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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Notes that it was difficult to differentiate fully the President's political activities from his preparation as "Spitzenkandidat" to head the Party of European Socialists in the 2014 European elections; considers that an unequivocal distinction has not been made between the two roles; calls for a clear segregation of office holders' functions and candidates for European election campaigns; regrets the at least indirect use of Parliament staff to help prepare the campaign;deleted

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes the delivered list of the missions undertaken by the President in the first six months of the election year in answer to the questionnaire concerning the 2014 discharge; would like to request additional information on the transportation used by the President from Brussels to these meetings and whether private flights were also chartered;deleted

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Notes that in the period from 22 January to 18 April, the official international missions undertaken by the President were mostly with government and official representations attached to socialist parties and organisations; calls for further information in this regard;deleted

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Requests further information on the reasons for the President being accompanied by officials in the final days of the election campaign; requests also concrete information on the meetings that have not been listed in the answer to question 15 of the questionnaire;deleted

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Recalls its discharge resolution for the financial year 201210 , in which detailed information was called for "on how the President, as a politically neutral figure, has kept his duties in office separate from his preparations to head the Socialists and Democrats' list in the European elections, in particular with regard to the staff in his cabinet and in Parliament's information offices and to travel expenses"(par. 51); __________________ 10Resolution of the European Parliament, of 16 April 2014, with observations forming an integral part of its Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section I — European Parliament (OJ L 266, 5.9.2014, p. 3).deleted

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Regrets that the budget line for the provision of drinking water in meeting rooms will expire in July 2016; regards the availability of mineral water during long meetings as appropriate, both in summer and winter; criticises the excessive savings in service provision (such as paper, coffee, drinking water, canteens); calls for a rethinking of the saving targets for the committee weeks of the Parliament that doesn't harm its working environment;deleted

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. ~~Is deeply worried that the single critical action identified by the Parliament’s internal auditor concern~~Welcomes a better alignment of Parliament's subsidies to visitors' groups with the real costs incurred in this regard; however, is deeply worried that this is the single critical action identified by the Parliament's internal auditor;

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Notes the Court of Auditors’ finding in its landscape review of the financial management of the Union budget that the practice of making cash payments for the reimbursement of costs to visitor groups was a “high risk concern”; demands therefore that cash payments be eliminated as far as possible, for more transparency, for accommodation and transport, when reimbursing costs to visitor groups; points out the high reputational risk for Parliament and the significant security risk entailed in making cash payments to visitor groups; acknowledges the practical concerns and calls for an effective and real evaluation of alternative and efficient methods to making cash payments before adopting new rules governing the reception of visitors' groups;

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. ~~Criticizes~~Notes that the total cost of the LUX Prize in 2014~~, which~~ reached an all-time high of EUR 906 902 (2013: EUR 448 000 (2012: EUR 434 421); ~~deeply~~ regrets the fact that the results of a survey on awareness of the LUX-Prize, ~~requested in the 2013 discharge report,~~ is not yet available; calls for the results of this study to be available to the public by mid-May 2016 and an official presentation of the results to be made to its Committee on Budgetary Control;

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69

69. Encourages the travel agency to an intensify comparison of prices. Calls on the travel agency to actively seek less expensive tickets and offers when booking and, in general, to offer more competitive prices and packages and options with low cost companies; notes with concern that the staff in the travel agency have partly gained a reputation for their lack of cooperation and professionalism; calls for an improved service and specialised and certified staff;

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Cătălin Sorin IVAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78

~~78. Criticises the conversion of the Twitter official account of the “President of the European Parliament” into a personal campaign vehicle leading to a party website;~~deleted

2016/03/14
Committee: CONT

Activities of Cătălin Sorin IVAN related to 2015/2155(DEC)

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