3 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2010/2143(DEC)
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82 a (new)
Paragraph 82 a (new)
82a. Expresses its great appreciation of the high quality of the Parliament’s interpretation services, but regrets situations in which interpretation into certain languages is offered without being used; stresses the need for measures to decrease the costs of unneeded interpretation at meetings and therefore requests the development and urgent implementation of a system, which avoids the availability of interpretation into languages that are in practice not spoken at a given meeting;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82 b (new)
Paragraph 82 b (new)
82b. Suggests that such a system could, for example, provide that during working group meetings interpretation into the six largest official languages (FR, DE, EN, PL, ES, IT) will automatically be available, while interpretation into any other official language will only be available at the request of a Member by specific notification of his/her presence in advance, thus guaranteeing the right of Member to speak their own language should they wish to do so, while avoiding unneeded interpretation and unnecessary costs;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102 a (new)
Paragraph 102 a (new)
102a. Encourages, within the context of a sustainable Parliament, the use of the charter train from Brussels to Strasbourg for plenary sessions; is concerned about the increasing use of other means of transport by accredited assistants who can not obtain a ticket for the charter train; states that Members, parliament officials and accredited assistants should have priority over external customers in obtaining tickets for the charter train;