Entlastung 2022: Gesamthaushaltsplan der EU – Europäische Kommission

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1. Änderungsantrag 3 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

   Paragraph 18 a (new)

   Eingereicht von Marc Botenga, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kateřina Konečná · The Left

   Hinzugefügt: 18 a. Underlines that Commissioners’ salaries, pensions and benefits are overly generous; is concerned that these disproportionately high salaries completely alienate them from people's everyday lives, needs and struggles; considers therefore that allocating them more reasonable salaries and benefits will increase the chance of having MFF and yearly budget proposals more in line with working people's needs;

2. Änderungsantrag 4 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

   Paragraph 18 b (new)

   Eingereicht von Marc Botenga, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kateřina Konečná · The Left

   Hinzugefügt: 18 b. Proposes to cut the basic monthly salaries of all Commissioners by 50 %;

3. Änderungsantrag 9 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

   Paragraph 14 a (new)

   Eingereicht von Isabel García Muñoz · S&D

   Hinzugefügt: 14 a. Highlights that gender equality is one of the founding values of the Union and is enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; recalls the long-standing commitment of the Union to gender mainstreaming in its policy-making in order to identifying and redressing inequalities, as well as a necessary condition for the achievement of the Union's objectives of growth, employment and social cohesion; stresses the importance of continuing the efforts made in gender budgeting in particular, such as the pilot methodology to track gender equality expenditure in the multiannual financial framework, in order to ensure that gender mainstreaming in the Union budget is a success;

4. Änderungsantrag 19 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

   Paragraph 5 a (new)

   Eingereicht von Dominique Bilde, Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs · ID

   Hinzugefügt: 5 a. Expresses its disappointment at the Commission’s continuing lack of transparency with regard to the agreements it has concluded with the pharmaceutical companies that produce COVID-19 vaccines, as well as at the communications via text message between the President of the Commission and the CEO of a pharmaceutical company;

5. Änderungsantrag 21 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

   Paragraph 15 a (new)

   Eingereicht von Dominique Bilde, Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs · ID

   Hinzugefügt: 15 a. In this respect, expresses regret at the Commission’s lack of transparency as regards the organisations – in particular non-governmental organisations – to which it gives funds to the tune of several billion per year, without sufficient conditions in place or any ex-ante or ex-post checks being carried out on the entities concerned and their status; regrets that there are not even checks in place to screen for possible links to terrorist organisations;

6. Änderungsantrag 22 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

   Paragraph 15 b (new)

   Eingereicht von Dominique Bilde, Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs · ID

   Hinzugefügt: 15 b. Points out that the Qatargate scandal exposed both civil society organisations as catalysts for corruption as well as malicious interference by foreign governments; regrets the fact that NGOs and civil society organisations are still exempt from most anti-money laundering transparency and reporting obligations; emphasises that European Court of Auditors Special report No 35/2018 warns that NGOs are prone to be used for money laundering purposes; calls, therefore, for a definition of NGOs to be established at Unionlevel and for NGOs to be brought within the scope of Union action to combat money laundering;

7. Änderungsantrag 22 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

   Paragraph 15 b (new)

   Eingereicht von Dominique Bilde, Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs · ID

   Hinzugefügt: 15 b. Points out that the Qatargate scandal exposed both civil society organisations as catalysts for corruption as well as malicious interference by foreign governments; regrets the fact that NGOs and civil society organisations are still exempt from most anti-money laundering transparency and reporting obligations; emphasises that European Court of Auditors Special report No 35/2018 warns that NGOs are prone to be used for money laundering purposes; calls, therefore, for a definition of NGOs to be established at Unionlevel and for NGOs to be brought within the scope of Union action to combat money laundering;

8. Änderungsantrag 24 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

   Paragraph 9

   Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

   … Union budget, at any level, might be compromised for reasons beyond economic Entfernt: interest, particularly family, emotional life, political or national affinity; Hinzugefügt: interest; notes the highly fragmented legal framework across Member States and regions concerning conflicts of interest and Entfernt: welcomes Hinzugefügt: calls on the Commission’s guidance Entfernt: in promoting Hinzugefügt: to ensure legal clarity and promote a uniform interpretation and application; supports the Court’s observation in its Special …

9. Änderungsantrag 25 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

   Paragraph 11 a (new)

   Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

   Hinzugefügt: 11 a. Emphasises, in the context of the rule of law principle, the need to ensure clear standards and the effective separation of powers; highlights that all Union institutions and bodies should fully respect the principle of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary and should refrain from acting as a disciplinary chamber outside of the independent judicial system; highlights that in the case of breaches of law, the relevant Union institutions or bodies or the national authorities should be responsible; emphasises the need to avoid unfair denunciation or whistle-blowing procedures and that such procedures should be based on clear rule of law standards;

