienced a significant increase in atypical and temporary employment contracts, which has undermined the integrity of European employment law and the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas for the purposes of decisions relating to the protection of human health or the safety of humans, animals or plants, the EU institutions, agencies and offices should be particularly citizen-friendly in their outlook and should properly address the public’s concerns regarding full transparency, independence and accuracy in the collection and evaluation of scientific evidence; whereas the scientific evidence and procedures used at EU level which led to the authorisations of, inter alia, genetically modified organisms, pesticides and glyphosate drew significant criticism and triggered a wide public debate;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas the Commission is still disregarding the Ombudsman’s recommendations concerning its dealings with the tobacco industry, thus failing to ensure full transparency in line with its obligations under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC);deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the efforts of the Ombudsman to present the staff of the EU institutions with the Award for Good Administration 2017; in particular that of the European Commission’s DG Health for their efforts on behalf of patients with rare diseases;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises the importance of ~~full~~ transparency and ~~full~~ public access to the documents held by the EU institutions; highlights the Ombudsman’s structural work in bringing specific ~~secretive~~ practices to light by adopting a case-by- case approach and launching an increasing number of own- initiative enquiries;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is grateful for the good cooperation – characterised by esteem and attention to detail – of the Ombudsman and her team with the Committee on Petitions;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recognises the need for full transparency in the EU decision-making process and commends the Ombudsman’s inquiry into informal negotiations between the three main EU institutions (‘trilogues’); supports the publication of ~~all~~the trilogue documents upon conclusion of the trilogue;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Strongly believes that the Ombudsman’s recommendations on the EIB’s Transparency Policy must be implemented without further delay; calls on the EIB to immediately start to remove the presumption of non-disclosure relating to the information and documents collected during audits, inspections and investigations, including those launched both during and after fraud and corruption cases;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for the EIB Group’s disclosure policy to ensure an increasingly high level of transparency as regards the principles governing its pricing policy and governance bodies; welcomes, in this regard, the disclosure of the minutes of the meetings of the EIB Group’s Board of Directors of January 2017, the public register of documents, and the publication of project data via the International Aid Transparency Initiative(7); calls for the publication of the minutes of management committee meetings; "

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that the positions of the Member States in the EU legislative process must be recorded and made a matter of public knowledge in a timely and accessible manner, as in any system rooted in the principle of democratic legitimacy, co-legislators must be held accountable to the public for their actions; strongly criticises the fact that the Council’s legislative documents are not, to any significant extent, directly and proactively accessible to the public while the legislative process is ongoing; calls on the Council to revise its confidentiality policy in order to ensure the highest level of transparency in its work;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the Ombudsman’s commitment to improving the transparency of EU lobbying; stresses the importance of making the EU transparency register mandatory and legally-binding in order to ensure full transparency of lobbying for all EU institutions, agencies and third parties;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the importance of greatly improving the accuracy of data in the EU transparency register, including the obligation for law firms that lobby to declare all their clients; underlines the need to make available all information on the influence of lobbyists free of charge, fully comprehensible and easily accessible to the public; believes that full transparency of the funding of all interest representatives must be ensured; calls for any organisation that breaks the revolving doors rules to be suspended;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Strongly regrets the decision of the ECB President not to suspend his membership of the G30 in spite of the Ombudsman’s recommendation to do so; stresses that the ECB President’s continued membership of the G30 increases citizens’ mistrust as to the integrity of the ECB and its independence from private financial interests; urges the ECB to amend the relevant rules in order to fully comply with the Ombudsman’s recommendations and to ensure that the highest ethical and accountability standards are concretely implemented;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Takes note of the recommendations of the European Ombudsman of 15 January 2018 regarding the involvement of the President of the European Central Bank and the members of its decision-making bodies in the ‘Group of Thirty’; ; stresses that the members of the Executive Board of the ECB should in principle abstain from being simultaneous members of forums or other organisations which include executives from banks supervised by the ECB, unless such membership is in line with established practice at global level and the ECB participates alongside other central banks such as the United States Federal Reserve or the Bank of Japan; considers that in these cases the ECB should take appropriate measures to avoid possible interference with its supervisory role and should not participate in discussions regarding individual banks under its supervision;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Ombudsman to continue her work on strengthening ethics rules within the EU institutions in order to solve revolving door issues and to ensure the swift publication of the names of all those EU officials involved, and to guarantee full transparency on all related information; lLooks forward to the Ombudsman’s analysis into how the Commission is implementing her guidelines and suggestions on how to improve the handling of revolving doors situations;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Strongly believes that ~~stricter~~clear and easily applicable moral and ethical rules and standards need to be applied throughout the EU institutions with a view to securing respect for the duty of integrity ~~and discretion, as well as full independence from the private sector~~;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Believes that the meeting between former Commission President Barroso and a current Commission Vice- President, which was registered as an official meeting with Goldman Sachs, further demonstrated the urgent need to revise the current rules and practices in order to strengthen integrity requirements for Commissioners both during and after their mandates;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to make its work fully transparent by publishing data online on all its meetings with tobacco lobbyists or their legal representatives and all minutes thereof, in line with its obligations under the WHO FCTC;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Deeply regrets the delays accumulated by the Commission in connection with infringement procedures on the abuse of fixed-term contracts, which has served to perpetuate the abuse and violation of workers’ rights in the Member States; calls on the Ombudsman to step up her efforts on this issue in order to safeguard citizens’ rights effectively;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Ombudsman to launch a strategic inquiry in order to assess whether EU Institutions, offices and agencies, such as the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the EMA, ensure that the collection and examination of scientific evidence is fully independent, transparent, accurate and free from conflict of interests, and whether the proper policies and procedural safeguards are in place, notably when dealing with GMOs, glyphosate, pesticides, phytosanitary and biocidal products and medicines;deleted

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Encourages the Ombudsman to continue her collaboration with national ombudsmen through the European Network of Ombudsmen; to document cases of police brutality, anti-Semitism, racism or extremism which have come to light;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Encourages the Ombudsman, in her work, to monitor more closely the actions of the European institutions and of the authorities in the Member States as regards compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the associated respect for human dignity which is inalienable; she should pay particular attention to discrimination resulting from anti- Semitism and similar attitudes;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI

Lukas MANDL, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Encourages the Ombudsman to monitor the protection of democratic and judicial rights of Union citizens particularly where they may be at risk owing to unrest or police brutality;

2018/09/07
Committee: PETI