Activities of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2023/2131(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section II – European Council and Council
Amendments (4)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that, while the current situation has to be improved through better interinstitutional cooperation within the framework of the Treaties, a revision of the Treaties could render the discharge procedure clearer and more transparent by giving Parliament the explicit competence to grant discharge to all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies individually; underlines, however, that pending such a revision, the current situation must be improved through better interinstitutional cooperation within the current framework of the Treaties and urges the Council to actively engage with the Parliament in addressing the current situation;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. In line with the conclusions ofTakes note of the views expressed in the workshop held by Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control on 27 June 2023, calls on the rotating Council presidencies to stop using corporate sponsorship to contribute to covering their expenses; understands that financial resources from national budgets vary significantly among Member States and that each Member State, irrespective of its size and available budget, should have an equal opportunity to organise a successful Council presidency, but believes that the acceptance of corporate sponsorship causes reputational damage because it risks creating conflicts of interest; reiterates its call on the Council to provide a budget for the Council presidencies to ensure adequate and uniform standards of efficiency and effectiveness in the work in the Council in general; in that connection, is disappointed with the non-binding guidelines issued on corporate sponsorships by the Council;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. CriticisesTakes note of the significant increase in the travel budget for the President of the European Council over a number of years and is concerned that, according to press reports, the President of the European Council only used commercial planes on 18 out of 112 missions undertaken between the beginning of his term in 2019 and December 2022; stresses that commercial planes should be the standard option also for the President of the European Council whenever such alternatives are available and in line with the agenda and location of the meetings concerned and underlines that the leaders of the Union’s institutions should act as good examples to the public, not least in relation to ensuring climate sustainability policies;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Notes that the Council, in its budget for 2022, was assigned 3 029 posts, which is the same as for 2021 but that the distribution among categories changed with the number of administrator (AD) posts increasing from 1 493 to 1 519, the number of assistant (AST) posts falling from 1 320 to 1 284 and the number of secretary (SC) posts increasing from 180 to 190; asks the Council to provide more details on burnout prevention for its staff especially while the number of assistants has been decreasing;