11 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2020/2142(DEC)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Observes that the Council’s budget is mostly administrative with a large amount being used for expenditure concerning persons, buildings, furniture, equipment and miscellaneous running costs; calls onregrets that the request to separate the budget of the European Council and the Council into one budget for each institution that has been made by Parliament in previous discharge resolutions has not been considered and urges the Council, as it has done in previous discharge resolutions, to separate the budget of the European Council and the Council into one budget for each institution for reasons of transparency and to improve accountability and expenditure efficiency for both institutions;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises a slight reduction in the carry-over rate, amounting to 9,8 %, from 2019 to 2020 (as compared to a carry-over of 10,7 % from 2018 to 2019 and 11,5 % from 2017 to 2018); reminds the Council of the need, however, that carry-overs are exceptions to the principle of annuality and calls on the Council to strengthen its efforts to avoid budget over-estimates;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes, in the context of modernisation, the creation of a flatter management structure, by removing layers of hierarchy, with the aim of improving communication, making decision-making easier and empowering staff by allowing greater ownership of files; notes the introduction of a well-tested HR IT tool (SYSPER) and other IT tools used for managing the mission lifecycle; appreciates these steps and invites the Council to continue such efforts;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Welcomes the positive action programme of the General Secretariat of the Council for trainees with disability, which facilitates 4-6 paid traineeships a year to Union citizens with a recognised disability, as well as the reasonable accommodation policy of the Council which enables people with disabilities to perform a job on an equal basis with others;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Council to report on its gender action plan and measures taken to ensure equal opportunities for persons with disabilities at the Council as a workplace, the related procedures put in place and the actions taken to achieve a balance between women and men on all hierarchical levels; calls further on the Council to be provided with information on the geographical balance as well as the proportion of persons with disabilities among its staff;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Council to report on its gender action plan, the related procedures put in place and the actions taken to achieve a balance between women and men on all hierarchical levels; calls further on the Council to be provided with information on the geographical balance among its staff and the measures taken in order to ensure such balance;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is concerned not to find any chapter on an ethical framework on the official website of the Council consisting of rules to prevent, identify and avoid potential conflict of interests; calls on the Council to align with other Union institutions in this respect such as with the European Court of Justice’s website which has a dedicated section on transparency; calls on the Council to present a plan to introduce such measures with clearly set deadlines;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recalls that 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 EU overwhelmingly supported the Ombudsman’s proposals on legislative transparency and encourages the Council to continue its efforts to improve legislative transparency, particularly by recording and publishing member state positions and making available more trilogue documents; invites the Council to report on other measures taken in order to improve legislative transparency;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Draws attention to a complaint- based inquiry in which the Ombudsman asked the General Secretariat of the Council to keep a full record of any meetings held between lobbyists and the President of the European Council or members of his cabinet; echoes the Ombudsman’s statement that members of the President’s cabinet should only meet with, or attend events organised by, interest representatives that are registered in the transparency register; is concerned that this statement goes unnoticed and calls for a reply to the Ombudsman;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the fact that the improvements resulted in a better web user experience including for persons with disabilities, which has risen from 47 % at the end of 2018 to 67 % in December 2019; notes that the remaining audit recommendations, which are primarily related to user experience and content creation standards, will be implemented in 2020; asks the Council to further report to the discharge authority on the results and achievements of the audit recommendations particularly regarding access of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Advises that the positive trend of this process has been interrupted by the COVID-19-epidemic; recallsnotes with concern, however, that in autumn 2020 all attempts from Parliament’s side to meet for a first preliminary exchange with the Council failed;