4 Amendments of Daniel FREUND related to 2020/2142(DEC)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the impossibility to grant discharge to the Council has resulted, since 2009, in more than EUR 6 billion in public funds being spent without democratic scrutiny;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Is of the opinion that, if no interinstitutional solution is found, Parliament should grant discharge to the Commission only, while continuing with the practice of adopting accompanying resolutions with observations addressed to each of the Union’s institutions and bodies, so as to ensure that no section of the EU budget is implemented without proper scrutiny;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Takes the view that, while the current situation can be solved through sincere and loyal cooperation between Union institutions, the possibility of a revision of the Treaties could ultimately be considered in order to task the Parliament with the explicit competence to grant discharge to all institutions and bodies individually;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Reiterates its full endorsement of the Ombudsman’s recommendations following the strategic inquiry on the transparency of the legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU; urges the Council to take all necessary measures to implement them without undue delay;