10 Amendments of Frank VANHECKE related to 2009/2069(DEC)
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 101 a (new)
Paragraph 101 a (new)
101a. States that the matter upon which the President of the Bureau said that the Bureau would have to reflect carefully at its meeting of 16 June 2009, namely the decline in turnout in European elections, is a political issue and as such is a matter exclusively for the appropriate political bodies of Parliament, that is to say the committees and the Plenary;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 101 b (new)
Paragraph 101 b (new)
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107 a (new)
Paragraph 107 a (new)
107a. Notes that, since the political groups receive funds from the European Parliament budget, the Financial Regulation is fully applicable to them;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113 a (new)
Paragraph 113 a (new)
113a. Believes that the large annual increase in the allocation to European political parties is not justifiable, and asks that the amount should at least be frozen;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113 b (new)
Paragraph 113 b (new)
113b. Notes that the audit reports submitted by European political parties are far too sketchy; asks that Parliament should only accept proper audit reports which express an opinion on the legality, appropriateness, fitness for purpose and efficacy of the expenditure in question;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 117 a (new)
Paragraph 117 a (new)
117a. Deplores the Bureau's careless and inadequate attitude in regard to the scrutiny of spending by European political parties;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 120 a (new)
Paragraph 120 a (new)
120a. Notes that the failure of almost all the political foundations to submit detailed work programmes prompts the conclusion that they are unable or unwilling to meet the statutory requirements for receiving European grants, and as a result render themselves ineligible to receive such grants;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 120 b (new)
Paragraph 120 b (new)
120b. Decides that grants to a political foundation which fails to submit a detailed work programme will be halted forthwith;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 120 c (new)
Paragraph 120 c (new)
120c. Deplores the Bureau's careless and inadequate attitude in regard to the scrutiny of spending by European political foundations;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 123
Paragraph 123
123. Supports fully the creation of European political parties and European political foundations and their activities; believes that full transparency as regards the parties' and foundations' financial management and achievement of planned results is of utmost importance for theto European citizens;