13 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2015/2155(DEC)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Reiterates the appeal for greater transparency regarding the GEA for the Members; calls on the Bureau to work on a definition of more precise rules regarding the accountability of the expenditure authorised under this allowance, without generating additional costs;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls additionally for a report by the administration on which former managers, CEOs, directors and board members in relevant European NGOs are now Members of the Parliament; calls in addition for a personal declaration from those Members stating the extent to which their current political activities have been shaped by their previous engagements and whether they still receive financial, personal and administrative support from their previous employers;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls for a report by the administration on the extent to which - bealongsides economic and industrial panels - environmental and social associations, NGOs and interest groups organise events in Parliament; wonders if there are guidelines that exclude the disproportionate presence of such organisations in Parliament;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Requests that the Directorate forEx-Ante Impact Assessment and European Added ValueUnit improve its visibility with respect to the excellent services the unit is able to provide to Membecommittee members and rapporteurs and to their rules of engagement via email; encourages the pursuit of training sessions for advisors and assistants to Members; demands a substantial improvement in the staff resources available in this area, as this will contribute significantly to enabling the Parliament to participate as an equal partner in the decision-making process;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Asks for clearer qualification requirements for staff of theparticularly in sensitive functions such as, for instance, in the committee secretariats or the department for ‘ex ante’ impact assessment unit; requests the introductionreview of specific requirements with respect to staff's ideological and political neutrality; requests that the Parliament be presented with criteria for staff selection;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Welcomes the fact that there have so far been no complaints regarding one- sided impact assessments and calls on the Unit to continue to ensure neutrality in this connection;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
65. NDeplores the spread in the delivery of interpretation assignments by individual interpreters between 6 and 16 hours per week on an annual average, leading to an unequal use of some interpreters; notes that the average number of hours per week that staff interpreters spent in their booths in 2014 delivering interpretation services was 10,7 hours/week;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. Reiterates the importance of multilingualism for the democratic legitimacy of the institution; welcomes the fact that as a result of the rUnderlines the main objective of the Directorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences of providing high quality interpretation in the framework of Resource- e Efficient mFull Multilingualism policy adopted by the Bureau in 2011 and of subsequent organisational reforms, significant savings have been achieved in interpretation, also with a view to a possible inclusion of additional languages within the next decade;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Calls upon the secretary general to modernise the framework for the management of interpretation, with a view to increasing individual productivity and to bringing the working practices of interpreters into line with the changed needs of the housDirectorate-General for Interpretation and Conferences to take all the necessary management measures to improve the IT tools and technical support for interpreters to match those of the Commission, to increase productivity in terms of interpretation assignments, to realign interpretation workloads of individual interpreters, to ensure that staff interpreters are present and available during Parliament's core business days; finally requests to present a new concept for the working conditions of the internal staff interpreters and a more efficient use of the staff available;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls for the results of the external assessment requested by Parliament in its above-mentioned discharge resolution for the financial year 2013 to be delivered in due time; identifies the board of the voluntary pension fund as primarily responsible for the extent of the fund’s deficit; calls for a sole concept for the private pension fund, to decrease the liabilities of this fund; estimates necessary to decrease the retirement benefits for the participant members of the fund;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. Calls for stronger information security systems for protecting information from unauthorized access whilst ensuring disclosure, as well as from disruption, modification or destruction, in order to provide integrity, confidentiality and availability;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Takes note that an external ICT audit was carried out by an independent third party as requested during the 2013 discharge; further notes that the objective of this audit was to assess Parliament’s ICT security capabilities and its systems’ potential exposure to cyber threats, with a view to developing an ICT security improvement plan including a suggested roadmap to enhance Parliament’s global security level; calls for a cybersecurity regulation to guarantee that Parliament be able to protect well its information systems, as well as the safety and security of Members from cyberattacks;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80 a (new)
Paragraph 80 a (new)
80a. Calls for effective screening of all security staff with a view to ensuring their aptitude for the completion of their tasks in terms both of reliability and levels of professional competence;