Activities of Daniel FREUND related to 2023/2130(DEC)
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REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section I – European Parliament
Amendments (45)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that 21 transfers were approved by Parliament’s Committee on Budgets (‘C transfers’), in accordance with Articles 31 and 49 of the Financial Regulation, in the financial year 2022, amounting to EUR 88 449 115 or 4,09 % of final appropriations; notes that the President authorised 11 transfers (‘P transfers’) amounting to EUR 34 246 879 or 1,6 % of the 2022 budget; enquires between which budget lines these P transfers occurred; calls on the presidency to inform the Budgetary Control Committee proactively of the amounts and budget lines concerned;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Multiannual Financial Framework Heading 7 ‘European public administration’ accounts for EUR 11.6 billion or 5,9% of the Union budget in 2022, of which Parliament accounts for EUR 2.2 billion or 18,9 %; welcomes the fact that the Court found that the level of error in spending on ‘European public administration’ was not material; calls on the Parliament to check and identify which type of transactions had a high share of errors, although below the materiality threshold and explore the changes in procedure needed to avoid and detect similar errors in the future;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the commitment of the administration to increase the guidance for political groups on the proper implementation of Parliament’s internal rules and assist them with the aim of improving their internal financial management; calls on the Secretary General to report back to the Budgetary Control Committee when new guidelines on the application of the rules on public procurement by the political groups will be revised and welcomes the fact that it will further clarify the guidelines on procurement by political groups;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the 2022 follow-up process resulted in the closure of 38 of the 92 open actions and for which the agreed due dates for implementation had expired; stresses the fact that some of the 54 remaining actions were recommended several years ago but remain unimplemented; expects the different directorates-general to ensure that the remaining actions are closed without any further delay and that the agreed actions are implemented in accordance with the due dates set in the internal auditor’s annual report; calls on the Secretary- General to report to the discharge authority twice per year on the status of the remaining actions;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Acknowledges that, in accordance with Article 118(9) of the Financial Regulation, the reports and findings of the internal auditor, as well as the report of the Union institution concerned, shall be accessible to the public after the internal auditor has validated the action taken for their implementation; welcomes the fact thatnotes that in practice the reports and findings are only published once all recommendations have been implemented; regrets that this results in a de facto delay of publication for several years; also regrets that Members may only read them internal auditor reports the secure reading room for as long as recommended measures have not been implemented; calls on the Bureau to allow Members to have immediate and full access to the internal audit reports; further calls on the Bureau to make each internal audit report available to the public one year after its finalisation, once the internal auditor has validated the actions taken to implement, calls on the internal auditor to regularly report to the Committee on Budgetary Control on the annual audit activities carried out;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes the procedural changes to the Parliament’s discharge; welcomes the introduction of additional hearings with Directors General; is concerned about a potential narrowing down of authorised written questions; notes the changes in the structure of the discharge report; is concerned that the new structure might mitigate certain horizontal issues and a follow-up to the implementation of certain decisions that in practice take longer than one year;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the prompt actions taken by Parliament on the events in December 2022alleged corruption scandal also known as the Qatargate; welcomes the contribution of DG PRES to the 14-point action plan proposed by the President and its efforts in implementing the new rules on integrity and transparency; further welcomes the efforts by Parliament’s political authorities to enhance transparency, integrity and accountability at Parliament but highlights that the actions and measures proposed by the 14-point have later been implemented rather hesitantly and that initially the implementation of the plan has been delegated to a secretive working group in the Constitutional Affairs Committee; stresses the importance of discussing measures related to transparency and accountability in public; calls on the administration to track the budgetary and financial impact of these measures; (This amendment is based on a recommendation from Transparency International.)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Recalls that, in July 2021, Parliament, the Commission and the Council adopted an Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) on a mandatory transparency register; notes that while introducing some principles to enhance a common culture of transparency, the IIA leaves the three signatories to implement the conditionality and subsequent complementary measures as they see fit; points out that Parliament has improved conditionality while Council’s participation remains limited;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the increased use of the transparency register as an information and reference tool for interest representation activities at Union level; notes the continuous improvement in the quality of information on the public database resulting from eligibility and data quality checks of new applicants; welcomes the regular communicwelcomes the regular communication, helpdesk and awareness-raising activities undertaken by the Secretariat among stakeholders both within the institutions and outside, as well as the development of IT solutions