11 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2017/2022(BUD)
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Secretary-General to present a proposal in order to continue the internalisation effort for services deemed necessary, in particular in order to guarantee the role of legislative excellence of the Parliament and assistance to Members and staff, or to reinforce cyber-security of the Parliament and the teams working on the development of IT tools and software specifically for the Parliament;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the communication campaign as a helpful effort to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; underlines, however, thatConsiders that EUR 33,33 million foreseen for the communication campaign in the Parliament budget will not alone help to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; insists on the need to learn from the extremely low voter turnout in the 2014 European elections and to draw adequate conclusions as regards the framing of thise campaign should be limited to explainingfor the 2019 elections; suggests, in this regard, a focus on collaboration with the roele of the European Union and the Parliamentvant Member States' electoral authorities in order to create common ownership of the European elections process;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that in advance of the forthcoming 2019 European elections, preparatory work on the communication campaign is already due to begin this year; welcomes a shorter two year pre-election period for the communication campaign compared to the three year pre-election period for the 2014 European elections; considers that in order to better explain the Union and the role of the Parliament, a year-long communication campaign needs to exist during the whole mandate, not only in the year before the European elections;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) should act on the recommendations from the evaluation of the 2014 European election campaign11 , and prioritise the collection of data for campaign projects, per unit, based on predefined key indicators in order to measure their impact, considering with care the root causes of the extremely low turnout in the 2014 elections; __________________ 11 Deloitte, December 2015 study.
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. WelcomeRegrets the proposal to reduce the establishment plan of Parliament’s Secretariat by 60 posts in order to comply with Point 27 of the IIA of 2 December 2013, namely, a progressive 5% staff reduction in all institutions, bodies and agencies between 2013 and 2017; highlights that owing to specific needs arising in Parliament in 2014 and 2016, an agreement was reached with the Council on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 201613 , in which Parliament’s annual staff reduction measures are set to continue until 2019; __________________ 13 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0407.by 60 posts the staff of the Parliament; considers that Parliament's primary objective is legislative excellence, and that this staff reduction scheme hinders this aspiration;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that interpretation and translation are essential to the functioning of the House; re-iterates Parliament’s position expressed in its abovementioned resolution of 14 April 2016 that the Secretary-General should make further rationalisation proposals, such as extending the use of translation and interpretation on demand, as well as examining the potential efficiency gains from utilising latest language technologies as a helping tool for interpreters and not a measure to substitute human resources, and assessing the impact of the revised framework for staff interpreters in improving resource- efficiency and productivity;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Recalls the decision taken by Parliament to establish interpretation in International Sign language for all plenary debates in order to make at least these accessible to all European citizens;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Notes with concern that the internalisation of Parliament's driver service not only considerably increases Parliament's expenses for 2018 by more than EUR 3,68 million compared to pre- internalisation numbers, but did not provide job security for long-serving drivers, some of whom have passed the entry exam and have not been recruited;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34 b. Regrets the absence of a unit equivalent to EMAS covering social issues, notably in the establishment of contractual procedures in public procurement in which the European institutions take part and in order to guarantee a control on the execution of contracts; calls for the establishment of a such a unit within the Parliament;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)
Paragraph 34 c (new)
34 c. Calls on the Bureau to evaluate and, where necessary revise, the rules governing the statute of trainees, including introducing minimum remuneration and harmonising catering- related price offers for all trainees both in the Parliament's administration and in the Members' offices in order to ensure equal treatment and to protect social rights of trainees;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 d (new)
Paragraph 34 d (new)
34 d. Call on the Bureau to revise the rules related to APAs in consultation with the APA Committee, and to implement a dismissal procedure by mutual consent between Members and APAs