Activities of Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO related to 2016/2055(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the role of whistle-blowers in the protection of the EU’s financial interests
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the rights of both the whistle-blowers and the Public body or institution involved should enjoy the legal protection guaranteed by the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the national legal provisions;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that not all EU institutions and bodies have adopted the rules and calls for such rules to be applied without delay;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the Member-States are the first consignee of Funds from the European Union and therefore are bound to the scrutiny of the legality of their spending;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it necessary to foster an ethical culture helping to ensure that whistle-blowers will not suffer retaliation or face internal conflicts;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set up an EU legal framework on the protection of whistle-blowers without undermin a view to affording effective protection on the same footing ing Member State competencs and in all EU institutions and bodies;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set up an EU legal framework on the protection of whistle-blowers without underminingin order to improve their protection in the Member -State competences;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to refrain from criminalising the actions of whistle-blowers when they disclose information about illegal activities or irregularities against the EU’s financial interests;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for accessible secure direct channels to be set up for information about possible irregularities affecting the EU’s financial interests, while also ensuring confidentiality where such information and whistle-blowers are concerned;