to improve the transparency register; notes that the quality of entries in the Transparency Register has improved over recent years and commends the role of the Joint Secretariat in that improvement, despite limited resources; regrets, however, that the overall quality entries remains unsatisfactory with the Secretariat’s targeted quality checks of 4 238 entries over the course of 2022 finding thati on, helpdesk and awareness-raising activities undertaken by the Secretariat among stakeholders both within the institutions and outside, as well as the development of IT solutions to improve the transparency register; ly 44% provided satisfactory data quality, a number similar to 2021 (+ 4%); stresses the need to allocate additional resources for the Secretariat to allow for scrutiny of the Transparency Register to ensure data quality; Calls for an expansion of its scope to include representatives of non- EU countries; (This amendment is based on a recommendation from Transparency International.)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Recalls that Rule 11 of the Rules of Procedure obliges members to publish their meetings with interest representatives; notes with great concern that in the period until 26 January 2023, 261 current Members had not published a single meeting with an interest representative on Parliament’s website; recalls that information and reminder notices on the obligation to publish meetings should be sent to all Members at regular intervals; (This amendment is based on a recommendation from Transparency International.)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls, as a consequence of the events at the end of 2022, for the establishment of robust standards on transparency and access to institutions for entities listed in the transparency register, including NGOs; recalls that NGOs were allegedly misused as vectors of foreign interference in European Parliamentarism's decision-making processes; reiterates, in this context, the need for comprehensive financial pre-screening of entities before they are listed in the transparency register;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Stresses the need for a thorough pre-check as part of registration in the transparency register to disclose all funding sources; notes that funding from Union funds must be traceable from the direct recipient to the final beneficiary when funds are passed on in a chain; calls for a revision of the guidelines for registration in the transparency register to disclose all incoming and outgoing funds, including the transfer of funds from one NGO and stakeholder to another; underlines that NGONotes that funding from Union funds must be traceable from the direct recipient to the final beneficiary; underlines that all registrants receiving money from third parties, whose registration in the transparency register is not required, need to disclose the source of their funding by specifying the same information as all regular registrants;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers roll call votes (RCV) to be a key instrument for transparency and accountability towards the Union’s citizens; calls for introducing automatic RCV to any final vote except for secret ballots, and for increasing the number of RCV that are possible for a political group to ask for per part-session in Rule 190-2, or exempting legislative files from that limitation;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Recalls that, on 13 January 2020, the Bureau approved new and more ambitious targets for gender balance at the senior and middle management levels of Parliament’s administration to be achieved by 2024, meaning that women should occupy 50% of head of units posts, 50% of director posts and 40% of director-general posts; notwelcomes that in 2022, women occupied 28.6 % of director-general posts, 50.8 % of director posts, and 43.5 % of head of unit posts 43.5% of heads of unit and 50,8% of directors are women, while the percentage of women occupying director-general positions has increased from 15.4% to 28.6% since 2021;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Regrets that the applicable rules currently prohibit APAs to accompany Members on official Parliament delegations and committee missions; points out that the technical support that APAs provide during missions is of key importance to the participating Members, in particular when they are involved in the organisation or play a specific role; is concerned that this situation in practice leads to Members to resort to financing APAs’ travel with the general expenditure allowance and obliges APAs to use their annual leave, thus jeopardising their insurance coverage, urges the Bureau and the Conference of Presidents to change the current rules to allow APAs, under certain conditions yet to be determined, to accompany Members on official Parliament delegations and missions as reiterated by several discharge resolutions; and by doing so remedy a situation where existing rules are not followed, posing a risk to APAs and a serious reputational risk for Parliament;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 b (new)
Paragraph 55 b (new)
55b. Reiterates that APAs accompanying Members to the part sessions in Strasbourg, should be issued a mission order and be reimbursed in accordance with the applicable rules;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58a. Notes that out of the 459 Members of the 8th parliamentary term, who were not re-elected in 2019, only a single notification of post-mandate employment was submitted to Parliament (Article 6 of the Code of Conduct); welcomes the prohibition for former Members to engage in lobbying activities during the six months after the end of their mandate and the introduction of a procedure in the event of non-compliance; applauds that it is no longer possible to issue a lobbyist badge to a former Member within the six- month period following the end of their mandate and that their former Member badge is deactivated if a lobbyist badge is issued to the former Member after this period; notes that in 2022, out of the 199 officials who left service, 65 requested permission for an activity after leaving the service (Article 16 of the Staff Regulations); calls on Parliament to establish stronger rules to regulate revolving doors for Members and civil servants; (This amendment is based on a recommendation from Transparency International.)
