5 Amendments of Ivaylo VALCHEV
Amendment 9 #
2024/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the Ombudsman acknowledged significant progress in strengthening the ethics rules in the European Parliament following Qatargate but expressed concerns about their implementation and enforcement; whereas the Ombudsman opened a separate inquiry concerning travel costs paid for the Commission by third parties since 2021;
Amendment 22 #
2024/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the transparency of decision making, in particular in terms of lobbying, in the area of environment protection and climate change has been the focus of many Ombudsman inquiries;
Amendment 51 #
2024/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Congratulates the Ombudsman for her efforts to further contribute to the clarification of what constitutes an EU document and stresses that it is essential that the EU institutRegrets that the question of what constitutes an EU document continued to be an issue in 2023; welcomes the Ombudsman’s own-initiative inquiry concerning Commission’s follow the Ombudsman’s recommendations in order to adapt their administrative practices to take into account evolving means of communicationailure to release e-mails in the scope of an access request concerning exchanges on draft EU soil, forest and climate adaptation strategies; recalls that work-related text and instant messages are ‘documents’ under Regulation 1049/2001 and stresses that respecting this principle is of particular importance;
Amendment 61 #
2024/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Appreciates the Ombudsman’s commitment to upholding fundamental rights in the EU institutions’ border management activities by launching inquiries into the actions of Frontex and the Commission in this area; notes that the Ombudsman asked for further clarification from the Commission as to how it intends to guarantee respect for human rights in the context of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding, in an effort to ensure that the EU complies with its human rights obligations; notes in this respect the legal limitations of Frontex mandate, which does not include the coordination of rescue operations and which is the responsibility of the national rescue coordination centres;
Amendment 80 #
2024/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. SWelcomes the Ombudsman’s activities following the Qatargate scandal in the European Parliament; strongly supports the Ombudsman’s conclusions that the EU’s ethical and anticorruption rules need to be respected and strengthened by the EU institutions and that Parliament’s implementation of reforms in this area must be properly monitored and enforced at all levels; urges the Ombudsman to pay close attention to direct and indirect lobbying practices in Parliament that might increase the risk of potential conflicts of interest; invites the Ombudsman, in this context, to suggest improvements to the current Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament regarding integrity and transparency; underlines that ethics rules have to be rigorously followed in order to restore citizens’ confidence in the European institutions;