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8 Amendments of Sabrina PIGNEDOLI related to 2023/2129(DEC)

Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Condemns the Commission’s failure to provide responses with regard to the Covid Vaccines Agreement between the European Commission and Pfizer. Is concerned that, unlike in the case of other contract negotiations, the EU executive has refused to provide records of the discussions with Pfizer, in the form of minutes, the names of experts consulted, the terms agreed or other evidence.
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the role of the European anti-fraud office (OLAF), the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) in the fight against corruption; calls for the capacities of the EPPO and OLAF, as well as cooperation between them, to be strengthened further; calls for their remits to be better defined, and for common anti- corruption rules applicable to all staff of Union bodies;
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114
114. Welcomes that the participation of SMEs in the EDF (in particular the cross- border participation of SMEs in industrial consortia) is being facilitated through targeted EDF calls, financial bonuses, specific award criteria, and the use of SCOs to decrease the administrative burden; notes that in the 2022 EDF calls, 38,2 % of the participating entities were SMEs, and 20 % of the total funding available through these calls will be for SMEs (EUR 166 million);deleted
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115
115. Recalls that the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR) was a precursor programme of the EDF with a budget of EUR 90 million that funded 18 research projects selected following calls for proposals in the years 2017 to 2019; notes with concern that the Court, in its Special Report 10/2023 ‘The Preparatory action on defence research’, observes that the Union still lacks a long-term strategy for the projects under the EDF, particularly in terms of impact, additional research, development, manufacturing, procurement, and other aspects; welcomes that the Commission has accepted all of the Court’s recommendations;deleted
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116
116. Notes the Court’s observations in its Special Report 10/2023 regarding the limited availability of human resources at the Commission and the subsequent risk for the EDF; notes that, as a result of security issues, the number of staff needed to manage defence projects is higher than for other projects; notes that the ever- growing number of proposals to evaluate and projects to manage puts considerable pressure on human resources and creates challenges in terms of recruiting qualified and suitably experienced staff;deleted
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 131 a (new)
131a. Repeats its call for a reduction in the salaries paid to European Commissioners, which constitute an absurd political privilege at a time when EU citizens are being asked to make sacrifices in the name of budgetary constraint;
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 139 a (new)
139a. Condemns the property transaction, of a value of EUR 1 billion, to rent office space in the Brussels Nord district. Views this as yet another case of waste by the EU and calls for termination of the negotiations between the Commission and the Belgian Government.
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 147 a (new)
147a. Recalls that transparency and accountability in the implementation of the EU Budget is key; stresses in this context the need for further efforts, both from the Commission and the Member States, to ensure better transparency of the use of EU taxpayers’ money;
2024/02/13
Committee: CONT