Amendment 104 #
63. Welcomes DG INLO’s commitment to putting in place environmentally sustainable solutions; notes that, in 2022, Parliament generated over 19 % of its own energy from renewable sources; notes that, at the end of 2022, Parliament terminated the leasewelcomes the conduction of a study on on-site electricity production in Strasbourg in 2022 and the subsequent and ongoing implementation of 1 400 m2 of photovoltaic panels ofn the Schuman building due to the fact that it was not energy efficient and was no longer neededPFLIMLIN, DE MADARIAGA, and CHURCHILL buildings. Stresses that Parliament could share this energy with the city of Strasbourg when Parliament’s premises are mostly empty; calls on the Bureau to also consider renting the roofs’ surfaces to external users for the installation of solar panels and thereby use it as an additional source of income for Parliament;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Notes that, at the end of 2022, Parliament terminated the lease of the Schuman building due to the fact that it was not energy efficient and was no longer needed; is concerned by the poor energy-performance of the TREVES II building, of which the energy performance certificate indicates an annual primary energy consumption equivalent to class E, and notes that the last renovation of the building dates back to 2000; calls on Bureau to approve the necessary renovations to improve the energy performance of the building in line with applicable energy efficiency regulations before the building is put to the use by the Parliament in 2025;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. Welcomes Parliament’s efforts to encourage staff to use sustainable means of transport for commuting by putting traditional and electric bicycles at their disposal free of charge and by reimbursing part of the cost of public transport tickets in exchange for limiting access to the car park; welcomes the new scheme offering a 90% price reduction for the Brussels seasonal public transport tickets which has led to an 26.57%increase of staff using a seasonal ticket co-funded by the Parliament;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 a (new)
Paragraph 66 a (new)
66a. Welcomes the possibility for staff to use rent standard and electric bikes during the part-time sessions in Strasbourg; welcomes the expansion of the bicycle fleet; regrets that in practice the bikes are fully booked out days in advance; calls on Parliament to examine the possibility for offering more rental bikes in Strasbourg and extending the timeframes for their pick-up to meet the demand by Members and staff and contribute to enhancing sustainable mobility;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 b (new)
Paragraph 66 b (new)
66b. Welcomes that the percentage of zero-emission or plug-in hybrid cars in the people transport service fleet has increased from 81% in 2021 to 97% in 2022;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 c (new)
Paragraph 66 c (new)
66c. Points out that on average 25% of the seats available in on the vehicle fleet commuting between Brussels and Strasbourg for plenary sessions seats were unoccupied in 2022. Reiterates its call on Parliament’s administration to widen the user group and allow Parliament’s staff to travel to and from Strasbourg with the service fleet without the presence of a Member, while making sure that Members’ seats are secured;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66 d (new)
Paragraph 66 d (new)
66d. Regrets that the charter trains offered by Parliament for the commute between Brussels and Strasbourg are in practice booked out many days in advance; calls on Parliament to examine the need for an additional train;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Takes note of the measures implemented in order to lower Parliament’s energy consumption, such as reducing maximum heating temperatures in office areas and increasing minimum cooling temperatures, switching off the heating and cooling systems during the weekend and public holidays, reducing the lighting of building facades and decreasing indoor lighting levels; acknowledges that the measures are to be reassessed as the energy crisis evolves while taking into account environmental implications;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Takes note of the Bureau minutes of the additional meeting of 6 July 2022 where the Bureau took note and endorsed the results of the International Architectural Design Competition for the Renewal of the SPAAK building; notes that 5 laureates were endorsed by the Bureau; notes that no other decision was taken during 2022 on this topic and there were thus no financial consequences while at the same time stresses the increasing urgency to start the renewal works as soon as possible;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. Notes that Parliament’s self- service canteen on the -1 floor of the Spinelli building is frequently overcrowded at peak hours, resulting in long queues and waiting times; calls on the Bureau to reflect on imposing access restrictions to the canteens in Parliament’s main buildings for external visitors and visitor groups; is concerned about the unsatisfactory price/quality ratio and particularly the lack of affordable vegetarian options; asks the administration to propose solutions to remedy that situation;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
Paragraph 90
90. Notes with satisfaction that DG FINS was able to take advantage of the efficiency of its processes and the commitment of its staff to ensure continuity of the services for which it is responsible and the achievement of the objectives set in the concerns expressed by Members about undue delays in the processing of reimbursements witsh annual work programme; notes the concerns expressed by Members about undue delays in the processing of reimbursement average time for reimbursement of travel and subsistence allowances of up to 40 days; welcomes that Parliament is continuously modernising its processes in order to offer Members better services by applying automation, simplification and digitisation; calls for further speeding up of the workflows to provide more expedited procedures;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)
