3 Amendments of Cristian TERHEŞ related to 2020/2133(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions are essential to having a real accountability of the European officials as well as to enabling citizens to exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and thus to enhancing the democratic legitimacy and credibility of the Union while restoring confidence in the European integration process; recalls that, in her Political Guidelines for the 2019- 2024 Commission, the President of the Commission stressed that if citizens were to have faith in the EU, its institutions should be open and beyond reproach on ethics, transparency and integrity; recalls that the right to petition provides citizens with the most accessible way to enter into and maintain a direct dialogue with representatives from the EU institutions and thus contributes to improving openness, responsiveness and accountability while bridging the gap between citizens and EU institutions;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that some EU Member States already have a high level of transparency requirements for their elected and appointed officials in the area of conflict of interests, sources of income and family assets; considers that it is imperative for the EU institutions to standardise their procedures and apply the same high level of ethical and integrity standards.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers discriminatory that in some EU Member States a MEP can also hold another public office in the country or be a board member of a public or private company, while in other Members States this is considered a conflict of interest, an offense that is often even criminalized; underlines the importance of homogenising the integrity and transparency standards at EU level;