Activities of Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the proposal to mobilise EUR 4,8 billion from the newly created Ukraine Reserve to enable the payment of grants to Ukraine; recalls that the payment of loans does not require an amending budget and therefore that the Union is already providing support to the Ukrainian government so that it can maintain essential services; stresses that grant- and loan-based financial support through the Ukraine Facility will help Ukraine on its path to reconstruction, recovery~~, reform and membership of the Union~~ and reform;

2024/03/25
Committee: BUDG

2024/0056(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the fact that the Union will be better able to respond to crises as a result of the increased financing for natural disasters and other emergencies included in Draft amending budget No 1/2024; notes that Draft amending budget No 1/2024 creates new lines in accordance with the decision to split the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve into two parts - the European Solidarity Reserve for natural disasters and public health emergencies within the Union and ~~in accession countries and~~ the Emergency Aid Reserve for rapid response to emergencies inside ~~and outside~~ the Union; considers that the new architecture will make the funds easier to manage;

2024/03/25
Committee: BUDG

2024/0049(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment within or outside their initial sector of activity, while preparing them for a ~~climate neutral and~~ more digital European economy;

2024/03/26
Committee: BUDG

2024/0049(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers it as a social responsibility of the Union to provide these workers made redundant with the necessary qualifications for the ecological and just transformation of the Union industry in line with the European Green Deal, since they worked in a sector with high carbon intensity; welcomes, therefore,Welcomes the personalised services provided by the EGF to the workers, which include upskilling measures, workshops, vocational orientation, job counselling, as well as training allowances, to make the region, and the overall labour market, more sustainable and resilient in the future;

2024/03/26
Committee: BUDG

2024/0044(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment within or outside their initial sector of activity, while preparing them for a ~~greener and~~ more digital European economy;

2024/03/26
Committee: BUDG

2024/0003(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Union’s assistance to displaced workers should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment, while preparing them for a ~~greener and~~ more digital European economy, having due regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 in respect of the adoption of decisions to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF);

2024/03/26
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas under Article 309 TFEU, the EIB is tasked with contributing ~~to the achievement of the EU’s objectives~~, by having recourse to the capital market and utilising its own resources, to the balanced and steady development of the internal market in the interest of the Union;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Reiterates its call for a capital increase; e~~Expects the EIB to ensure that its financing contributes to addressing market failures and avoids crowding-out effects, without increasing its overall financing costs;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the EIB to address systemic shortcomings that prevent certain regions or countries from taking full advantage of its financial activities without jeopardising the commercial viability of its portfolio;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Takes note of the EIB´s interest in financing green hydrogen production in India for EUR 1 billion; recalls that India scores a dismal 40/100 on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index; calls on the EIB to step up its anti-corruption rules and finally adopt a credible and effective anti- money laundering framework to prevent EIB money from being used to bribe officials, or other illicit and illegal activities;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Expects~~Calls on the EIB to phase out EIB Global’´s activities ~~to remain aligned wi~~in light of the ongoing economic crisis in the EU strategic interests and external policy objectives; expects EIB Global to ensure that investments clearly benefit recipient communities, by safeguarding natural heritage, enhancing climate resilience, creating local jobs and alleviating povertyfollowing the COVID crisis, the ongoing trade war between our main trading partners, long periods of unusually high inflation and interest rates, and the accumulation of unprecedented levels of public debt, which will curb the investment capabilities of individiual Member States, especially those where investments are most needed; calls on the EIB to adopt a Europe First Strategy and Principle;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Takes note of the EIB Global strategic roadmap and ~~the expectation~~regrets that it will facilitate at least one third of the EUR 300 billion in investments set out to be generated by the end of 2027; expresses concern over the lack of inclusive and meaningful consultations with stakeholders who are impacted by its operations; calls for more support for projects with limited bankability and high public returns, investments that are desperately needed within the EU; reiterates its call for EIB Global to limit blending operations to areas where they can add value to the local economy and to ensure that blended finance is not used for essential public services;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Reiterates its call for clear and binding rules to complement the information note summarising EIB Global’s approach to human rights, corruption and anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, in particular on assessment and disengagement; expresses particular concern that, since 2015, the EIB has not required project promoters to carry out any standalone human rights impact assessments;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Is concerned about the EIB's involvement of a project of the now bankrupt Kenyan construction company Spencon, which shows that EIB money has been used to pay out bribes to local officials or pay for illegal activities, including a EUR 80,000 cash payment to engineers for onsite inspections on a sewage treatment plant; regrets that the EIB closed the case rapidly in 2020 and only opened it again in 2022 after pressure from civil society organisations; regrets that OLAF did not pursue the case; highlights that the Spencon case underlines the need for the EIB to step up its anti-corruption framework, despite the fact that bribes are common practice in many countries where EIB Global operates;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Is concerned that the EIB is falling behind other public financial institutions in terms of transparency and in ensuring that no harm is done by its intermediated investments, as it rated only ‘fair’ on the 2023 Foreign Direct Investment Transparency Index; recalls that the EIB’s transparency policy runs counter to the presumption of disclosure and is not aligned with the applicable exceptions listed in Regulation (EC) No 1049/20013 and Regulation (EC) No 1367/20064 ; urges the EIB to implement the European Ombudsman’s recommendations of 20 November 2023 from Case 2252/2022/OAM and of 21 April 2022 from Case 1251/2020/PB to allow for a meaningful assessment of the environmental and social aspects of projects it is considering for funding; calls for the timely publication of the minutes of the EIB's Broad of Directors; _________________ 3 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43). 4 Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies (OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p. 13).

