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Transparency, Accountability and Integrity in the EU Institutions
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This is a first draft of the political suggestions and demands of my initiative report on: “Transparency, Accountability and Integrity in the EU Institutions”. It will be introduced through a more formal part which will be added once the political parts in finalized. We used this political opportunity to collect bold proposals to win back the shrinked trust of citizens in EU institutions. EU institutions should become THE example of clean, transparent and accountable politics. Ideally to achieve progress also for Member States’ institutions to overcome corruption and lack of transparency.
The collection and discussion of suggestions on this platform will be closed on the 25th of September so that enough time for the formal polishing of the report remains.
We ask all of you of your opinion on the proposed text (using the thumbs up or down or comments) and ideas (to add new ideas use the (+) symbol). We thank those a lot who already send their input via our online form found on sven-giegold.de/transparency and also those who contributed to the call of Democracy International. We tried to include your ideas nevertheless please continue making suggestions and corrections in this draft where you feel it would help our task.
I will read each and every of your comments which is formulated in a respectful and constructive way. Thanks in advance for all votes and comments!
With Green European greetings
Sven Giegold, Greens/EFA MEP and rapporteur of the initiative report
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P9 Requests bureau to propose an amendment to t
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P3 Notes first evaluations of published data ab
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P1 Welcomes the Commission’s decisions of 25.11
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P33 Encourages and empowers the Joint Transparen
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With a view to full implementation of thos
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P16 Regrets that so far Commission's intend for
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Considers that, following the entry into f
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P30 calls on Joint Transparency Register Secreta
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P130 takes note of the public discussion about th
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P89 Recognises that strong reasons such as publi
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P69 Believes the Code of Conduct should be amend
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P61 Believes the internally chosen members of th
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P23 Calls on all Member States to introduce a ma
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conflicts of interest in Commission
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P76 Believes for Members of the European Commiss
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P91 Believes the TFEU’s exclusions from this oth
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P86 Notes that complaints indicate this principl
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P28 Believes another amendment should make manda
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P88 Notes in that regard that although the defin
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P20 Recognises the role played by the Council si
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P97 Believes the ECB should also uphold the righ
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P24 Welcomes progress made on the quality of the
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granting access to the information availab
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P59 Encourages its President to give written exp
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P10 Welcomes existing Lobbying laws forseeing ma
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P100 Believes that the Ombudsman’s mandate as ind
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P68 Believes the rule should imply more intense
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P70 Believes violations of this Code of Conduct
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P154 Calls on the Commission to draw up a framewo
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Considers that the structure and the staff
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P6 Reaffirms the importance of the free mandate
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Parliament should be as transparent as Commi
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P92 Believes those who wilfully act to undermine
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P4 Calls on the Commission to immediately exten
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on the access to EU documents
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P85 Believes the principle of widest possible op
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P2 Considers this incentive for lobbyists to re
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P87 Believes the principle should be understood
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P109 Welcomes the Ombudsman’s inquiry into expert
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making EU documents more accessible by cre
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Welcomes and encourages the role played by
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P25 Notes that despite efforts made so far plent
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Carefully assess individuals' backgrounds
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P131 Considers that a reading room for confidenti
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P31 Expects that the annual report on the operat
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P15 Insists that the next review of the Transpar
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P144 Believes effective whistleblower protection
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P137 notes that preparatory documents are regular
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P132 notes that some national parliamentarians en
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P141 Regrets the Ombudsman found only two of nine
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P90 Considers protection of human rights, agains
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P142 Supports the reminder within the Commission’
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P93 Believes the Regulation’s paragraph 14 of th
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P98 Requests the Commission to negotiate when co
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on transparency of the external representati
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P110 Believes that concerning the selection of pa
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P129 Requests all Chairs of its Committees to ens
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recommendations on other institutions
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P123 Notes how trilogues have become the rule ins
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P99 Encourages all institutions to consider supp
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on the fight against corruption involving th
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widening its scope to encompass all the EU
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P112 Believes existing regulations concerning exp
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Welcomes the Commission's intention to fol
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P145 Notes that corruption is found to cause sign
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ensuring that Parliament leads by example
