Activities of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2023/2095(REG)
Plenary speeches (1)
Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure with a view to strengthening integrity, independence and accountability (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 22 #
Rule 176 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Once the penalty becomes final, it shall be published prominently on Parliament's website as well as on the Member’s online page on Parliament’s website, and shall remain there for the rest of the parliamentary term.
Amendment 30 #
Annex I – Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Before taking up the office of Vice-President, Quaestor, Chair or Vice- chair of a committee or delegation, the Member shall submit a declaration indicating whether or not he or she is aware of having a conflict of interest in relation to the responsibilities of that office. In cases of doubt, the Member may seek advice in confidence from the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members, established under Article 7. If the Member is aware of having such a conflict of interest, he or she shall describe the conflict in that declaration. In that case, he or she may only take up the office if the respective body decides that the conflict of interest does not prevent the Member from exercising his or her mandate in the public interest. When such a conflict of interest arises during the exercise of the office in question, the Member shall submit a declaration describing that conflict and shall refrain from exercising the responsibilities with regard to this situation of conflict.
Amendment 32 #
Annex I – Article 3 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. A Member who is proposed as a rapporteur or shadow rapporteur or as a participant in an official delegation or in interinstitutional negotiations shall submit a declaration indicating whether or not he or she is aware of having a conflict of interest in relation to respectively the report or opinion or the delegation or negotiations in question. In cases of doubt, the Member may seek advice in confidence from the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members, established under Article 7. If the Member is aware of having such a conflict of interest, he or she shall describe the conflict in that declaration. Where the Member who has been proposed as a rapporteur declares that he or she has a conflict of interest, the Member may not be appointed rapporteur. Where the Member who has been proposed as a shadow rapporteur or as a participant in an official delegation or in interinstitutional negotiations declares that he or she has a conflict of interest, the Member may not be designated as shadow rapporteur or as participant in an official delegation or in interinstitutional negotiations.
Amendment 34 #
Annex I – Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) any regular remunerated activity which the Member undertakesn alongside the exercise of his or her office, whether as an employee or as a self-employed personthe Member’s office, including the name of the entity as well as the field and the nature of the activity,
Amendment 37 #
Annex I – Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Members of the European Parliament shall refrain from accepting, in the performance of their dutieir capacity as Members, any gifts or similar benefits, other than those with an approximate value of less than EUR 1500 given in accordance with courtesy usage or those given to them in accordance with courtesy usage when they are representing Parliament in an official capacity.
Amendment 38 #
Annex I – Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Any gifts with an approximate value of more than EUR 100 presented to a Members in accordance with paragraph 1 when they are or she is representing Parliament in an official capacity shall be handed over to the President and dealt with in accordance with implementing measures to be laid down by the Bureau pursuant to Article 9.
Amendment 40 #
Annex I – Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Publication of meetings 1. Members should only meet interest representatives that are entered in the transparency register. 2. Members shall publish online all scheduled meetings relating to parliamentary business - with interest representatives falling under the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or - with representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies. 3. The obligation laid down in paragraph 2 applies to meetings attended by the Member or by the Member’s parliamentary assistants on his or her behalf. 4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Members shall not publish a meeting the disclosure of which would endanger the life, physical integrity or liberty of an individual or may decide not to publish a meeting where there are other compelling reasons for maintaining confidentiality. Such meetings shall instead be declared to the President, who shall keep this declaration confidential or shall decide on an anonymised or delayed publication. The Bureau shall lay down the conditions under which the President may disclose such a declaration. 5. The Bureau shall provide for the necessary infrastructure on Parliament's website. 6. Article 4(5) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Amendment 42 #
Annex I – Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Members shall not engage with former Members for a period of six months after the end of their mandate in any activity, within the meaning of Article 5a, which could allow the former Members to influence the formulation or implementation of policy or legislation, or the decision-making processes of Parliament.
Amendment 45 #
Annex I – Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Advisory Committee shall be composed of five memberseight members. Five of those members shall be current Members of the European Parliament, appointed by the President at the beginning of his or her term of office from amongst, taking due account of the mMembers of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs, taking due account of' experience and of political and gender balance. The other three members shall be external experts with personal integrity and experience in professional ethics. They shall be appointed by the President at the beginning of his or her term of office. In the case of a vote, only the Mmembers' experience and of politic of the Advisory Committee who are Members of the European Parliament shall balance eligible to vote.
Amendment 47 #
Annex I – Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 51 #
Annex I – Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraphs 2 a and 2 b (new)