Paragraph 90 a (new)
90a. Deplores that five cases of suspected fraud by of members claiming travel reimbursements for specific means of transport while in fact using cheaper ones have been detected in 2022, with the amounts defrauded amounting to up to EUR 801 000; calls on the secretary General to inform the Budget control committee when these cases are resolved and what actions were taken against the fraudsters;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
Paragraph 95
95. Notes the announcement at the Bureau meeting of 7 March 2022 regarding the setting up of an ad-hoc Bureau Working Group on the General Expenditure Allowance (GEA), which is tasked with evaluating the implementation of the Bureau decision of 2 July 2018 establishing a list of expenses which may be defrayed from the GEA on the basis of the experience gained during the 9th parliamentary term; observes that the Bureau, at its meeting of 17 October 2022, adopted a set of amendments to the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members (IMMS), clarifying the rules applicable to the entitlement and use of the GEA and measures aimed at increasing transparency and providing more legal certainty regarding the entitlement to the allowance; highlights that the ad-hoc Working Group was asked to take duly into account aspects of transparency, accountability and sound financial management of funds made available to Members, bearing in mind the principle of freedom and independence of the parliamentary mandate and the objective of not creating unnecessary administrative burdens for Members, their offices and Parliament’s services;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 a (new)
Paragraph 95 a (new)
95a. Stresses the fact that the members of the Bureau have not only ignored the demand of majority of the plenary for a reform of the GEA to make the expenditure more transparent and accountable but have amended the respective rules at their meeting of 17 October 2022 in a way that contradicts these demands; calls on the Bureau to revise its decision of 17 October 2022 and bring it in line with what the majority of the Members of the house have demanded on numerous occasions;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 b (new)
Paragraph 95 b (new)
95b. Points out that in 2022 there were only 32 voluntary declarations on the use of the GEA submitted by 26 Members, of which 29 contained an auditor's report; welcomes efforts by the Secretariat to encourage MEP’s to make increased use of these options;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96
Paragraph 96
96. HighlightNotes that Members are free to document their use of the funds under the GEA, in detail or by type of cost, on their own or with the support of an external auditor, and; calls on members to have this information published in whole or in part on their online page on Parliament’s website in accordance with Rule 11, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament; welcomes that a simplified list of types of costs is integrated into the IMMS and that an amendment clarifying the possibility for Members to use the GEA in the case of exhaustion of other allowances has also been adopted;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 a (new)
Paragraph 96 a (new)
96a. Repeats its call for a reform of the GEA that would oblige Members to keep all receipts pertaining to the GEA, annually publish an overview of expenditure by category as well as an independent auditor’s opinion on the EP’s website, return the unspent share of the GEA at the end of the mandate and that would establish annual 5% sample checks of Members’ GEA expenditure by Parliament’s services; Calls for Members to be required to externally audit the GEA;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 d (new)
Paragraph 96 d (new)
96d. Notes that in 2022, 108 members paid back some of their staff allowances and Parliament is still trying to recover staff allowances from 31 additional MEPs; stresses the need to duly follow-up and impose sanctions in case recovery is not successful;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 b (new)
Paragraph 96 b (new)
96b. Notes that, in 2022, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) investigated 32 cases and the European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) investigated 4 cases involving Parliament on issues related to Members’ financial and social entitlements, the financing of political structures, and the discharge of professional obligations by staff (including APAs); notes that, out of 32 OLAF investigations, 5 led to a report with financial recommendations, 5 led to a final report with disciplinary recommendations, 1 led to a final report with an administrative recommendation, and 7 led to a final report which did not include any recommendations; notes that none of the EPPO investigations were concluded in 2022; asks the administration whether the recommendations made by OLAF have been fully implemented and the amounts at risk have been recovered, as well as to provide a summary, without any sensitive data, of the typology of cases investigated in order to be able to draw conclusions and make improvements;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 c (new)
Paragraph 96 c (new)
96c. Is concerned by the fact that OLAF has currently no access to Member’s offices, computers and email accounts, even when investigating cases linked to Members based on a substantiated suspicion; stresses that it is of utmost importance to have an adequate procedure for granting access to OLAF in place in cases of substantiated suspicions against individual Members; reiterates its call on the Bureau to set up such a procedure without delay;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 e (new)
