9 Amendments of Raffaele FITTO related to 2016/2152(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants itsPostpones its decision on granting the President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the financial year 2015;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out, however, that the reputational risk in the case of the Parliament’s budgetary and financial management is relatively high, especially against the background of the Members of Parliament (MEPs) being the representatives of the citizens in the Union and hence any irregularities do not only damage the administration’s reputation, but also undermine the credibility of the MEPs as aneven if the error rate is remarkably low, the reputational risk is relatively high, given that such financial and budgetary errors might impact negatively on the standing of the institution;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes furthermore note of the specific findings concerning Parliament contained in the annual report of the Court for 2015; notes that the Court found that in one out of the sixteen Parliament transactions examined, related to a political group, the Court found weaknesses in controls of the authoriszation and settlement of expenditure made in 2014 but cleared in 2015, and in the related procurement procedures; these involved only one out of 16 Parliament transactions and these weaknesses were cleared in 2015;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Believes that MEPs ought to be able to use the Parliament’s website to provide their constituencies with maximum transparency on their activities and therefore calls upon the secretary-general to develop a system in which MEPs can indicate how they want their personal webpages to be organised; refers, in this respect, to the wish of certain MEPs to have their diaries and, in particular, their meetings with interest representatives, included on these webpages, and urges the secretary-general to make this possible without further delays, as already requested in Parliament’s 2014 discharge resolution;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the bureau to make it possible for MEPs who wish to do so, to have their accounts relating to the general expenditure allowance audited by the Parliament’s administration in a manner that is both efficient and effective (for example, by taking samples or by concentrating on expenditures over a certai; asks the bureau to insure that any measure taken financial threshold) and to publish the results on their personal webpages on the Parliament’s website; alternatively, to earmark a percentage of the general expenditure allowance for MEPs to hire an external audit this regard produces no additional costs; recalls about the answer to the 2014 discharge questionnaire that "a comprehensive system of control and direct payment of the general expenditure allowance (GEA) would necessitate the creation of 40 to 75 new posts in the area of financial management, depending on the degree of control required"; recalls about the principle of the independence of the mandate;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Is, however, not convinced of the effectiveness of Parliament’s communication strategy in respect of those who are not automatically interested in Parliament’s activities or are even sceptical about its functioning; invites the secretary- general to develop a new strategy to reach also these citizens and to concentrate in that respect less on “sending messages” than on facilitating access to information and on addressing unjustified prejudices against the Parliament; hopes the secretary-general would put in place a communication strategy that can improve the cost-effectiveness ratio, avoiding unnecessary and costly advertising campaigns;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Notes with concern the on-going discussions on the nature of temporary exhibitions and is not convinced of the factbelieves that deciding on the contents of exhibitions in the House of European History shouldn´t belongs to Parliament’s core business, let alone the management of a museum;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Calls therefore on the bureau to consider the separation of the management of the House from Parliament’s own administration and to create for this purpose a separate body with the necessary expertise and its own budget for running a museum;