4 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2018/2168(DEC)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Parliament's role in respect of the budget discharge is specified in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes theRegrets the substantial increase of EUR 16,5 million (+3 %) in the budget of the European Council and Council in 2017 compared to an increase of 0,6 % in 2016 and urges that administrative expenditure by the EU institutions be streamlined and reduced as much as possible in order to send a message of fellowship with European citizens;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets that the Council again failed to provide answers to the written questions sent by Parliament and that the Secretary General of the Council did not attend the hearing organised on 27 November 2018 in the context of the annual discharge; stresses that the expenditure of Council must be scrutinised in the same way as that of other institutions and points out that the fundamental elements of such scrutiny have been laid down in its discharge resolutions of the past years; points out that the European Parliament is the only institution directly elected by Union citizens and that its role in the discharge procedure is directly connected with citizens' right to be informed on how public money is spent;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that, pursuant to the Treaties, Parliament is the only discharge authority of the Union, and that, in full acknowledgement of Council’s role as an institution giving recommendations in the discharge procedure, a distinction must be maintained in respect of the different roles of Parliament and Council in order to comply with the institutional framework laid down in the Treaties and in the Financial Regulation;