9 Amendments of Joachim KUHS related to 2022/2082(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. 'Notes that the surplus generated by the COVID-19 pandemic was, via C and P budgetary transfers in 2021, mainly allocated to finance Parliament’s building policy, namely ‘lease payments’ was reinforced with EUR 33 559 035 to continue the investment in the Adenauer II building project while "acquisition of immovable property" was reinforced with EUR 22 007 230, allowing the acquisition of the TREVES II building, which together made up 52,1% of the C transfers in 2021; notes that other important transfers addressed unanticipated needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, e.g. for health and prevention measures, technical equipment and expenditure on interpretation to support teleworking and hybrid meetings; notes that further transfers to DG LINC of at least EUR 5 250 000 were related to the logistics of the Conference on the Future of Europe and to investments in various aspects of IT services; considers erroneous the Bureau Decision of April 2021 to commit EUR 10 644 359 and to pay EUR 5 227 276 in relation to the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Calls for a thorough overhaul of Parliament’s ethical framework that integrates lessons learned and strengthens the current rules to ensure that there are stronger deterrents to address effectively current and future threats and interferences from external agents, whether they affect Members or staff; stresses that illegal activities funded by paid lobbying or NGOs constitutes a profound attack on democracy and should be met with zero tolerance and heightened vigilance; calls in particular for a revision of the Rules of Procedure and the Members’ Code of Conduct, as well as for an urgent upgrade of the current European Parliament’s Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members, in order to ensure that Members act without any undue influence from interest representatives by means of a strict regulation of paid activities during the mandate, gifts or travel invitations, future employment expectations, and of undue use of information or contacts;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)
Paragraph 75 a (new)
75a. Reminds that in 2021 budget of the DG COMM amounted to 6%1a of the total budget of the European Parliament or at least 123.8 million EUR; points out that DG COMM disposed of 610 staffers in 2021; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about- parliament/en/organisation-and- rules/parliaments-budget
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 b (new)
Paragraph 75 b (new)
75b. Points out that DG COMM has allocated 4 830 000 EUR for tenders2a on monitoring and analysis of Dutch, Romanian, Slovenian, Latvian, Maltese, Swedish, Cypus, Austrian, Luxembourg, German, French, Danish, Lithuaninan, Estonian, Spanish media in 2021; _________________ 2a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- search.html?_caList=1&_procedureType Forthcoming=1&_procedureTypeOngoin g=1&caList=55&closingDateFrom=&clos ingDateTo=&confirm=Search≺ocedureT ypeForthcoming=≺ocedureTypeOngoing =☆tDateFrom=01/01/2021☆tDateTo=31/ 12/2021&status=&text=&maxResults=50
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Notes that the presence of Parliament’s officials in Union delegations or other bodies aims to strengthen inter- parliamentary relations with regional organisation; reiterates, however, the concern regarding the Bureau decision of 11 February 2019 regarding parliamentary support to the European Union Mission to ASEAN in Jakarta, the Delegation of the European Union to the African Union in Addis Ababa and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in New York; notes that no staff were deployed in 2020, while two officials were seconded to New York and one to Addis Ababa in 2022; reminds Parliament’s administration of its commitment to establish measurable indicators to assess their annual performance and not to waste resources undermining the reputation of the Parliament; draws attention to the fact that Parliament’s administration has set up a unit in charge of relations with ASEAN and has proposed most of its staff to be deployed in Jakarta, while for the other two destinations the administration has simply selected senior members of staff; reiterates its call for transparent appointment processes of the staff involved and for the Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control to be kept informed;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 84 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses how important it is to have digital systems that can cope with the remote and office activities of MEPs and staff; notes that the connection quality in older buildings (such as SDM in Strasbourg) does not always guarantee basic activities; also calls for parliamentary devices to give access to the now essential virtual meeting applications;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Notes that ‘Parliament’s Buildings Strategy beyond 2019’ is intended to provide a framework for future decisions and to contribute to consolidate Parliament’s real estate portfolio while adapting facilities to the evolution of meeting patterns, going local and closer to citizens through Europa Experience facilities, enhancing security for Parliament’s buildings, and achieving the interconnection of central buildings; notes that Parliament’s administration is currently working on a comprehensive approach to define Parliament’s long-term building policy taking account of the impact of the energy crisis, environmental obligations and new working methods introduced in Parliament; calls on Parliament’s administration to reflect on the need to acquire or construct new buildings in the future and on the huge cost of the building strategy on European taxpayers; notes the adoption on 8 March 2021 of an integrated facility management strategy focusing on a life cycle management of Parliament’s building portfolio;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)
Paragraph 90 a (new)
90a. Finds scandalous the publication of tender 2019/S 210-512181 "Belgium- Brussels: Design competition pertaining to the renewal of the Paul-Henri SPAAK building in Brussels "3a without an indication of the estimated total value of the final constructions; calls on Buro to disclose the figures as soon as possible; _________________ 3a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:512181-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93
Paragraph 93
93. Notes that in 2021 the total number of reported thefts in Members’ offices and staff offices was 83, a 58,2% decrease compared to 2020, with a total value of stolen items of EUR 190 791.,99; welcomes the fact that Parliament’s responsible services identified the perpetrator of two important thefts, one related to 101 hybrid computers and 26 iPads and the other related to 15 hybrid computers, and that the case is pending in the Belgian judicial proceedings and calls that attention is not lowered on a phenomenon that has tainted the institution of parliament;