Activities of Cristian TERHEŞ related to 2022/2015(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Public access to documents – annual report for the years 2019-2021 (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas transparency is one of the key founding elements of the European Union and, despite this fact, the European Commission is not disclosing the name of authors of the Rule of law reports, which raises doubts about the objectivity, accuracy and professionalism of these reports;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas the European Commission had not disclosed in over 15 years the name of the authors of the Progress Reports for Romania and Bulgaria within the Verification and Cooperation Mechanisms, like GRECO or Venice Commission do with their reports, which made these reports pure political, instead of technical, as they were intended;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas the Commission has blatantly violated the transparency principle and negotiated with the pharmaceutical companies contracts regarding the manufacturing of the anti- Covid-19 vaccines, which, to this day, are not fully disclosed not only to the media and the people, but not even to the Members of the European Parliament;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas the European Ombudsman has conducted an investigation at the end of 2021 regarding the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla about the exchange of personal texts and calls related to the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, which the Commission has refused to disclose afterwards; whereas the Ombudsman found that this behaviour constituted maladministration, as the exchanges took place in the context of negotiations on a contract for the procurement of vaccines that was later concluded1a _________________ 1a https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/rec ommendation/en/151678
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. Whereas the European Public Prosecutor's Office has announced on the 14th of October 2022 that there is an ongoing investigation into the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines in the EU and the fact that the exceptional confirmation comes after the extremely high public interest into the matter;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes that the 2020 Rule of Law report, the 2021 and 2022, do not have the name of the authors who wrote the report; calls on the Commission to be fully transparent about the report and disclose in the report the name of the experts who wrote it; Reminds that the Commission was as opacque when drafting the Progress Reports for Romania and Bulgaria within the Verification and Cooperation Mechanisms;