4 Amendments of Dennis de JONG related to 2018/2113(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that no real legal sanction is available if Parliament decides not to grant discharge to the Commission; but that not granting discharge is nevertheless a strong political signal, as it means that Parliament has not sufficient confidence in the Commission’s accountability and therefore should not be left unanswered by the Commission but should lead to definite follow-up actions aimed at improvement of the situation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to reduce the number of spending programmes by a third and to make the rules more coherent; stresses that in order to actually achieve simplification for beneficiaries, all unnecessary rules, requirements and procedures should be eliminated, without, however, putting at risk the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 30 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 30 – point b a (new)
b a) an assessment of all preventive and corrective measures taken against funding falling prey to corruption or conflicts of interest.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Recalls that the close political links between Parliament and the Commission were recently strengthened by the so-called Spitzenkandidaten system; welcomes this attempt to address the democratic deficit of the EU, to strengthen its legitimacy and build trust among EU citizens; recalls, however, the inherent risk related to party financing and calls on the Commission to address the shortcomings of the current political party financing model, in order to prevent fraud and ensure that the financing of electoral campaigns is fully transparent.