Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2014/2079(DEC)
Shadow reports (2)
SECOND REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section II – European Council and Council PDF (156 KB) DOC (78 KB)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section II – European Council and Council PDF (153 KB) DOC (75 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. NotWelcomes the establishment of the Audit Committee in the Council's General Secretariat and the adoption of a new internal audit charter; asks the Council to keep it informed of the benefits and results of these changes;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Observes with concern the enormous disparities in translation costs for the different EU institutions; asks consequently that the Interinstitutional Working Group on Translation identify the causes of these disparities and put forward solutions that will bring this imbalance to an end and, produce harmonised translation costs that fully respect quality and linguistic diversity; with this in mind, the Working Group shall relaunch collaboration between the institutions in order to share best practice and outcomes and identify those areas in which cooperation or agreements between institutions may be strengthened; the Working Group shall also aim to establish a unified methodology for presentation of translation costs which all the institutions can use, in order to simplify the analysis and comparison of these costs; the Working Group shall present the results of this work before the end of 2015; calls on all the institutiones to be actively involved in the work of the Interinstitutional Working Group; recalls in this regard the fundamental importance of respect for multilingualism in the EU institutions in order to guarantee all EU citizens equal treatment and equal opportunities;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers that at a time of crisis and budgetary cuts in general, the cost of ʽaway daysʼ for staff at the EU institutions has to be reduced and that these should take place, where possible, on the institutionsʼ own premises as the added value derived from these away days does not justify such high costs;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Is concerned by the shortage of women in positions of responsibility in EU institutions; calls on the Council to set in motion an equal opportunities plan referring specially to management posts with the aim of correcting this imbalance as soon as possible;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that effective supervision of the Union's budget implementation requires cooperation between Parliament and the Council through a working arrangement; regrets the difficulties encountered in the discharge procedures to date; Reiterates that the Council ought to be transparent and fully accountable to EU citizens for the funds entrusted to it as an EU institution; stresses that this implies that the Council shall take part fully and in good faith in the annual discharge procedure just as the other institutions do; considers in this regard that effective supervision of the Union's budget implementation requires cooperation between Parliament and the Council through a working arrangement; regrets the difficulties encountered in the discharge procedures to date; takes note nonetheless of the interest shown by the current Presidency of the EU in reconciling positions, as well as of the letter from the Secretary General of the Council in response to questions tabled by this Committee in which he expresses his willingness to support actively tangible measures to reach a ʽmodus vivendiʼ as called for by Parliament in its resolution of 23 October 2014; stresses the need to improve the capacity for dialogue between the two institutions in order to find a solution as soon as possible that will enable compliance with the Treaty mandate and accountability to citizens;