Activities of Robert BIEDROŃ related to 2020/2173(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for the financial year 2019:
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women, thereby establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming;, which stipulates that gender equality must be incorporated into all EU policies, including via gender budgeting at all levels of the budgetary process
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Commission and European Court of Auditors (ECA) should ensure the principle of gender mainstreaming throughout the Union’s budgetary and legislative processes;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy; whereas gender-based violence has substantially increased as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and the measures designed to tackle the pandemic;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union, including gender mainstreaming in all Union policies and the resulting national policies, the fight against discrimination based on gender, and raising Union citizens’ awareness of gender equality;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the Institute’s task is to collect, analyse and disseminate information as regards gender equality and to develop, analyse, evaluate and disseminate methodological tools in order to support the integration of gender equality into all Union policies and the resulting national policies.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), in particular the Institute’s contribution to the ongoing efforts of the Committee concerning the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women, gender- based violence, work-life balance, the gender pay and pension gap, gender budgeting and the development of a gender-sensitive parliament tool, strongly supports the work of the Institute, which, by means of studies, research and high- quality data enables the Committee to properly do its work; notes the valuable contribution the EIGE can make to all the European Parliaments’ Committees in order to better integrate gender mainstreaming in all EU policies;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Institute’s continuous work on the Gender Equality Index;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges a decrease in the EIGE’s carry-over operating expenditure to 28,01 % in 2019 (compared to 51,29 % in 2016); notes that for the first time the carry forward is below the ECA’s target threshold of 30%;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the European Court of Auditors1CA confirmed that the EIGE’s annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as at 31 December 2019 and the results of its operations, its cash flows and the changes in net assets for the year then ended in accordance with the provisions of its Financial Regulation and the accounting rules adopted by the Commission's accounting officer; notes that, according to the Court, the revenue and payments underlying the EIGE’s annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 are legal and regular in all material respects; _________________ 1 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/EIGE_2019/EIGE_2019_EN.pdf
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Raises concerns over irregularities found by the ECA regarding the EIGE’s selection of external experts, i.e. that the procedures used for selecting and contracting the external experts systematically lacked a solid audit trail; recalls that the Institute must comply with the principles of non-discrimination and equal treatment set out in Article 237 of Financial Regulation; takes note of EIGE’s commitment to apply improved procedures in new calls for expression of interest;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that the Lithuanian Supreme Court asked the CJEU to assess whether the Directive 2008/104/EC on temporary agency work applies to EU Agencies in their capacity as public bodies engaged in economic activities and whether they must apply in full with the provisions of Article 5(1) of that Directive, which concern the rights of temporary agency workers to basic working and employment conditions, in particular as regards pay;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for additional funding to be allocated to EIGE to increase the number and the quality of statutory workers by replacing the temporary contracts with statutory contracts;