Activities of Younous OMARJEE related to 2022/2082(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section I – European Parliament
Amendments (8)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Acknowledges that, in accordance with Article 118(9) of the Financial Regulation, “the reports and findings of the internal auditor, as well as the report of the Union institution concerned, shall be accessible to the public after validation by the internal auditor of the action taken for their implementation” which in practice is translated into a delay in publication of several years after all recommendations have been implemented; calls on the Bureau to make sure that Members have access to the internal report at least in view of the discharge procedure; requests a publication of the report in a more expedite way reminding that a validation of recommendations does not require all recommendations to be fully implemented; calls on the internal auditor to regularly report to the Committee on Budgetary Control on the annual audit activities carried out;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Deeply regrets that no follow-up has been given to the explicit request by Parliament to the Bureau to improve the transparency of its decision-making, including by regularly reporting back to the discharge authority regarding each plenary decision that wasn't implemented and a detailed justification of the reason why the Bureau decided not to implement the request; reiterates its call on the Secretary-General to make a concrete set of proposals to the Bureau with a view to improving the transparency of its decision-making;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Regrets that the Parliament, unlike all other institutions including the Commission, does not allow teleworking from outside the place of work; invites the Parliament to align its measures on those of all other institutions which allow staff to work outside the place of employment for a certain maximum amount of days per year with additional possible days to be added upon approval of the appointing authority; considers this alignment to be necessary in view of having uniform rules stemming from the Staff Regulation for the staff of all the EU institutions;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Stresses that transparency, accountability, and integrity are essential ethics principles within the Union institutions and particularly Parliament as house of the European democracy; recalls that unethical behaviours must be prevented, persecuted and condemned for significantly damage the credibility and legitimacy of the Union and constitute a serious threat to democracy and public trust; recalls the Court’s conclusions and recommendations in its special report 13/2019 on the ethnical frameworks of Union institutions, as well as Parliament’s resolution of 16 September 2021 on strengthening transparency and integrity in the Union institutions by setting up an independent Union ethics body and Parliament’ resolution of 15 December 2022 on suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 a (new)
Paragraph 62 a (new)
62a. Requests that all requests made in the Resolution of 15 December 2022 be implemented in the shortest time, including the reinforcement of the internal control and monitoring mechanisms; the setting up of an inquiry committee able to investigate cases of corruption and improper actions as well as the special committee to identify potential flaws in the Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity and corruption and able to make proposals for reforms; the introduction of a cooling-off period for former MEPs in order to avoid possible revolving doors; the improvement to the readability of the Members’ legislative activities; the reinforcement of the Transparency Register which should be made truly mandatory, extended to include representatives of non-EU countries and to cover also former Members;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 b (new)
Paragraph 62 b (new)
62b. Reiterates its concerns about potential conflicts of interests caused by side jobs of Members and requests to revise the Code of Conduct to take into consideration this particular concern;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Recalls that the Union, and therefore Parliament too, is legally committed to providing accessible information and communication under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; calls therefore on Parliament’s administration to develop specific initiatives to ensure more and better accessibility to its documents and debates, with a particular focus on the State of the Union debate as well as the "This is Europe" plenary debates, building on examples like the interpretation in International Sign of the Commission’s weekly college read outs; reiterates its long-standing request to the Secretary- General to analyse the feasibility of international sign language interpretation for all plenary debates and to implement without delay this request; believes moreover that plenary sessions retransmission in the sign languages used in each Member State would increase participation of persons with disabilities in the EU democratic process; notes that Directorate-General for Translation is developing a tool that is able to automatically transcribe and translate parliamentary multilingual debates in real time, so that all citizens have equal access to information in their language; requests an update on the project and an analysis on its implementation and total cost;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81