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Is concerned that the EIB has, at least once, failed to conduct a full inquiry into allegations of bribery and misuse of funds involving a financial intermediary outside the EU; calls on the EIB to reopen all such cases and to disclose annually the rate of recovery of funds lent in the event of proven fraud;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Regrets that a sitting Vice- President of the European Parliament, Nicola Beer, has seamlessly, without a cooling-off period, been appointed Vice- President of the European Investment Bank as of 1 January 2024; regrets the decision, which is it at odds with good governance rules on revolving doors;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Notes with concern the continued increase in administrative overheads, which is mainly due to the rise in staff related costs; calls on the EIB to exercise cost discipline and to preserve the flexibility and efficiency of this management structure;

2024/01/08
Committee: BUDG

2023/2164(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Commends the Agency for the significant progress made in 2022 towards the full implementation of the new provisions of Regulation (EU) 2021/2033; notes in particular, from the Agency’s follow-up report for the 2021 discharge (hereinafter the ‘follow-up report’), that the Agency established the Consultative Forum (CF), as well as the Asylum reserve pool which mid-June 2023 already comprised 360 Members States’ approved experts (out of 500 as required by that Regulation), and ~~carried out the process of recruiting its Fundamental Rights Officer who took office in May 2023, as well as~~ consultations with stakeholders with a view to drafting and adopting the Complaints Mechanism; observes with regard to the Monitoring Mechanism that the methodology and programme have been under development with the adoption thereof planned for Q1 2024, followed by a pilot monitoring exercise;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2164(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Takes note of the decision of the Agency to appoint a Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO); highlights that the FRO has worked with Unia, a controversial public body in Belgium; underlines that Flanders, the biggest region in Belgium, has decided to leave Unia by democratic decision of the Flemish Parliament over Unia´s political bias; calls on the Agency to review the appointment of the current FRO and propose a candidate who has no ties to controversial organisations;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2164(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes with concern that the Agency has not ~~adopted the ‘Charter on Diversity and Inclusion’, nor it has~~ reported on measures taken for the integration of persons with disabilities; reminds that the Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibits discrimination on the ground of disability and recognises the right of people with disabilities to benefit from measures to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community; notes however the Agency’s commitment to address those areas through measures that will be implemented once the upcoming HR Strategy will be adopted; further observes that the Agency has taken initiatives and put in place various measures in order to improve its staff’s well-being at work and work-life balance such as targeted training courses, service level agreements with childcare providers and schools, a psychological and social support service, awareness raising campaigns, as well as free-time activities;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to Caitlin B. Schmid et al, "Why Call It Equality?" Revisited: An Extended Critique of the EIGE Gender Equality Index, Social Indicators Research (2023);

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Highlights a recent study showing that the EIGE Gender Equality Index results in an unjustified penalization of lower-GDP countries and reinforces biased assumptions about gender equality progress1a; urges EIGE to provide greater transparency around theory, method, and the relationship between the two, and to provide methodological improvements; _________________ 1a Caitlin B. Schmid et al, "Why Call It Equality?" Revisited: An Extended Critique of the EIGE Gender Equality Index, Social Indicators Research (2023)

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Recalls that according to official estimates by the Commission, 190 000 girls in 17 European countries alone are at risk of being mutilated while 600 000 women are living with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Europe; regrets that EIGE did not publish any research on FGM in 2023; calls on EIGE to publish annual figures on FGM in the European Union, including research regarding its cultural and religious context;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Expresses deep concern about the non-disclosure of the earmarked budget appropriation relating to a framework contract for event organisation services of 3,7 million euros, around a third of EIGE´s budget; agrees with the ECA that this undermines budgetary transparency; looks forward to EIGE´s presentation of the operational framework contracts in the SPD;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the prompt actions taken by Parliament on the events in December 2022; 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; regrets that the 14-point action plan does not include a transparency requirement in particular regarding decisions adopted by the Bureau itself; echoes the "Closing Note on the Strategic Initiative on improving the European Parliament’s Ethics and Transparency Framework" by European Ombudsman and therefore calls to make available the minutes of the Bureau meetings of significant public interest; further welcomes the efforts by Parliament’s political authorities to enhance transparency, integrity and accountability at Parliament; calls on the administration to track the budgetary and financial impact of these measures;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the prompt actions taken by Parliament on the events in December 2022, known as Qatargate, involving several political leaders and a number of NGOs financed by the Union; 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; calls on the administration to track the budgetary and financial impact of these measures;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE

