2 Amendments of Thierry MARIANI related to 2020/2140(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Notes that no estimate of the level of error rate for spending under Heading 4 has been calculated for 2019 by the European Court of Auditors (ECA); emphasises that the ECA has identified limitations which may lead to an underestimation of the residual error rate (RER); fully supports the recommendations formulated by the ECA, in particular the need to disclose the limitations of the RER study in DG NEAR’s future annual activity reports, as well as strengthening DG NEAR’s checks of the external financing instruments’ (EFIs) by identifying and preventing recurrent errors; calls for more effective checks on funds for Lebanon in light of the information showing that the endemic corruption in Lebanon has resulted in the non-implementation of projects initially financed by the European Union and that the relevant funds have moreover been misappropriated;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its position that external assistance should be financed in full from the Union’s budget and emphasises that actions under the trust funds (EUTFs) are only bridging solutions until their full replacement by the future EFIs, in particular the Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance (IPA III); regrets that humanitarian objectives, such as preserving the dignity and human rights of migrants and other vulnerable groups have not been met in the implementation of actions under the TFs such as EU TF Madad and EU TF for Africa in several instances; recalls furthermore that the respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms, the promotion of the rule of law, democratic principles, transparency, good governance and peace and stability are essential elements of the EU TF for Colombia; calls on the Commission to increase scrutiny of the actions of the implementing partners in this regard. ; calls for consideration to be given to the reimbursement of funds paid out under successive instruments since 2005, should Turkey’s accession process be brought to a definitive end;