Activities of Martin EHRENHAUSER related to 2012/2168(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section I – European Parliament PDF (288 KB) DOC (278 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that scrutiny is necessary to ensure that Parliament's administration is held accountable and that only full and complete transparency offers citizens of the Union an insight into Parliament's use of the resources put at its disposal; stresses however that the Parliament's discharge procedure involves non-negligible risks for the reputation of the Parliament as an institution;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes that, on 22 September 2011, the representatives of the Bureau and of the Committee on Budgets reached agreement on additional saving measures that were subsequently incorporated into Parliament’s 2012 budget; firmly holds that those smart savings measures of almost EUR 40 000 000 do not affect either the efficiency of Parliament’s activities or the resources made available to each Member; calls on the Bureau to bring in an incentives scheme for Parliament officials which provides financial rewards for suggestions for successfully introduced savings through optimising work processes with no loss of administrative performance quality; calls on the Secretary-General to keep the Council and the Commission informed on Parliament's achievements and, to this end, to obtain information on their actions and to request to be informed of the answers received;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the new Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament with respect to financial interests and conflicts of interest adopted by its plenary on 1 December 2011; notes that Members are required to make full disclosure of any remunerated activities outside Parliament, of the remuneration they receive, and of any other functions that they perform which may give rise to conflicts of interest; further notes that the code expressly prohibits Members from accepting any sum of money or other gift in exchange for influencing Parliament decisions; notes with satisfaction that it lays down clear rules on accepting gifts and on former Members engaging in lobbying; firmly believes, however, that conflicts of interest must be checked on and penalised more stringently;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Parliament’s Administration to publish all declarations of MEPs’ financial interests, broken down by year, in machine-readable form in the MEP profile section of Parliament's website;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Regrets the fact that a good number of declarations of MEPs’ financial interests are either blank or incomplete or formally incorrect;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Is concerned that, one year after the entry into force of the Code of Conduct, the implementing measures in respect of Article 5(3) - to ensure transparency with regard to Members’ travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses paid by third parties - have not yet been adopted; points out that it is imperative that the implementing measures be adopted quickly; firmly believes that all third-party-paid travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses of EUR 150 or more must be disclosed;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Is of the opinion that the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members must not only comprise MEPs, but, rather, must have a majority made up of external, independent experts permanently appointed;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Firmly believes that appropriate, mandatory remuneration must be introduced for all traineeships, including traineeships in MEPs’ offices and political groups, which last for more than one month and are not compulsory components of a degree or training course;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Takes the view that there can be independent European policy-making only if there is sufficient scientific and legal expertise in Parliament;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Bureau to give Parliament’s Legal Service the appropriate staffing and resources to enable each MEP to request legal opinions on a limited scale;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Calls on the Bureau to set up a research service within Parliament with the appropriate staffing and resources to enable each MEP to request research studies on a limited scale;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Reiterates that the area of security is a very sensitive sector in any parliament, but even more so in a multinational one, with high visibility and constant visits from Heads of State and government; notes that the average daily presence in the Parliament's premises in Brussels is 12 000; invites the Secretary-General to present to the competent committee the situation in this respect and insists on the need to define classified security perimeters in Parliament's premises or security zones with different levels of security and restricted access for outsiders;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Takes note of the Bureau's adoption, by unanimity, of the "New global security concept" on 6 July 2011 which includes the idea of reserving the various entrances to Parliament for different categories of users; requests to be informed of the implementation of the "New global security concept" by the end of 2013; insists on the continuing reinforcement of security in the Parliament's premises;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 b (new)
Paragraph 69 b (new)
69b. Calls on the Parliament department responsible to publish, on the Parliament website, how many classified documents Parliament has produced, broken down by level of classification, and how many classified documents, broken down by level of classification, it has received from (or forwarded to) individual institutions, other bodies and Member States of the European Union and third parties;