Activities of Joachim ZELLER related to 2017/2136(DEC)
Reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, Section III – Commission and executive agencies PDF (1 MB) DOC (228 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. SupportNotes the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient states' conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub-Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission's ex-ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 250 a (new)
Paragraph 250 a (new)
250a. Insists that teaching and training programmes that are financed from Union funds such as PEGASE should be commensurate with common values such as freedom, tolerance and non- discrimination within education, as was decided upon by Union education ministers in Paris on 17 March 2015;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 254 a (new)
Paragraph 254 a (new)
254a. Asks the Commission to ensure that EU funding is disbursed in accordance with the UNESCO standards of peace and tolerance;