4 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2021/2108(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management concluded in December 2020 between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council provides for rules on cooperation between the institutions on the budget, in line with the principles of budget discipline and sound financial management; whereas the aforesaid agreement is binding on the institutions that signed it and entails budget cooperation and transparency obligations;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the 2018 recommendations of the European Ombudsman in case OI/2/2017/TE found that the Council's practices in regard to transparency in the legislative process constituted maladministration; whereas the Council did not comply with these recommendations which would have enabled citizens to follow the EU's legislative process;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Council to comply fully with the obligations deriving from the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management in order to guarantee democratic scrutiny by Parliament and strengthen the democratic legitimacy of the work of the Council and transparency;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls to mind the European Ombudsman's inquiry (OI/2/2017) and recommendations on the transparency of the Council's legislative work; considers complying with the Ombudsman's recommendations to be an important step that would enable citizens to be involved in the legislative process of the European Union and better understand it, and that this would enable the Council to comply with Parliament's requests made during discharge; calls therefore for the Council to improve legislative transparency by making a greater number of documents, including those on interinstitutional negotiations, available;