Activities of Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ related to 2020/2143(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section IV – Court of Justice of the European Union
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that 2 256 persons were employed by the CJEU in 2019 (compared to 2 217 in 2018 and 2 180 in 2017); notes that the distribution of posts by sector of activity remains similar to that of previous years, with almost 85 % of posts dedicated to jurisdictional and linguistic activities; notes with regard to the occupation rate of posts that it remains at a very high level of around 97 % in 2019, similar to in 2018; notes, however, certain difficulties in recruitment, due to more limited career development opportunities, and the low level of the basic salaries for starting grades as compared to high living costs in Luxembourg; reiterates its concerns about the growing problem of the purchase power disparity suffered by Union civil servants posted to Luxembourg;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of addressing the lack of gender balance within the college of judges; underlines the commitment of the Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control to support a revision of the nomination process for Court members in order to reach gender balance; welcomes, however, the fact that efforts in the field of equal opportunities are becoming increasingly visible at the administrative level with a share of women in middle management amounting to 41 % and in senior management amounting to 40 %; notes that the staff in general has a distribution of 39 % men and 61 % women and for AD staff a distribution of 46 % men and 54 % women;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the high number of cases of burnout reported in recent years within the CJEU; welcomes the fact that in 2019 the CJEU undertook several actions to prevent and address burnout cases such as the hiring of a psychologist, training for staff and an obligatory training programme for managers including a significant well- being component; considers that any decisions regarding budgetary cuts and staff reduction measures should be consistent with the principle of maintaining high quality deliverables, respect the staff well-being and satisfaction, and take into consideration the constantly increasing workload of the CJEU over the past number of years;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that there was one case of whistleblowing in 2019 which was also the first to trigger the application of the CJEU’s rules on whistleblowing adopted in 2017; welcomes the fact that this case showed that the rules are ‘fit for purpose’; notes that it was not considered necessary to inform OLAF as the information at the CJEU’s disposal allowed it to take the appropriate decisions; nevertheless asks the CJEU to report on this case to the discharge authority;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the training entitled ‘Rules of good conduct’ conducted in 2019 with the participation of 63 staff members; notes that such training have been set up in order to inform newcomers and other staff members on their obligations under the staff regulations and on the conditions of employment of other servants; notes with satisfaction that the courses cover topics such as harassment, whistleblowing, prevention of conflicts of interest and other ethical issues; welcomes that whistleblowing and conflicts of interest have also been included in the content of financial training; encourages the CJEU to continue conducting this training systematically for newcomers and periodically for the rest of the staff;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that the CJEU has continued its efforts with respect to the project ‘Optimisation of the input of external translation’ which started in 2015; expresses its satisfactionnotes that the overall rate of externalisation of legal translations rose from 31,2 % in 2015 to 40,6 % in 2019; underlines however, that there are limitations to externalisation for reasons of confidentiality and insufficient supply; is aware that all CJEU translations are technical, legal and of a high level of difficulty which means that freelance translators must, insofar as possible, be lawyers or otherwise possess experience in legal translation.