20 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2010/2143(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Acknowledges that the current financial situation necessitates that the Parliament, along with all Union institutions, find the most cost effective ways of using financial and staff resources, as well as electronic tools and methods, to provide efficient services;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the significant increase in the workload registered by the administration, relating to the entry into force of the new Statutes; notes with concern the more complicated procedurat Parliament needs more efficient ways of processing the administrative tas regards accredited assistants' missions outside the three places of work and considers that, in spite of considerable increase in staffing, there are insufficient staff members in the Members' service and the services dealing with assistants and requests, therefore, the redeployment by the administration of additional staff in order to cope with the increased workload;ks relating to employment of assistants since the entry into force of the new Statutes if delays are to be avoided and requests, moreover, that an evaluation/assessment be made and forwarded to its competent committees by 30 September 2011 on the experience gained of the implementation of the two Statutes following the first full year of their implementation, as well as on their financial and staffing implications for Parliament's budget;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the recent adoption by the Bureau on 24 March 2010 of the long- awaited medium-term strategy in the IT and the buildings sectors;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. ApplaudNotes especially the medium- and long- term property policy (buildings strategy) approved by the Bureau on 24 March 2010, which takes into account Parliament's increased responsibilities under the Treaty of Lisbon, the rules governing allocation of space, the need for accommodation of certain external staff and the need for maintenance/renovation of buildings;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests the Bureau to send the minutes of the quarterly meetings between the Bureau's audit panel and the internal auditors to the Committee on Budgetary Control;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the new security policy should aim to strike a balance which is cost effective between internal staff and external agents and between security concerns, on the one hand, and accessibility and openness, on the other hand, in order to enable Parliament to remain, as much as possible, an open and accessible institution; stresses that more video surveillance is not a desirable way to go forward;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that one of the weak spots in the security of Parliament today is that Members can enter and exit the buildings without submitting their badges to electronic control; believes that it should be considered to be mandatory for Members to show their badge when going in and out of the Parliament;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point i
Paragraph 12 – point i
i) electronic signature for Members (instead of the current, archaic and costly system of signatures on paper with data entered manually by staff);
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 13 – point ii a (new)
ii)a whether the many cameras and the video surveillance have helped to prevent, detect or resolve thefts or in general how they have helped to increase the level of security in the Parliament;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the lack of security in Parliament's vicinity and is of the opinion that improved communication and cooperation with local police forces (including establishing joint security/police units) would result in a more efficient use of resources; encourages the institutions' to reach an agreement with the Belgian authorities on improving security within the EU district in Brussels by inter alia intensifying police patrols;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Notes that Article 12(9) of the Parliament's Internal Rules for the implementation of the budget, adopted on 27 April 2005, provide that the Internal Auditor's area of competence does not include the appropriations from Parliament's budget managed by political groups; further notes that the specific rules on the use of those appropriations require each political group to establish its own internal financial rules and to implement an internal control system but no mention is made of the internal audit function;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Observes that only the rules of one out of seven political groups provide for the appointment of an internal auditor; agrees with the Court of Auditors that the functional independence of groups does not justify the non-application of regulatory provisions on the inStresses that all political groups have to have a yearly external audit and have to present an external audit functioncertificate;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Stresses that it is the responsibility of the political groups to put in place their internal auditcontrol system and that this should not be the responsibility of Parliament's Internal Auditor and calls on the Bureau to integrate, as a matter of priority, this obligation in the rules following after consulting the political groupsconsult the political groups on how further audit provisions can be developed;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Notes the high cost of measures to prevent a possible H1N1 influenza outbreak implemented between mid- September 2009 and the end of March 2010, amounting to some EUR 1 261 000; stresses the need to evaluate the number of people who are likely to request the vaccine before purchasing vaccine in the future;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Notes that the human resources available to DG Communication consisted of 722 posts as at 31 December 2009 and the final appropriations managed amounted to EUR 80 935 000; asks to review the number and location of posts and give a detailed explanation of the underlying need for these posts with analysis of the effect and results by DG Communication;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Notes that Parliament has a contract with only one travel agency and sees a certain risk that such a monopolistic situation might prevent Members and Parliament obtaining the best available prices; requires an examination of the travel agency's ways of obtaining the tickets that are being offered to Members and assistants on official missions or to Members travelling between the work places, notes that tickets offered are not always the cheapest on the market for a specific class of ticket;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
Paragraph 98
98. Takes the view that the Secretary- General should provide the Committee on Budgetary Control with a note clarifying Parliament's role in the management and supervision of the Fund's assets; recalls that according to Pension Funds estimates, even after the implementation of the restrictive measures adopted in 2009 regarding the payment of entitlements, it will incur a considerable actuarial deficit and the Fund will exhaust its assets between 2020 and 2025; takes the view that this deficit should not be paid with tax payers' money, but by the Fund itself;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99
Paragraph 99
99. Stresses that real savings could be achieved if Parliament only had one seatworkplace in the same location as the other Union institutions; indeed, in the report of the Secretary- General on Parliament's preliminary draft estimates for 2011, the estimated annual cost arising from the geographical dispersion of Parliament has been estimated at around EUR 160 000 000, accounting for about 9% of Parliament's total budget; draws the attention to the fact that currently the decision to change this situation - and to make some EUR 160 000 000 of savings annually as well as to considerably lessen Parliament's carbon footprint - lies exclusively with the European Council (Member States); calls on the President of the European Parliament and on the Members who are negotiating the Union budget on behalf of the Parliament, to suggest to the European Council that they make it possible for the Union to make these savings.
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102
Paragraph 102
102. Encourages Parliament's administration to replace official cars with environmentally friendly vehicles by constantly modernising its fleet with less polluting cars and organising grouped transport with VIP minibuses to airports in Brussels and Strasbourg in order to reduce Parliament's carbon footprint; suggests purchasing bicycles which can be used by Members in Strasbourg in order to make it easier for Members to select a more environment friendly means of transport, leading to a reduction in the use of the official Members' cars in the long run;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104