25 Amendments of Rainer WIELAND related to 2015/2041(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas without a binding definition of lobbying no binding rules on lobbying can be adopted;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that an amendment should introduce mandatory monthlyprompt updates on lobby expenditures;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its call to the Council to join the lobby register as soon as possible; considers it regrettable that the Council has still not adopted a code of conduct for its members; considers that all EU institutions should reach agreement on a common code of conduct; insists that the Council must be just as accountable and transparent as the other institutions; (Partially quoted from the opinion of the Committee on Budgetary Control)
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Bureau, in accordance with Article 15 TFEU and Article 11 TEU, to restrict access to Parliament’s premises for non-registered organisations or individuals by making all visitors to its premises sign a declaration that they are not lobbyists falling within the scope of the register or otherwise declare their registration;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that at least 5 % of declarations should be checked each year on the basis of random sampling;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that representations of national, regional and local governments should not fall under the EU lobby register if they have their own mandatory lobby register and do not offer workspace for private or corporate actors within their representations, and their respective umbrella organisations, should not fall under the EU lobby register;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that three members of the Advisory Committee chosen from among Members of the European Parliament should be complemented by a majority of externally chosen members who must be qualified experts in the fieldtwo external former Members or former judges from the Court of Justice of ethics regulation and should be drawn from an open call and include members of civil societye EU, likewise chosen by Parliament;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Supports the Ombudsman’s call for entry in the lobby register to be made a requirement forexpected in the case of appointment to expert groups provided that the Members concerned are not government officials and do not receive all or the vast majority of their other income from state institutions such as universities;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 should be updated as a matter of urgencyevaluated, as required by the Treaty of Lisbon, by widening its scope to encompass all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies currently not covered, such as the European Council, the European Central Bank, the European Court of Justice, Europol and Eurojustand that consideration should be given to both the drawing up of a document and its scope with a view to the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies currently not covered;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that Parliament’s right of access, and that of its political groups and Members, to the documents of other EU institutions should never be regarded as weaker than that of individual citizens, under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and Article 15 TFEU;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Deems it unacceptable that Parliament has less, or less open, access to documents in trade negotiations than some members of national parliamentsWelcomes the fact that Parliament now has comprehensive access to documents in relevant negotiations (as in the case of TTIP) and calls for similar access to documents in other negotiations as well (such as the negotiations on the recent climate summit in Paris); welcomes the Commission’s efforts towards greater transparency in this area;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls onWelcomes the fact that the Commission tois putting into practice all the Ombudsman’s recommendations in favour of more transparency in trade negotiations;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises the progress made in the transparency of trade negotiations, but insists that these advances with respect to TTIP must be extended to all trade negotiations referred to in paragraph 37;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Believes that, when the Commission engages in trade negotiations, it should publish theits negotiation mandates, and all negotiating positions, all requests and offers and all consolidated draft negotiation texts prior to each negotiation round, sorelevant texts concerning negotiations in which it is involved, provided that the negotiating position is not weakened as a result; considers it desirable that the European Parliament and national parliaments, as well as civil society organisations and the wider public, canshould be able to make recommendations thereon before the negotiations are closed for comments and the agreement goes to ratification;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission to propose an interinstitutional agreement in order to codify those principles for all trade negotiations;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Believes that decisions taken or prepared in the Eurogroup, in the Economic and Financial Committee, ‘informal’ Ecofin Council meetings and Euro summits, or in the run-up to negotiations in contexts similar to, say, the recent Paris Climate Conference, must become as transparent and accountable, including through the publication of their minutess possible, without undermining the EU negotiating position, and must also satisfy the requirement of accountability;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Believes that the ongoing review of EU election law should include a rule that persons found guilty of corruption against the EU’s financial interests or within Member States may not run for office in the next two terms of the European Parliamentnominations of candidates within parties must be carried out in secret, and with a proper say for the members, and that persons convicted by a final judgment of corruption against the EU’s financial interests or within Member States will forfeit the right to stand for election for a period commensurate with the seriousness of the offence;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Believes that persons or companies led or owned by such persons who are found guilty of corruption in the EUconvicted by a final judgment of corruption in the EU or companies led by persons who committed acts of corruption for the benefit of their company and have been convicted by a final judgment on those grounds should, for at least three years, not be allowed to enter into procurement contracts with the European Union or be allowed to profit from EU funds;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Calls on the Commission to draw up a framework regulation relating to all EU agencies, under which Parliament will be granted codecision powers in the election or dismissal of directors of such agencies and a direct right to question and hear them;