Activities of Saskia BRICMONT related to 2023/2129(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section III – Commission
Amendments (8)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Regrets the trend of ‘informalisation’ in the external dimension of migration, notably in the conclusion of nonbinding agreements with third countries related to migration outside of the procedure under Article 218 TFEU, of which the EU-Tunisia MoU is the latest example; points to the human rights related risks of these agreements and lack of judicial and Parliamentary scrutiny and reiterates its position from 2019 that informal agreements between the EU and third countries do not provide a predictable policy or any stable and coherent statutory framework provisions on irregular migration;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Urges the Commission to increase transparency and accountabililty of the programming and implementation of Home Affairs funds in third countries, notably by generating a publicly available overview of all migration related spending in third countries, and urges for ex ante human rights impact assesments for migration related spending in third countries, and to share these assesments with the Parliament;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Is concerned about the lack of involvement of the Parliament in the Operational Coordination Mechanism for the External Dimension of Migration (MOCADEM); recalls Article 9 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission, guaranteeing the basic principle of equal treatment for Parliament and the Council with regards to documents; urges the Commission on this basis to provide the Parliament will all relevant documentation of MOCADEM and ensure EP inclusion in any future meetings or activities of MOCADEM;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the continuing support of DG JUST to the Commission’s policy on upholding the rule of law in the Union, especially and the yearly edition of the Justice Scoreboard and the third Annual Rule of Law Report, which contained recommendations to the Member States for the first time; encourages the Commission to closely monitor the effective follow up of reccommendations provided to the Member States concerned, and to take action in case adequate measures to address existing concerns are not adopted at the national level;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Strongly regrets the Commission’s lack of enforcement measures and legislative follow-up to Parliament’s recommendation, including on recommendation of 15 June 2023 to the Council and the Commission following the investigation of alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware; calls on the Commission to respect the principle of sincere cooperation between Union institutions, and to comply with the obligations set out in the Framework Agreement and the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making;
Amendment 35 #
7 b. Is strongly concerned about the revelations on conflicts of interests involving high level Commission’s officials and the use of X advertising campaign related to the Child Sexual Abuse regulation; calls on the Commission to publish all documents requested by the Parliament and make full transparency on this case;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Is strongly concerned by the special report published by the European Ombudsman and submitted to the Parliament concerning the time the Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents; expresses deepest concerns regarding the Ombudsman’s finding that the systemic and significant delays in the Commission’s processing of requests for public access to documents amount to maladministration; shares the Ombudsman’s conclusion that the Commission needs, as a matter of priority, to correct this situation;