Activities of Evin INCIR related to 2022/2015(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Public access to documents – annual report for the years 2019-2021 (debate)
Public access to documents – annual report for the years 2019-2021 (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on public access to documents – annual report for the years 2019-2021
Amendments (8)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas in case 1499/2021/SF[1], the Ombudsman found that the Council’s refusal to give full public access to documents related to legislative negotiations constituted maladministration;highlighting that keeping the public informed about the progress of legislative procedures is a legal requirement and that timely access to legislative documents is crucial for citizens to exercise their treaty-based right to participate in the democratic life of the EU [CLC1] ; [1] https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/de cision/en/157727 [CLC1]
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Union’s response to the COVID-19 crisis showed its ability to act, but also demonstrated the need for increased transparency within the Union; , for instance regarding the procurement of vaccines and the EU’s economic recovery programmes; whereas the Ombudsman found that the Commission’s refusal of public access constituted maladministration in case 790/2021/MIG and 1316/2021/MIG
Amendment 93 #
10. Stresses the importance of Parliament’s Transparency Register and calls for the introduction of a mandatory requirement for all MembersCalls for the Parliament’s Transparency Register to be made mandatory and also cover former members of the European Parliament; calls for a stricter interpretation ensuring that all meetings between third-party representatives and Members of the European Parliament, accredited parliamentary assistants or staff members’ shall only take place in accordance with the EU Transparency Register provisions; Calls for mandatory anti-corruption and transparency training for Members of the European Parliament, accredited parliamentary assistants and staff members; and calls for the introduction of a mandatory requirement for all Members of the European Parliament, accredited parliamentary assistants, political group staff and European Parliament staff, to make public all scheduled meetings with people external to Parliament where these meetings relate to a report, initiative report or resolution of the European Parliament;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for a revision of the Staff Regulations, especially Article 22(c) thereof, in order to align them with the standards of the Whistleblower Directive; calls on the Bureau, in the interim, to immediately revise Parliament’s Internal Rules Implementing Article 22c of the Staff Regulations to bring them in line with the protections provided for in the Whistleblower Directive; reiterates its call for a special committee tasked with identifying potential flaws in the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity and corruption and with making proposals for reforms; recalls its commitment to setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate cases of corruption and improper actions by non-EU countries seeking to buy influence in the European Parliament; recalls its position that the Commission should put forward a proposal to set up a new ethics body for the EU institutions as soon as possible;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights in view of the recent scandals the risks with in camera meetings; deeply regrets the fact that the Commission and the Council insist on in camera meetings without proper justification; considers that requests for in camera meetings should be properly evaluated; calls for clear criteria and rules governing requests for in camera sessions in the EU institutions;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that transparency and full access to the documents held by the institutions have to be the rule and that exceptions to that rule have to be strictly interpreted, taking into account the overriding public interest in disclosure; Calls for the EU institutions to have a policy of ‘transparency by design’ and publish documents linked to legislative files proactively, within a reasonable time frame and in a user-friendly way; calls for the EU institutions to comply fully with the judgment of the CJEU in Case T-540/1524 on access to trilogue documents; insists that the Council should improve its rules and procedures on legislative transparency, including the accessibility and classification of legislative documents; _________________ 24 Judgment of 22 March 2018, Emilio De Capitani v European Parliament, T-540/15, EU:T:2018:167.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. ; reiterates its urgent call upon the institutions to continue discussions on moving towards the establishment of a dedicated and user-friendly joint database on the state of play of legislative files (Joint Legislative Database) as agreed in the 2016 Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making to ensure greater transparency; stresses that documents made public, should be published in a format that allows them to be searchable and machine-readable;