Activities of Margaritis SCHINAS related to 2009/2006(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2010 (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Recalls that the general direction of the 2010 budget and the challenges to which it should respond were outlined in its abovementioned resolution of 10 March 2009 on the budgetary guidelines; highlights particularly that optimal and equal access to language facilities for members and aspectctions relatinged to Parliament's enhanced legislative role will constitute fundamental elements of the 2010 budget;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Emphasises that timely cooperation between the Bureau and Committee on Budgets in jointly clarifying the budgetary consequences of decisions to be taken should be a fundamental part of how it deals with all major issues, while maintaining the formal prerogatives of each body;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Takes good note, within the context of considerable increases already granted for 2009, of the proposals for the restructuring of services and changes to the Establishment Plan as put forward by the Bureau; underlines its wish to consider the question of the related budgetary resources once a complete picture has been given of all the requests made, including those for groups, and stresses that it will be willing to carefully consider the package at that time; therefore decides not to authorise the creation of 30 new posts at this stagof their necessity in improving Parliament's functioning, particularly in respect of its legislative role; stresses that it will carefully consider the overall requests for posts in the autumn at first reading; therefore decides to put into reserve the 30 new posts at this stage and expects clear evidence that a major effort is being made in prioritising Parliament's legislative role; notes that the level of redeployment of posts suggested is very low and encourages further efforts on this issue;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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9. Considers essential that the medium to long-term building strategy plan is presented in good time before the first reading in the autumn in order to be able to make the budgetary decisions; cannotproposes ag ree to anyduction of the buildings reserve at this stage of the budget procedure and deletes the corresponding appropriationsthe introduction of an appropriate level of appropriations once the strategy in this area has been more clearly defined;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
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14. Invites the Bureau and Committee on Budgets to urgently address the Inter- Institutional Working Group on multilingualism in order to prepare a proposal (technical level) in order to make sure that inter-institutional cooperation in this field, especially as concerns the use of any free capacity, is improved; is disappointed, for instance, that the system in place for better sharing of translation between institutions is hardly used at all; expects to see a proposal on where possibilities for improvement exist before the first reading; also takes a keen interest in new technical tools for its translation services and encourages full development of thoseasks for information on their development and the related financial consequences during 2010;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. Asks the Secretary General to provide a cost/benefit analysis regarding the translation in peak times, including the outsourcing to freelancers and use of teleworking by internal staffan analysis of the possibility of applying alternative working methods;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
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16. RequSuggests an updatethat the feasibility onf how such resource sharing could be applied, in all the fields, in which the Institutions might have temporarily unused capacities, without diminishing the Institutions' independence and operational capacities (interpretation, renting out the premises, copy services, etc.), be examined;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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17. Welcomes the fact that the Bureau's proposal follows up on last year's main priority, namely legislative work, but is of the opinion that the posts suggested need to be further analysed and, as stated above, should be considered within an overall package; takes note ofwelcomes the fact that items linked to legislation, and co-decision in particular, were key beneficiaries of budgetaryconsidered in 2009 but expects further reinforcements to be made for 20109;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
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18. Welcomes theRecalls that clarification has been asked in the IT sector and expects a clear plan for an overall ICT strategy for Parliament and considers it, which is crucial in order to make best use of the resources at its disposal; strongly believes that such a plan must be coherent and strike a careful balance between the necessary 'centralisation' and economies- of-scale already implicit with the creation of a new and separate DG for this area, as well as the needs to maintain necessary flexibility at the level of the other DGs; wishes the Bureau to guard against overlaps and double spending; calls on Bureau to ensure that the ICT security and needs of the political groups be an integral part of such a plan;