Paragraph 96 e (new)
96e. Regrets that despite at least 25 breaches of the Code of Conduct by Members recorded in the past twelve years, Parliament’s Presidents have not a single time imposed a financial sanction on a Member; calls on the President to consider imposing financial sanctions when it has been proven that Members have breached the Code of Conduct to ensure the sanctions actually have a deterrent effect;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104 a (new)
Paragraph 104 a (new)
104a. Welcomes the fact that the Digital Signature Portal (DiSP) allows Members to digitally sign documents, which improves efficiency, traceability and transparency to the procedures, notes that, regardless of the possibility to send signed plenary AMs to the plenary services by email or via the EP Transfer portal, signing plenary amendments is still an outdated and burdensome procedure; calls on the Bureau to take the necessary steps for introducing the possibility for Members to sign plenary amendments digitally in the future;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 111
Paragraph 111
111. Welcomes Parliament’s zero tolerance policy on harassment and the awareness-raising campaigns carried out; stresses that the Code of Appropriate Behaviour for Members of the European Parliament seeks to ensure that Members behave towards everyone working in Parliament with dignity, courtesy and respect and without prejudice or discrimination; recalls that in 2022, 56 MEPs participated in the training session; notesis concerned that, since November 2018, when the first sessions were offered, a total of 324only 324 (46%) current MEPs had participated in the training session, plus 56 former Members whose mandate has ended; notes that in 2022, 106 members of staff and APAs had participated in anti- harassment training courses; notes with concern that cases of harassment are still occurring regardless of the activities being carried out to eliminate harassment in the work place; notes that the reformed anti- harassment training course for members titled “How to create a good and well- functioning team” and for managers titled “Fostering a positive workplace at the EP: managing staff ethically and preventing harassment situations” will be offered from spring 2024 and welcomes the Bureau’s efforts to make the anti- harassment training session mandatory for all members as well as Heads of Unit, Directors and Directors-General;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 a (new)
Paragraph 114 a (new)
114a. Calls on its Secretary-General to publish which companies that Parliament purchases services from have an internal staff representation and which do not; calls on its Secretary-General to make it condition for further contra recalls its efforts to care for the well-being of staff of service providers with staff in Parliament’s premises over the last years; calls on its Secretary-General to designate a person who service provider employees can address that have been victim of harassment and did not find help within their own company; expects that companies have a staff representation and to have permission to publish the contracts;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 b (new)
Paragraph 114 b (new)
114b. Recalls its efforts to care for the well-being of staff of service providers with staff in Parliament’s premises over the last years; calls on its Secretary- General to designate a person who service provider employees can address that have been victim of harassment and did not find help within their own company;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115
Paragraph 115
115. Recalls that staff members of the Union institutions have an obligation to report any information pointing to corruption, fraud and other serious irregularities that they discover in the line of duty; notes that Parliament recorded one case of whistleblowing in 2022; welcomes the ongoing work in 2022 to update the Internal Rules Implementing Article 22(c) of the Staff Regulations of 4 December 2015 with more comprehensive and detailed internal rules; noteswelcome that a Bureau decision regarding the internal rules on whistleblowing was adopted on 20 November 2023 and will apply from 1 December 2023; including provisions for the protection of whistleblowers, transmission of evidence to OLAF and, if appropriate, EPPO as well as deadlines for the handling of complaints; regrets, however, that these rules are still not aligned to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council; (This amendment is based on a recommendation from Transparency International.)
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 a (new)
Paragraph 115 a (new)
115a. Calls for extending the mandate of the ‘advisory committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members’ to complaints from whistleblowers and altering the composition of the Committee in a way that ensures that a sufficient number of independent experts on whistleblowing will also sit on the panel; Calls on mandatory whistleblowing training for MEPs and for any superior, both within the administration and political groups, that would receive potential whistleblowing reports;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 117
Paragraph 117
117. Welcomes the decisions taken by the Bureau; recalls that the problem will still need to be addressed in the future as the fund is expected to exhaust its assets by 2027 at the latest; notes that legal assessment of the latest judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union and their consequences for future Bureau decisions were also made available to the Members of the Bureau in order to allow them to take an informed decision; notes that there are ongoing appeals in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the matter will need to be addressed again after the judgments are handed down; asks the administration and the Bureau to guarantee that no taxpayer money is used for any future bail-out;