10. Änderungsantrag 26 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

    Paragraph 18 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

    Hinzugefügt: 18 a. Urges the Commission to ensure that contracts, payments and grant agreements with networks, companies, NGOs and all other partners funded by Union taxpayers’ money do not include political and subversive interference in the legislative processes and should not undermine the proper functioning and trust of the population in European or national authorities; insists, in this context, that Union funding should be used for a successful implementation of projects and programmes and to contribute to a lively, constructive and balanced civil society dialogue; calls on the Commission to seek a fair distribution of Union funds and stresses that under no circumstances should such funds be misused to incite hate, polarisation and violence; asks the Commission to identify and review all relevant contracts, agreements and partnerships of this kind and to take the necessary measures as soon as possible, including stopping relevant payments if needed, as well as to involve the EDES Panel in cases of severe misconduct; asks the Commission to report to the CONT committee on the actions taken in the autumn of 2024;

11. Änderungsantrag 29 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

    Paragraph 109 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

    Hinzugefügt: 109 a. Expresses strong concern about the recent case of alleged misuse of Unionfunds in contracts involving the purchase of face masks known as the “Koldo case”; is concerned that this misuse of Union funds and Uniontaxpayers’ money involved 14.6 million Euro from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and 3.1 million Euro from the EU Solidarity Fund; regrets that the EPPO received the relevant information from a private individual and not from the relevant national authority; urges Member States to report without delay to the EPPO any suspicion of misuse of Union funds in compliance with Article 24 of the EPPO Regulation; encourages the Commission to make use of external experts for audit purposes if a severe lack of capacity is identified in a Member State; notes that the alleged misuse of funds in the case was not discovered by the Commission despite having conducted audits; encourages the use of the four-eyes principle and a multiple step verification during the awarding of contracts in crisis situations if procurement procedures are not possible due to the crisis, in order to avoid possible misuse of Union funding; emphasises that the Commission should conduct in depth ex-post audits for contracts awarded without procurement procedures during crises in all concerned Member States; further notes that similar situations have occurred in other Member States including in a recently uncovered case of alleged fraud in Portugal involving ERDF funds and several cases in the Czech Republic on alleged misuse of REACT-EU funds in the purchase of medical equipment;

12. Änderungsantrag 29 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

    Paragraph 109 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

    Hinzugefügt: 109 a. Expresses strong concern about the recent case of alleged misuse of Unionfunds in contracts involving the purchase of face masks known as the “Koldo case”; is concerned that this misuse of Union funds and Uniontaxpayers’ money involved 14.6 million Euro from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and 3.1 million Euro from the EU Solidarity Fund; regrets that the EPPO received the relevant information from a private individual and not from the relevant national authority; urges Member States to report without delay to the EPPO any suspicion of misuse of Union funds in compliance with Article 24 of the EPPO Regulation; encourages the Commission to make use of external experts for audit purposes if a severe lack of capacity is identified in a Member State; notes that the alleged misuse of funds in the case was not discovered by the Commission despite having conducted audits; encourages the use of the four-eyes principle and a multiple step verification during the awarding of contracts in crisis situations if procurement procedures are not possible due to the crisis, in order to avoid possible misuse of Union funding; emphasises that the Commission should conduct in depth ex-post audits for contracts awarded without procurement procedures during crises in all concerned Member States; further notes that similar situations have occurred in other Member States including in a recently uncovered case of alleged fraud in Portugal involving ERDF funds and several cases in the Czech Republic on alleged misuse of REACT-EU funds in the purchase of medical equipment;

13. Änderungsantrag 30 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

    Paragraph 191

    Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

    191. Is concerned Entfernt: by the serious allegations made by Israel that 12 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) might have participated in the despicable terrorist attacks in October 2023; notes that the Agency immediately terminated their contracts and welcomes the launch of an UN investigation; notes that the allegations involve 12 out of 13 000 local members of staff of UNRWA in Gaza alone, who are themselves victims of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy while playing a critical role in distributing food, water, and medicine; notes that UNRWA has developed a specific framework to ensure the neutrality and independence of its operations in line with the UN standards, which includes vetting and due diligence measures, and shares the list of all its staff with the host countries, including Israel, on an annual basis; calls for full transparency regarding the conclusions of the UN investigation; Hinzugefügt: about credible reports that Union taxpayers’ money or funds of other donors could have been partially misused by the terrorist organisation Hamas; emphasises that the relevant Union funds should benefit the Palestinian civilian population and provide food, medical supplies, housing and basic infrastructure to the suffering population and notably to children, women, elderly and disabled persons; urges the Commission, in the context of delivering support and humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population, to diversify trusted partners, such as the WHO, UNICEF or different Red Crescent organisations; furthermore, is worried about other credible reports that certain employees of UNWRA could have been involved in or associated with acts of terror by the Hamas terrorist organisation; urges the Commission to guarantee independent controls of the UNRWA by external experts, the European Court of Auditors and experienced international partners, such as, but not limited to, Global Affairs Canada or AusAid;

