Activities of Nikos ANDROULAKIS related to 2019/2055(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, Section III - Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (3)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points toTakes note of the ECA Special report No 35/2018 (“Transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs: more effort needed”), which finds; highlights that the ECA found that in the area of external action the Commission’s selection of non- governmental organisation (NGO) - led projects is generally transparent and that the Commission generally reported data on humanitarian and development assistance in accordance with international transparency standards; notes, however, that transparency is often lacking, regarding the implementation of Union funds by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), particularly when funds are sub-contracted by UN bodies; notes, furthermore, that the current regulatory framework does not impose any additional transparency requirements for NGOs compared to other beneficiaries; calls on the Commission to continue improveing its systems for tracing the use of funds implemented by NGOs and ensure and verify the correct application of rules and procedures, in line with the ECA’s recommendations, enabling also an assessment of the costs declared by all implementing actors; welcomes, in this context, the launch, in March 2019, of the EU Aid Explorer, a public website that shows all published data on external assistance from the EU institutions and Member States;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for efforts to address the weaknesses regarding indirect management of EU funds in some beneficiary countries of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA); notes with concern that IPA funds for Turkey barely addressed fundamental values including press freedom and impartiality of justice, while the Commission has made limited use of conditionality to support reforms in the priority sectors of democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the ECA's analytical review on European Defence and supports its recommendations; calls on the Commission as guardian of the treaties to ensure the coherence of all Union defence efforts carried out for the implementation of a Union activity under the CSDP (PESCO, EDIDP, EDF, CARD etc.) and to ensure synergies with NATO where necessary; considers that a competitive European defence technological and industrial base, enhancing Member States’ military capabilities and framing a European Defence Union must be one of the key objectives of the Union under the next MFF;