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Ensure that no individual with any actual,
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Extending the Commission’s Lobby transparenc
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P81 Considers control by the European Parliament
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P41 Requests its President and bureau to analyse
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P7 Considers access of individual citizens and
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burden sharing with Lobbyists for Lobby tran
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P11 Considers lobby transparency via monthly rep
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P12 Recognises debates on how far EU treaties al
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P14 Considers that this and future reviews of th
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P17 Reiterates its call of 14 April 2014 on the
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P19 Considers that in any event, a further evalu
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P26 Underlines that non-registered organisations
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P27 Believes that the Code of Conduct attached t
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P29 Requests the Joint Transparency Register Sec
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P34 Considers among its members those appointed
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P36 Regrets the present disincentive to publish
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P37 Calls on its President and Bureau to explore
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P40 Notes complains by members about areas of EU
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sanctioning the Code of Conduct for lobbyist
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P80 Considers the present regulation of 12.000 E
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P64 Requests its President to arrange for the im
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P79 Recognises progress in transparency of finan
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P77 Believes similar rules must also apply to se
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P75 centralised publication to allow for compari
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P74 publication in machine readable format,
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P71 Believes that the Code of Conduct attached t
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P66 Encourages its Bureau to propose ways to ins
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P63 Believes Rules of Procedure’s articles on de
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lawyers who lobby
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P58 Requests its President to publish all recomm
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LATEST COMMENTS
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Extending the Commission’s Lobby transparency initiative
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- Welcomes the Commission’s decisions of 25.11.2015 to publish information on meetings held between Members of the Commission or General Directors on the one hand and organisations or self-employed individuals on the other online latest 2 weeks after the meeting took place; equally welcomes president Juncker’s announcement that Members of the Commission should only meet organisations and self-employed individuals which feature in the Transparency Register;
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P2
- Considers this incentive for lobbyists to register the strongest since European Parliament’s decision to hand out longer term badges allowing access to its premises only for registered lobbyists;
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P3
- Notes first evaluations of published data about lobby meetings of Commissioners and Commission staff to reveal a significant inbalance between business lobbyists and representatives of broader societal interests and therefore encourages Commission to develop proposals how to achieve a better balance on who influences legislation including the option to limit meetings with one side if no better option would be available;
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P4
- Calls on the Commission to immediately extend this policy not to meet with unregistered lobbyists to all hierarchy levels of Commission staff involved in legislation, preparation and implementation including EU agencies;
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- Calls on the Commission to extend its policy not to meet unregistered lobbyists to all relevant activities including
- granting patronage for any events organised by an organisation falling within the scope of the Transparency Register,
- participation in Commission advisory bodies and expert groups,
- any invitations to events organised by non-registered organisations,
- hosting or co-hosting events on Commission premises;
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Parliament should be as transparent as Commission
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- Reaffirms the importance of the free mandate all members of the European Parliament need to act in the best interest of their constituents;
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- Considers access of individual citizens and of whistleblowers to their representatives a protected space that deserves privacy and legal protection;
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P8
- Considers contacts with representatives of organised interests something to be rightly governed by rules providing for transparency;
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P9
- Requests bureau to propose an amendment to the Code of Conduct for members to include rules
- calling members not to meet with unregistered lobbyists
- calling members to publish lists with all lobby meetings including the name and organisation of the lobbyist as well as date and topic and if available legislative files that were discussed
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burden sharing with Lobbyists for Lobby transparency
P10
- Welcomes existing Lobbying laws forseeing mandatory monthly reports by Lobbyists listing all their Lobby meetings with officials and holders of public offices;
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P11
- Considers lobby transparency via monthly reporting by Lobbyists about their meetings as important element for future EU legislation;
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P12
- Recognises debates on how far EU treaties allow for legislation of lobby activities and calls on the European Council to help in clarifying the right of EU institutions to legislate on conditions to guarantee an open, efficient and independent European administration as stipulated by article 298 TEU
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new inter institutional agreement for a mandatory register
P13
- Welcomes Commission's announcement to present a new draft Interinstitutional Agreement for a mandatory EU lobby transparency register by the end of 2015;
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P14
- Considers that this and future reviews of the Transparency Register should be as transparent and inclusive as possible and should fully involve its competent committee and allow for strong civil society participation;
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P15
- Insists that the next review of the Transparency Register is accompanied by a public consultation;
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P16
- Regrets that so far Commission's intend for a modification of the Agreement of 23 June 2011 is not to propose the establishment of a mandatory transparency register; reiterates therefore its call for mandatory registration in relation to the conduct of lobbying activities at the EU institutions, as already stated in its abovementioned resolutions of 8 May 2008, 15 April 2014 and its abovementioned decision of 11 May 2011;
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