12 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2015/2040(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. the hearing process gives Parliament and EU citizens the opportunity to discover and evaluate the candidates’ personalities and, priorities and qualifications;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas equality between women and men must be ensured in all areas, including employment; whereas this requirement must be reflected in the composition of the European Commission; whereas despite repeated requests from Jean-Claude Juncker in 2014 the governments proposed a far greater number of male rather than female candidates; whereas the women who were proposed primarily come from Member States with smaller populations and the larger Member States largely ignored this requirement; whereas the only fair solution is to ask each Member State to propose two candidates, one male and one female, so that the President- designate is able to propose a high quality College with an equal number of men and women;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that article 3.3 of the TEU states that "The Union shall promote equality between women and men" and that article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union states that "Equality between women and men must be ensured in all areas, including employment, work and pay";
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that it would be useful to set a deadline by which all Member States have to put forward a candidate, so as to leave adequate time for the Commission President-elect to allocate the portfolios taking into account the working experience and background of the candidate, and for Parliament to conduct its hearings and evaluations, and asks its President to enter into discussion with the other institutions with a view to achieving this objective;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that it would be useful to set a deadline by which all Member States have to put forward atheir candidates, one male and one female, so as to leave adequate time for the Commission President-elect to allocate portfolios and for Parliament to conduct its hearings and evaluations, and asks its President to enter into discussion with the other institutions with a view to achieving this objective;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Further considers that it would be desirable forthe time has come to ask each Member State to put forward at least two candidates – one male and one female – for consideration by the Commission President-elect;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that it is the committees which are responsible for conducting the hearings; considers, howthat all hearings should follow a uniform, public format; believer,s that whopen a vice-president of the Commission has responsibilities which are primarily horizontal, theconference of presidents meetings are not an appropriate format for Commissioner- designate hearings, in the case where a Commissioner-designate has responsibilities which impact a number of committees then joint hearing cs should exceptionally be carried out in a different format such as a meeting of the Conference of Presidents or a meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs, providedbe organised, if this is not possible then multiple hearings should be organised with the relevant committees; considers it of the utmost importance that sueach a meeting is open to all Members and that there is adequate opportunity to address all relevant issuescommittee is able to audition the Commissioner-designate whose responsibilities are linked to their committee work;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent -1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – indent -1 (new)
– there must be a specific section of the Parliament’s website where the Commissioner-designates’ CVs and responses to written questions must be available, in advance of the public hearings, in all the official languages of the Union;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
– there should be a specific and visible place on Parliament’s website where the evaluations are placed within 24 hours after the hearing in accordance with the current version of the Annex XVI of the Rules of Procedure;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that horizontal issues affecting the composition, structure and working methods of the Commission as a whole, which cannot be adequately addressed by an individual Commissioner- designate, are a matter for the Commission President-elect; considers that such issues should be addressed at meetings between the President-elect and the Conference of Presidents open to all Members (one before the hearing process has started and one after it has ended);