Activities of Alin MITUȚA related to 2021/2107(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2020 (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with concern, the specific finding by the Court, in its annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2020, of errors in two payments (i) an over-payment for IT-services caused by an incorrect application of contract terms and (ii) an incorrect payment of a subsistence allowance to a Member, following a mistake in an attendance list; regrets that the control system in place did not prevent nor detect those mistakes; calls on Parliament to implement the necessary changesexplain how these mistakes arose and measures taken to correct them and to ensure that they cannot happen again in the future and to ensure that it only pays daily allowances to Members who qualify for them by the end of 2022 and to inform Parliament’s Budget Control Committee when those changes will enter into force;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that the Court examined more in particular the EU Institutions’ public procurement procedures for the purchase of personal protective equipment for their members of staff in 2020; notes that the Court checked three procurement procedures organised by Parliament to purchase protective masks, temperature detectors and COVID-19 tests; stressunderlines that the urgent procurement of equipment in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic was challenging due to surging demand and competition between contracting authorities and countries; notes that the Court, in one case related to the purchase of fabric masks, found that the requirements set by Parliament in the tender specifications were too broad to allow assessment of compliance, and that the successful bidders did not include full evidence in their offer that all minimum quality requirements were met at the time of contracting, such as evidence related to compliance with technical specifications or to the durability of masks; highlights that the offers were accepted nonetheless; acknowledges that the urgent procurement of equipment in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic was challenging due to surging demand and competition between contracting authorities and countries;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. WelcomNotes the fact that Strasbourg part-sessions were suspended for the most part in the year 2020 and that digitalised processes included the organisation of remote meetings and remote voting systems in plenary and parliamentary committees, allowing the Parliament to continue its work; calls on the President of the Parliament to allow for athe option of remote participation of Members until the COVID- 19 pandemic is brought to safe levels;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the serious risks of hearing problems as a result of extended working arrangements for Parliament’s interpreters having to rely on often very poor sound coming from remote-mode interventions; underlines the efforts made by the interpreters in that regard and calls on the Bureau to ensure that thea good sound quality on the remote participation tool fulfils all relevant ISO standards without any further delay and, if necessary, make the use of adequate hearing and speaking equipment a precondition for participants’ contributions in meetings to be interpreted; calls on Members to use the professional microphones issued by the Parliament;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. DeplorNotes the fact that there is no system in place to ensure that Members who are temporarily absent for a justified reason, such as maternity leave, parental leave, long-term sick leave or career’s leave, can continue to carry out their core duties, first and foremost to speak in debates and to vote; recalls that the situation for national members of parliament in these same situations differs between Member States; calls on the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to reflect on the option of provideing for the continuation of remote participation and for providing for the substitution of a Member - whether female or male - while on parental leave and in the above mentioned caseswhile revising the electoral legislation;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes Parliament’s efforts, and particularly the personal engagement of former President Sassoli in this issue, to provide daily solidarity meals and shelters for vulnerable women in the three places of work, as decided by the Bureau; further welcomes the fact that around 65 drivers volunteered to drive doctors, nurses and other medical staff to their night shifts in hospital in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that Parliament needs to be at the forefront of adopting more digital, flexible and energy-efficient working methods and meeting practices, learning from the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and capitalising on the technology investments already implemented which contribute to a significantly reduced need for office space, electricity, water consumption and emissions due to less daily commuting, while also balancing the advantages of in- person work in Parliament;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Welcomes the introduction of a wider and more sustainable food choice, including the introduction of a greater variety of vegetarian and vegan products, in Parliament’s canteens; reiterates that plant-based food not only has health advantages but also has a much lower carbon footprint; calls on Parliament to increase the variety of vegetarian and vegan meals further and incentivise the consumption of such meals with a view to reducing the consumption of meat, fish and other animal-based products in Parliament’s canteens as much as possible;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69 a. Proposes that, in line with the fact that promoting equal opportunities remains a key component of Parliament's human resource management policy, a greater focus is placed on equal opportunities for all, notably for example increasing the number of people with disabilities working in the Parliament administration; notes that within the Bureau a high-level group on gender and diversity already exists and requests that it conduct a study of effective measures taken in Member States and internationally to increase the participation of people with disabilities in the work place, including legislative measures; requests that the high-level group reports back to the Bureau with concrete suggestions once the study has been undertaken and the results analysed; calls for ambitious targets to be urgently set and for them to be achieved over a short time frame;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69 a. Reiterates its call to the Secretary- General to insist on the importance of all recruitment being based on competency, while also respecting the need for geographical balance of all Member States at all levels of staff; calls for a geographical balance to be reached to ensure a proper representation of nationals from all Member States, including at management level;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Notes that neither an inspection of the national service 'Contrôle des lois sociales/Direction de Bruxelles' (2020) nor an analysis by the psychosocial department of the external service for prevention and protection at work in Brussels (2020) found any legal breaches related to social laws and working conditions for cleaning staff; supports the launch of internal surveys, by the end of 2021, aiming to reflect the actual state of the company’s employee satisfaction levels, engagement, commitment, loyalty, motivation, etc. and to identify weaknesses, problems or opportunities for improvement within the current cleaning company Köse; calls on Parliament to take all necessary precautions to ensure that the highest standards of labour law for cleaning staff, are being upheld by external contractors, in particular as regards psychological pressure and working conditions;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79
Paragraph 79
79. Calls for a debate on the space needs of Parliament in light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, current and future increase in teleworking and, if appropriate, for the adaptation of its long- term building strategy; requests, in particular, that the building policy be reviewed to ensure a dedicated office space for each staff member, as this policy would result in significant office space being unused during large parts of the working week; considers that e.g. two staff members teleworking for 3 days a week should be able to share one work stationencourages the administration to pool workstations as much as possible in accordance with staff’s teleworking";
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)
Paragraph 85 a (new)
85 a. Recalls that there is a standing rapporteur in the Committee on Budgets, which is competent for buildings within Parliament;