Activities of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2019/2003(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2020 – Section I – European Parliament (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2020 PDF (394 KB) DOC (148 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. believes that the medium term budgetary challenges, in particular the expenses related to the the PHS building and overall cuts in the next MFF, require structural reforms in the EP, including possible merger of DGs, and a leaner approach to non-core business activities;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. insists that before rushing into further expanding the international network of the EP by dispatching staff to inter alia Jakarta and New York, the added value and long term costs of such steps should be discussed more thoroughly;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. In order for the institutional communication of the EP to be credible, believes that such communication should be targeted, limited, and based on the assessment of the compatibility and complementarity with the communication by MEPs and political groups; asks DG COMM to refrain from publishing controversial and inaccurate materials;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Building and Transport policy
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Affirms that while parking is free of charge for Parliament\s employees, employees using public transport are only being reimbursed half of the annual subscription fee; asks the Secretary General to generate estimates as to the annual implicit subsidies granted to those using a car compared to those using other means of transport, and to make proposals to rectify possible unequal treatment of the use of different modes of transport by either levying appropriate parking fees and/or through higher reimbursement of subscription fees for other means of transport;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. believes that as a general rule MEPs and staff should not be reimbursed for business class flights within the EU;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regarding the voluntary Members´ Pension Fund, welcomes the limited modifications adopted by the Bureau, calls on the Secretary General to make further more far reaching proposals, and requests an examination of the voluntary Members´ Pension Fund by the European Court of Auditors, while ensuring full transparency;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the existing cooperation agreements between Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, with a view to identifying other areas in which back office functions could be shared; inviteMandates the Secretary General to negotiate with the Committee of Regions and the Economic and Social Committee a strategy to swiftly merge all back office functions of the three institutions, including but not limited to human resources, translation and interpretation, finance, IT, and building management. In addition, asks the Secretary- General to evaluate existing cooperation among Union institutions in order to identify further potential synergies and savingsundertake a study on possible synergies - in back office functions and services - to be generated between the Parliament, the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Is of the opinion that appropriations are needed to cover the cost of mediators and oDemands, for the purpose of implementing the recommendations of Parliament’s resolution of 26 October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the Union, further support to cover the cost of the external expertise needed to widen ther expterts competent to prevent and manage thnal audit to the “Staff advisory committee for Parliament staff” on harassment prevention; also demands, for the same purpose, further support to cover the cost of additional staff competent to manage harassment cases within the Parliament together with the network of confidential counsellors and current structure, gathering in a dedicated service staff with medical, psychological, legal, and human resources management background, and specific expertise in that field and to make effective the re-composition of the two existing committees; Request as well the necessary appropriations to guarantee the implementation of the anti-harassment trainings for all staff and Meps;