Activities of Mary HONEYBALL related to 2015/2040(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Commissioner hearings: lessons to be taken from the 2014 process (A8-0197/2015 - Richard Corbett)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Procedures and practices regarding Commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that scrutinising the declarations of financial interests of the Commissioners-designate involves not only checking whether a declaration has been duly completed, but also establishing whether its contents reveal a conflict of interest; considers, in that case, that the Committee on Legal Affairs should have genuine investigative powershanced powers of scrutiny, including, in particular, the option of demanding the disclosure of any further information needed in order to carry out an in-depth assessment of the declarations, and the power to require the presence of the Commissioner-designate to answer further questions on the basis of the financial declarations without encroaching upon the privilege of the lead committee to conduct the hearing;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that it would be easier to guarantee the independence of Commissioners-designate if the Commission were not composed of one national of each Member State, in accordance with the spirit of Article 17(5) of the Treaty on European Union; takes the view that the Commissioners’ portfolios and the respective remits of the parliamentary committees should be linked; therefore calls on the European Council to review its decision on the number of Commissioners and to reduce it before the next Commission is appointedConsiders it desirable that there be a greater alignment between the Commissioners’ portfolios and the respective remits of the parliamentary committees, without the privilege of each institution to determine its own internal structure and composition being infringed by the other;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that it would be easier to guarantee the independence of Commissioners-designate if the Commission were not composed of one national of each Member State, in accordance with the spirit of Article 17(5) of the Treaty on European Union; takes the view that the Commissioners’ portfolios and the respective remits of the parliamentary committees should be linked; therefore calls on the European Council to review its decision on the number of Commissioners and to reduce it before the next Commission is appointed and with the understanding that the lead committee will make the final recommendation to the Conference of Presidents;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Proposes that an own-initiative report should be undertaken specifically into the issue of conflicts of interest in the financial declarations made by Commissioners-designate;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Further considers that, in this context, the gender balance of the proposed College should occupy a significant place in the process.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that there should be, in order to encourage more in-depth discussion, the structure of the hearing should allow for more flexibility, especially as regards the time allowed forright of Members to ask supplementary questions. ;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the Parliament in plenary should have the right to vote on individual commissioners-designate;