29 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2015/2041(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard in particular to Articles 9 and 10 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) and to Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas dialogue between law-makers and society is an integral part of democracy;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the Commission, Parliament and the Council should record and disclose all input recea voluntary ‘legislatived from lobbyists/interestootprint’ (disclosing representatives onmet concerning draft policies, laws and amendments as a ‘legislative footprint’; suggests that this) on the part of the Commission, Parliament and the Council could improve the visibility of the workings of the European institutions; this voluntarily legislative footprint shcould for example consist of a form annexed to reports, detailing all intending to detail a comprehensive list of the lobbyists with whom those in charge of a particular file have met in the process of drawing up each report and a second document listing all written input received;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that, when interpreting ‘inappropriate behaviour’ within the meaning of point (b) of the Code of Conduct, this expression should be taken to include turning down formal invitations to hearings or committees without sufficient reason, besides the points as established in paragraph 10 of the European Parliament decision of 15 April 2014 on the modification of the interinstitutional agreement on the Transparency Register, also include turning down formal invitations to hearings or committees without sufficient justification, as requested in the European Parliament resolution of 25 November 2015 on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect (2015/2066(INI);
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that at least 5 % set percentage of declarations should be checked each year;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Believes that the Members’ declaration of financial interests form should be modified to require the declaration of net income received rather than gross, as the tax systems and social contributions differ widely between Member States; considers that this would give a much more accurate overview of the complementary sources of income which an MEP receives;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that the Members’ declaration of financial interests form should be further modified to require the declaration of non-income based benefits received because of activities undertaken which are complementary to their activities as an MEP;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that Article 3 of the Code of Conduct for Members should be rephrased to include a clear ban on Members holding side jobs or other paid work that could lead to a conflict of interest;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that it would be most necessary to modify the Code of Conduct so it can include a clear definition of ‘conflict of interests’;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that the Code of Conduct should be amended to provide for a three- year ‘cooling-off period’ during which Members may not engage in lobbying work in the area of their parliamentary responsibilitiesallow the Advisory Committee to assess a potential conflict of interest in the exercise of professional activities of the Member six months after leaving office;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Supports the Ombudsman’s call for entry in the lobby register to be made a requirement for appointment to expert groups provided that the Members concerned are not government officials and do not receive all or the vast majority of their other income from state institutions such as universitie; underlines the importance of avoiding conflicts of interests when appointing expert groups;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Considers that Article 15.2 of Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents has not been yet implemented; considers that the interinstitutional Committee could be an instrument to improve the efficiency of the European institutions; asks that the examination of the evolution of the access to documents should be presented before the European Parliament in a public way;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Believes that the chairs of Parliament’s committees shParliament negotiating team could proactively publish minutes and allthe so-called 4-column documents used in trialogues;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Believes that the attribution of posts within the European Parliament, for example committee chairs, should take into account both gender balance and competence, in order to remove the link between post attribution and national delegation size within different political groups;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Takes the view that Members should have access to all Commission documents, where necessary and when duly justified under exceptional circumstances through a reading room;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Takes the view that a balance is needed between informing citizens about the details of potential trade deals being negotiated and the need for negotiators not to have already revealed their full negotiating positions to their negotiating partners; recalls the highly strategic nature of these negotiations;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Believes that, when the Commission engages in trade negotiations, it should publish the negotiation mandates, all negotiating positions, all requests and offers and all consolidated draftmake available to the European Parliament, in confidence when necessary and duly justified, all relevant texts without the risk of jeopardizing the negotiation textsand prior to each negotiation round, so that the European Parliament and national parliaments, as well as civil society organisations and the wider public, can make recommendations thereon before the negotiations are closed for comments and the agreement goes to ratification;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40 a. Believes that when the Commission engages in trade negotiations it should publish the negotiating mandate;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10 a (new)
Subheading 10 a (new)
Transparency and accountability concerning the EU budget
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Notes that in 2014 a total of 40 cases into EU staff and members of the institutions were concluded, underlines that this figure is low and illustrates that fraud and corruption are not endemic within the EU institutions[1a ]; __________________ 1aThe OLAF report 2014, Fifteenth report of the European Anti-Fraud Office, 1 January to 31 December 2014
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 b (new)
Paragraph 42 b (new)
42 b. Highlights that in 2014 the highest number of potential fraud cases reported to OLAF concern the use of European Structural Funds (549 out of 1417 allegations); underlines that OLAF recommended the financial recovery of 476.5 million euros of structural funds in 2014; notes that 22.7 million euros were recovered by the relevant authorities following OLAF's recommendations in 2014; calls on Member States to prioritise the correct allocation of EU funds and to maximise efforts to recover them when they are not correctly allocated[1a ]; __________________ 1a The OLAF report 2014, Fifteenth report of the European Anti-Fraud Office, 1 January to 31 December 2014
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Supports national parliaments inviting Commissioners in order to question themfacilitate dialogue;