Activities of Monika VANA related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year [2021], Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, section III – Commission
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Court of Auditors, in its Annual report for 20211 , estimated a level of error for the EU budget spending on ‘Cohesion, resilience and values’ of 3.6 % in 2021, up from 3.5 % in 2020; underlines that, for subheading ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ alone, the estimated level of error is 4.1 %; regrets that the downward trend of the previous years could not be maintained; stresses that most of the irregularities identified by audit authorities and the Commission concern the same main categories: ineligible expenditure, public procurement, audit trail and State Aid; _________________ 1 European Court of Auditors, Annual report on the implementation of the EU budget for the 2021 financial year.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Points out the worrying conclusions of the “European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 26/2021: Regularity of spending in EU Cohesion policy”, which highlight that the European Commission’s own control system does not sufficiently compensate for the weaknesses in the work of Member State audit authorities when they check Cohesion spending; calls on the Commission to improve its audit work, audit documentation and review process, as well as to strengthen the main elements of the regularity information provided in the Annual Activity Reports by its Directorates-General;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Urges the Commission to ensure the sound financial management in the use of funds, including the respect for the rule of law and the fundamental rights, through the use of already existing instruments-such as the European Rule of Law Mechanism-to their full extent, not shying away from its prerogatives and duties as guardian of the EU Treaties;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns however that certain Member States present very low absorption rates for the ESI Funds and will be under significant pressure to absorb all the available funds before the closure of the programmes; regrets that the RRFprioritization of the RRF by Member States may have led to delays in the implementation of ESI funds;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the worrying delays in the implementation of the Just Transition Fund (JTF), urgently needed to support the people and EU regions in the green transition;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Regrets the fact that the Court of Auditors in its Special report on Climate spending in the 2014-2020 EU budget considers that the overall reporting by the Commission on climate spending was unreliable and that the Commission overstated climate spending by at least 72 billion EUR, over 80% of which was from agricultural funding, meaning that around 13% of the 2014-2020 EU budget was spent on climate action, therefore, expresses concerns regarding the reliability of 2021-2027 climate reporting as well and calls the Commission to reassess its climate tracking methodology;
Amendment 19 #
8 b. Stresses the importance of cohesion policy in promoting gender equality, as highlighted by the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the gender dimension in cohesion policy and by the “European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 10/2021: Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action”; points out the Court’s assessment that the EU’s budget cycle did not take gender equality adequately into account and the Commission had not yet lived up to its commitment to gender mainstreaming in the EU budget; on the other hand welcomes the Commission's work on a new classification to measure the gender impact of Union spending; calls on the Commission to ensure that this classification focuses on accurate and comprehensive representation of the impact of programmes on gender equality;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses the importance of the role of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the EU, with a special focus on their cross-border dimension; regrets that all Member States are not currently participating in this enhanced cooperation and deplores any irregularities or partisan interventions in the appointment of the prosecutors in the participating Member States; furthermore, calls for more efforts in the fight against frauds at EU level and in the Member States.