Activities of Martin EHRENHAUSER related to 2012/2176(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section X – European External Action Service PDF (189 KB) DOC (114 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. RecognisesIs concerned at the high number of posts at high grades, which is very cost- intensive; is surprised that an EEAS official was promoted by five grades within one year;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underscores the need for parliamentary oversight over the EU Intelligence Analysis Centre (INTCEN), the EU Military Staff Intelligence Division (EUMS INT), the Situation Room and the Satellite Centre, which produce analyses for decision-takers, inter alia on the basis of information forwarded by national intelligence services, and promote cooperation between those services;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Notes that INTCEN, EUMS INT and the Satellite Centre were incorporated into the EEAS, and the Situation Room established, in 2011; regrets that those entities, taken over from the Council’s General Secretariat, were set up within the EEAS on an ad hoc basis, with no coherent strategy and with no codecision role for the European Parliament; also regrets in this connection that SitCen, INTCEN’s predecessor, was set up in breach of Article 207(2) of the EC Treaty;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Notes with concern that, in her answers to the questions by the Committee on Budgetary Control in connection with the current discharge procedure, the High Representative was unable to provide information concerning funding for INTCEN, EUMS INT and the Situation Room and gave no precise figures for EUMS INT staffing;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls for separate EEAS budget headings for INTCEN, EUMS INT and the Situation Room in order to ensure democratic oversight and transparency;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Calls on the High Representative to provide detailed information on the budget and staffing for INTCEN, EUMS INT and the Situation Room in the EEAS’ annual activity report;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18f. Calls on the EEAS to publish, in its annual activity report, how many classified documents it 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;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18g. Calls on the EEAS to produce an overview of the emoluments paid by Member States to national experts at INTCEN, EUMS INT and the Situation Room;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes with concern that 39,5% of Union ambassadors come from the Member States; recalls the agreement that one-third of posts should be filled by staff from Member States; urges that the High Representative implement the agreement, which means middle and senior posts are to be included in that quota;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the statistics in the annual activity report, especially in relation to data on delegations, are not sufficiently accurate; calls on the EEAS to improve its performance by establishing key performance indicators that will give some continuity to the evaluation of the performance of the delegations; calls on the High Representative to report to the Committee on Budgetary Control in this connection;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Takes the view that publishing Union data makes innovations possible, brings about considerable overall economic benefits, and makes administrations more efficient; calls for the EEAS’ data to be made permanently available in machine- readable form, without charge, so as to make them freely reusable; is of the opinion that the data must not be constrained because of platform- or system-specific architecture and that the data format must be based on widely used and freely accessible standards and be supported and maintained by organisations which are independent of manufacturers; stresses that full documentation relating to format and all extensions must be made freely available; (Justification: For a modern, transparent administration, the fundamental principle of Open Government Data must apply.)