15 Amendments of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2015/2041(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the dissemination of the conflict-of-interest policy among officials alongside ongoing awareness-raising activities; considers that a distinction should be made between elected representatives and public officials in the legislation on conflicts of interest; believes that there should also be such regulations in the Member States for public officials and civil servants involved in the administration and monitoring of EU subsidies; calls on the Commission to submit a draft legal basis on this matter.
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 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Ombudsman and the Council of the European Union to publish a meaningful declaration of the financial interests of their members;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers control by Parliament of the financing of EuropeaDraws attention to the European regulation on political parties tNo be an unnecessary conflict of interest; 1141/2014 and the EU Financial Regulation No 966/2012, under which Parliament selects independent external auditors to check that its grants have been properly used by the European political parties;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for control of the financing of European political pUnderlines the importance of this independent control, which is complemented by the discharge procedure cartries to be assigned to a neutral bodyd out by the competent committee and the decision of the whole Parliament;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. New heading: Making EU governance more democratic
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Takes the view that the lack of a law on Commissioners, by analogy with laws on ministers in the Member States, constitutes a serious gap in the law; calls on the Commission to submit a corresponding legislative text laying down the obligations and rights of office- holders in the EU, in accordance with the codecision procedure;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Calls for the decision fixing the remuneration of Commissioners, including their salaries, which has been taken exclusively by the Council since the European Communities were founded, to be transferred to the codecision procedure;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Asks that annexes attached to answers to parliamentary questions should also be published on the Internet;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. New heading: Conflicts of interest in shared management and in third countries in connection with the management of EU funds
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Points out that some Member States do not have laws on ministers that exclude the possibility of office-holders being sole or part-owners of businesses;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Sees a serious conflict of interest in the possibility that businesses owned by EU office-holders may apply for EU funds or may receive such funds as subcontractors, while the owners and office-holders themselves bear responsibility for both the proper use of funds and for controlling their use;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Calls on the Commission to incorporate a clause in all future EU laws on payments to the effect that businesses owned by office-holders in the EU Member States and in third countries may not apply for or receive any EU funding;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. New heading: Immunity for EU staff in non-EU countries only
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)
Paragraph 46 b (new)
46b. Considers the immunity of EU staff from criminal proceedings in Member States, which dates back 64 years, to be a privilege that has long been obsolete; calls for this privilege under the Protocol to the Treaty to be confined to EU staff in countries outside the EU;