Activities of Domènec RUIZ DEVESA related to 2020/2142(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section II – European Council and Council
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the persistent difficulties in receiving answers from the Council due to a lack of cooperation have resulted in Parliament’s refusal to grant discharge to the Council for the implementation of its section of the budget for more than 10 years; whereas this situation has an important impact on the functioning of the institutions and diminishes citizens' trust in the procedure for political scrutiny;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, as an additional sign of those difficulties, in respect of Articles 263 and 265 TFEU, Section I(2), second subparagraph, point c), of the European Council’s conclusions of 10 and 11 December 2020 does not comply with Articles 15 and 17 TEU;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that, despite the letter sent by Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control on 25 May 2020 to the sSecretary- gGeneral of the Council to inform that Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control has been mandated by Parliament's Conference of Presidents to reopen negotiations with the Council on cooperation during the annual discharge procedure, those negotiations have not yet resumed; recalls that a refusal by an institution to comply with this requirement, after being called upon to act, could be a breach of the principle of sincere cooperation;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that increased transparency, and a proactive approach to sharing information, on the side of the Council would be conducive to a better- informed discharge procedure from the outset; proposes, for this purpose new instruments such as a memorandum of understanding between Parliament and Council on the information necessary for the European Parliament to take a decision on discharge;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CSuggests that a revision of the Treaties, could be required in order to render the discharge procedure clearer, so as to give Parliament the explicit competence to grant discharge to all institutions and bodies individually; considers that the Conference on the future of Europe provides an opportunity to initiate this debate in order to discuss these proposals to enhance transparency and democratic accountability with regard to the protection of the Union’s financial interests.