Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2020/2142(DEC)
Reports (2)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section II – European Council and Council
SECOND REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section II – European Council and Council
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, under the terms of Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the European Parliament shall give a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union; whereas the Council’s budget is a section of the Union budget;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, under the terms of Article 319 (2) TFEU, the Commission must submit to the European Parliament, at the latter’s request, any necessary information concerning the execution of expenditure and the operation of financial control systems;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the European Court of Justice’s case-law supports the right of taxpayers and public opinion to be kept informed on the use of public revenues;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that,Stresses the need for a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the provision of the information necessary for the European Parliament to take an informed decision on discharge; regrets that negotiations with the Council to that end have still not resumed and this despite the letter sent by Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control on 25 May 2020 to the secretary- general of the Council to inform that Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control has been mandated by Parliament's Conference of Presidents to reopen negotiations with the Council on cooperation during the annual discharge procedure, those negotiations have not yet resumed;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Is of the opinion that Parliament should address its decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget to the Commission alone, while continuing the practice of adopting accompanying resolutions with observations addressed to each of the Union’s institutions and bodies, so as to ensure that no section of the EU budget is implemented without proper scrutiny;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsidersSuggests that, while the current situation could be improved through better cooperation between the Union institutions within the Treaty framework, a revision of the Treaties could ultimately be required, so as to offer more legal clarity with regard to the discharge procedure by giving the European Parliament the explicit competence to grant discharge to all institutions and bodies individually; believes, in that regard, that the Conference on the fFuture of Europe provides an opportunity to discuss such a proposals to enhanc and explore possible ways to increase transparency and democratic accountability with regard to the protection of the Union’s financial interests.