Activities of Margrete AUKEN related to 2020/2125(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2019 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2019
Amendments (6)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Council to follow the European Ombudsman’s recommendations; calls for the systematic identification of Member State governments which set out positions in the preparatory bodies and revising the Council's confidentiality policy in order to ensure the highest level of transparency in its work;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that for years transparency, and in particular access to documents, has been the main subject of complaints, and welcomes the fact that in connection with a number of inquiries the European Ombudsman has called for public access to be granted; deplores, however, the fact that the European Ombudsman’s recommendations are not always followed up and that OLAF’s report on the use of a loan granted to the German car manufacturer Volkswagen has still not been published; calls for EU legislation on access to documents (Regulation 1049/2001) to be updated in order to facilitate the European Ombudsman’s work; calls on the European Ombudsman to demand access to information to all advance purchase agreements financed through the Emergency Support Instrument;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Applauds the European Ombudsman’s repeated efforts to combat conflicts of interest, approves the publication, following an inquiry, of the minutes of meetings held between lobbyists and the President of the European Council, and callshighlights the need for the conclusadoption of a fair and ambitious interinstitutional agreement onlegal act in order to make the Transparency Rregister; stresses, however, the need to adopt in the longer term a decision establishing a fully mandatory register for lobbyist fully mandatory and legally-binding for all EU institutions and agencies and third parties;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Commission has committed itself to implementing many of the European Ombudsman’s proposals on the issue of ‘revolving doors’, and endorses the recommendation to take a firmer approach; underlines the need to ensure the swift publication of the names of all EU officials involved in ‘revolving doors’ cases and to guarantee full transparency on all related information;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Fully endorses the European Ombudsman’s confirmation of her finding that four instances of maladministration marred the appointment process of the most senior Commission official, and applauds the new Commission’s introduction in 2019 of a specific appointment procedure for its Secretary- General; reiterates its long-standing call to upgrade the current Code of Good Administrative Behaviour into a properly binding regulation for all the EU institutions, agencies and third parties;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Invites the Committee on Petitions to examine cases, when Ombudsman’s proposals to the EU institutions didn’t receive positive reaction;