14. Änderungsantrag 31 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

    Paragraph 196 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

    Hinzugefügt: 196 a. Expresses shock over the terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023 in which Hamas perpetrated violence, rape and other forms of sexual torture against women, female teenagers and girls of Israeli and other nationalities; emphasises that this targeted form of sexual violence and torture against women is systematically used as a war crime and terrorism; regrets the lack of focus of the EEAS and the Commission in the area of conflict-related sexual violence against women; calls for the setup of a mechanism to identify and provide support to victims, collect testimonies, identify perpetrators and take timely actions to ensure that similar situations do not occur in the future; calls for the establishment of a platform to provide visibility to victims and their suffering; calls for increased support to entities such as the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel or similar entities in conflict areas; emphasises that additional Union funding should be provided to victims of conflict-related sexual violence as well as to relevant education activities; notes the lack of data in annual activity reports on the amount of Union funds budgeted to support such victims and relevant entities; recommends the Commission provide clearer reporting on Union aid provided to such victims and relevant entities;

15. Änderungsantrag 31 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

    Paragraph 196 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa · PPE

    Hinzugefügt: 196 a. Expresses shock over the terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023 in which Hamas perpetrated violence, rape and other forms of sexual torture against women, female teenagers and girls of Israeli and other nationalities; emphasises that this targeted form of sexual violence and torture against women is systematically used as a war crime and terrorism; regrets the lack of focus of the EEAS and the Commission in the area of conflict-related sexual violence against women; calls for the setup of a mechanism to identify and provide support to victims, collect testimonies, identify perpetrators and take timely actions to ensure that similar situations do not occur in the future; calls for the establishment of a platform to provide visibility to victims and their suffering; calls for increased support to entities such as the Association of Rape Crisis Centres in Israel or similar entities in conflict areas; emphasises that additional Union funding should be provided to victims of conflict-related sexual violence as well as to relevant education activities; notes the lack of data in annual activity reports on the amount of Union funds budgeted to support such victims and relevant entities; recommends the Commission provide clearer reporting on Union aid provided to such victims and relevant entities;

16. Änderungsantrag 32 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

    Paragraph 275 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Cristian Terheş, Ryszard Czarnecki · ECR

    Hinzugefügt: 275 a. Recalls that on 14 October 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that there is an ongoing investigation into the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines in the EU and the fact that this exceptional confirmation comes after the extremely high public interest on the matter 1a; 1a https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/news/ongoing-eppo-investigation-acquisition-covid-19-vaccines-eu

17. Änderungsantrag 33 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

    Paragraph 280 – point i a (new)

    Eingereicht von Cristian Terheş, Ryszard Czarnecki · ECR

    Hinzugefügt: (i a) immediately publish the non-redacted versions of the Purchase Agreements for the COVID-19 vaccines;

18. Änderungsantrag 35 · EntschließungsantragAngenommen

    Paragraph 213 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Daniel Freund, Sergey Lagodinsky, Ciarán Cuffe +2 · Verts/ALE

    Hinzugefügt: 213 a. Notes the creation and subsequent recruitment of an EU SME Envoy which is an Hors-Classe Temporary Agent at grade AD15; regrets that multiple media outlets reported that the successful applicant was ultimately appointed despite having been outqualified in the recruitment assessments by the two remaining female candidates from underrepresented Member States, which questions whether the principles of merit, gender and geographical balance were taken into consideration; notes with concern that the successful candidate is an outgoing Member from President von der Leyen’s own German political party; calls on the Commission to rectify the situation by rescinding the appointment and launching a truly transparent and open process for the selection of the EU SME Envoy;

19. Änderungsantrag 37 · EntschließungsantragAbgelehnt

    Paragraph 120 a (new)

    Eingereicht von Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Hermann Tertsch · ECR

    Hinzugefügt: 120 a. Is concerned about the judicial case initiated in 2022 in Spain regarding alleged bribes for the purchase of health material for the fight against COVID-19 using Union funds, which resulted in the detention of an advisor to the former Minister of Transport; is deeply concerned about the discovery that came to light during that case, that the current Minister of Territorial Policy and the current President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain entered into contracts with the company of the detainee using ERDF funds and that the latter did not make a complaint when she discovered that the material purchased did not correspond with the product ordered, therefore constituting a fraud, and only made a complaint when she had to leave office as a result of losing her seat in the elections; takes note of the response of the European Commission regarding a request to investigate the evidence through the European Public Prosecutor's Office and requests a full investigation of all the contracts and payments related to this case made by private companies and the public administration of Spain, to discover any possible connections of the Spanish Government and the Spanish Socialist Party to this scheme; requests that once the case is resolved, that all the percentages and amounts of funds embezzled be published and that it is ensured that all the defrauded money be returned by the persons implicated; denounces that similar cases are being discovered regarding purchases made from Chinese companies and requests that all suspicious contracts made during the COVID 19 pandemic be investigated;