4 Amendments of José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA related to 2018/2167(DEC)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Is deeply concerned that, despite all the activities organised by DG COMM, European citizens still feel that there is a lack of information about the Union and what the Parliament accomplishes and works on; calls on DG COMM to make a greaterkeep pushing its effort towards generating innovative ideas to counter this distance between the Union and its citizens and takes note of the innovative approach proposed for the institutional communication campaign proposed for the 2019 European elections;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. RTakes note of the increased communication activities realised by the liaison offices in 2017 involving daily relations with regional and local media, targeted social media presence and local community management, realisation of local events, relations with local authorities, school and stakeholders regrets that expenditure items such as salaries and mission costs were not communicated in response to the questionnaire; draws on the information provided during the 2016 discharge procedure, where salaries paid for EPLO staff amounted to EUR 23 058 210 and mission costs amounted to EUR 1 383 843; assumes that these amounts have not changed significantly for the budgetary year 2017 and remains concerned that costs may outweigh the benefits; acknowledges the importance of effective communication in Member States but stresses the need for cost-efficiency; and it is confident that the revised mission statement will contribute to this aim, invites all decision-making parties involved to strive for more added value particularly with regards to running costs;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67
Paragraph 67
67. Notes that the new Parliament’s travel service will start operating on 1 January 2019; welcomes the fact that the new contract contains strengthened conditions, in particular with regard to ticket pricing and the availability of the travel service’s call centre at all times, including at weekends; stresses again the importance of a simple and user-friendly complaints mechanism to quickly highlight shortfalls, which allows for speedy resolution of any problems; emphasises that attention needs to be paid to the specific requirements of Members and their need for tailor-made services; is doubtfuloptimistic that services will significantly improve since former BCD staff will be taken on by the new travel serviceimprove under the new leadership;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Welcomes the significant progress made in 2017 to strengthen the Parliament’s security and safety; notes that perimeters around Strasbourg and Brussels buildings were set up, that security vetting by the Belgian authorities of all employees of outside firms working at the Parliament is in place, and that an interinstitutional project for a common warehouse has been launched with the Council and the Commission; welcomes the initiative of a common warehouse to allow for adequate security scans and screenings of items before they reach Parliament’s premises; notes, however, the lack of communication in emergency situations such as that which took place in the Strasbourg Chamber in December 2018 and concludes that the procedures can and must be improved; calls for the existing safety rules to be applied to the letter in emergency situations in order to prevent such uncertainty in the event of future emergencies;