Activities of Geoffroy DIDIER related to 2020/2133(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on strengthening transparency and integrity in the EU institutions by setting up an independent EU ethics body
Amendments (7)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reminds that the Committee on Legal Affairs is the committee responsible for the Statute for Members and the Staff Regulations of the European Union, the privileges and immunities and the verification of Members' credentials as stipulated by in Annex VI of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is also of the opinion that for this examination to be complete and accurate, and for the possibility of a conflict of interest to be excluded, information and documents beyond the declaration of financial interests of Commissioner- designates are often essentialsometimes can be useful as stipulated by Annex VII Article 4 (d) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reminds that the absence of any conflict of interest is a precondition for holding the hearing of a Commissioner-designate by the committee responsible and that the Committee on Legal Affairs possesses clear powers to reject Commissioners- designates in case of a conflict of interest;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, given the sophisticated and complex nature of this responsibility, the establishment of a possible conflict of interest should be de- politicised and performed in an independent and systematic way with the assistance of a bodynational ethical authorities with the relevant expertise and experience;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that for proper expertise to be acquired, the future ethics body should have a permanent, independent and collegiate structure, and that its composition could be based either on specific institutional positions, such as that of the President of the Court of Justice, or on the nomination of experts by each EU institutionThere is no need for a new permanent structure;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends therefore that, while fully keeping its competence on the matter, the Committee on Legal Affairs decide on the existence of a conflict of interest after having received a non-binding recommendation by such an independent expert advisory bodys from national ethics authorities;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes furthermore that this future advisory body could also be entrusted with the broader task of examining conflicts of interest within the EU institutions and agencies in general, playing, in a complementary and balanced way, a preventive role via awareness raising and ethical guidance powersthat a better cooperation between the EU institutions trying to align their Code of conducts and ethical frameworks would increase public trust and raise the level onf the one hand, and a compliance role oransparency and integrity in the otherEU.