8 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2020/2133(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions are essential to enabling citizens to exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and thus to enhancing the democratic legitimacy and credibility of the Union while restoring confidence in the European integration process; recalls that, in her Political Guidelines for the 2019- 2024 Commission, the President of the Commission stressed that if citizens were to have faith in the EU, its institutions should be open and beyond reproach on ethics, transparency and integrity; recalls that the right to petitionmake a claim provides citizens with the most accessible way to enter into and maintain a direct dialogue with representatives from the EU institutions and thus contributes to improving openness, responsiveness and accountability while bridging the gap between citizens and EU institutions; notes in this regard that accessibility of the home pages dealing with claims should be fully granted also to persons with disabilities ;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that establishing the new ethics body should result in the individual EU institutions taking a horizontal approach to disadvantaged persons, enabling compliance with the principles of equality of opportunity and treatment to be guaranteed by all the institutions; stresses that the main priorities of the independent ethics body must include ensuring equal rights for persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged persons in the operation of the EU institutions;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a high level of transparency of the legislative process is essential to enabling citizens to hold their elected representatives and governments accountable; reiterates, therefore, its call on the Council to improve its rules and practices on transparency of its legislative process in line with the recommendations of the European Ombudsman, which have been overwhelmingly supported by Parliament in its resolution of 17 January 2019 on the Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU4 , which was based on the joint report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Petitions; recalls that transparency and accountability, as well as communication with EU bodies, must also be accessible for people with disabilities; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0045.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU institutions should apply the highest ethical standards to prevent any episodes of revolving doors and any conflicts of interests, also with regard to the appointments to senior positions in the EU institutions and agencies; expresses its concern that any such episodes, even if legally admissible, are significantly undermining the overall credibility of the EU institutions and often used by anti- European propaganda as a means of introducing euro-scepticism to the public;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the important role that the European Ombudsman plays in ensuring high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions; calls on its Committee on Constitutional Affairs committee to consider and to take into account the experience provided by the European Ombudsman when reflecting on the possible establishment of an independent ethics body; suggests the setting up of an EU interinstitutional working group that is tasked with discusscalls for an independent advisory ethics body within Parliament, consisting, and formulating recommendations on all aspects relatedmong others, of highly respectable former Members with a staunch record of responsiveness to the spubject matterlic opinion;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that ensuring equal rights and opportunities of people with disabilities and other disadvantaged people in the functioning of the EU institutions should be one of the main priorities of an independent advisory ethics body;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates, therefore, the need for the highest ethical standards for the Members of the European Parliament and calls for a strongn advisory ethics body within Parliament , consisting, among others, of highly respectable former Members with a staunch record of responsiveness to the public opinion;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that strengthening the existing procedures on the basis of analysis and evaluation of their effectiveness and public response is generally more effective than the introduction of new ones; highlights, that the establishment of an advisory ethics body should lead to a horizontal approach to disadvantaged people in each EU institution that can guarantee the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment for all institutions;