Motion for a resolution
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 NGOs 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; regrets that most members of the committee responsible refused to require NGOs to comply with anti-money laundering rules;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Recalls that the so-called Qatargate scandal has exposed civil society organisations as enablers of corruption and foreign interference in European Parliamentarism; regrets that NGOs and civil society organisations remain exempt from most anti-money laundering transparency and reporting requirements; underlines that the European Court of Auditors Special report No 35/2018 warns that NGOs are prone to be used for money laundering purposes; calls therefore for establishing a definition of NGO at EU, and to bring NGOs under the scope of the EU anti- money laundering framework, in order to be able to be listed in the transparency register;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Dominique BILDE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Recalls that the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) is a multi-site Directorate-General, with staff located in Brussels, Strasbourg and the Liaison Offices in each of the 27 Member States, as well as in London, Washington D.C. (until 1 November 2022 when the two EPLOs were transferred to the new Directorate-General for Parliamentary Democracy Partnerships), and the Jean Monnet House in Bazoches (France), it calls for a solid evaluation of the results achieved by these centres, recalling the major financial effort from the EU budget to purchase and upgrade the property in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Notes that DG COMM’s final appropriations amounted to EUR 121 235 650 in 2022, representing 5,6 % of Parliament’s budget; highlights that, of that amount, a total of EUR 121 146 177 was committed; welcomes the high use of appropriations; regrets that these funds are used for communications driven by politics rather than democracy and for invitations to journalists, the effectiveness of which has yet to be proven;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Finds excessive the participation of DG COMM and of other European Institutions in tender1a of " Inter- institutional Framework Contract for the Provision of Services Linked to Media Strategy, Planning and Buying, Including Associated Services " amounting to 132,820,000.00 EUR; _________________ 1a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=12411

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Takes note that, in 2022, DG COMM finished most of its preparatory work ahead of the 2024 European elections; notes that, in 2022, Parliament’s Bureau approved the communication strategy for the 2024 elections; notes that a pan-European call for proposals was launched in mid-2022 and resulted in the award of 19 grants, financing capacity building actions and/or citizen-engagement activities in support of the European elections; notes in this context a tender2a of 2,650,000.00 EUR launched by the DG COMM aiming to project, publish and disseminate the European Parliament Composition during the 2024 Election Night; _________________ 2a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=13133

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Notes that Europa Experiences ~~are positive actions that~~seek to promote the work of the Union and that explain Union policies to citizens; notes with satisfaction the increased number of visits to Europa Experiences over the last two years; notes that thousands of visitors per month enjoy Europa Experiences every year; takes note that despite the ongoing inflation crisis in 2022, two new Europa Experience facilities (Paris and Rome) were opened, which allowed the Liaison Offices to benefit from different outreach opportunities and to expand their networks; notes that at the end of 2022, over 80% of the Europa Experience roll-out objectives had been met;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Finds unnecessary a provision of expertise and acquisition services for building up the House of European History Collection amounting to 4,000,000.00 EUR under the tender COMM/DG/AWD/2022/2803a; _________________ 3a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=9804

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61

61. ~~Acknowledges that Parliament’s ‘B~~Regrets the European Parliament’s inconsistent and costly building Sstrategy beyond 2019’ provides a coherent framework for decisions and contributes to consolidating Parliament’s real estate portfolio while adapting facilities to the evolution of meeting patterns, going local and closer to citizens through the gradual roll-out of Europa Experience Centres, enhancing security for Parliament’s buildings, and achieving the interconnection of its central buildings; notes that the majority of the policies and actions referred to in the current Building Strategy are either completed or well under waysince 2019, such as the excessively high cost of purchasing the Scholl building – which cost EUR 74.9 million but was originally estimated at between EUR 42 million and EUR 65 million – and the mess surrounding the abandoned plan to buy the Osmose building in Strasbourg, which is in the end being rented at prices five times lower than market rates;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61

61. ~~Acknowledges~~Question thate Parliament’s ‘Building Strategy beyond 2019’ ~~provides a coherent framework for decisions and~~that contributes to consolidating Parliament’s real estate portfolio while ~~adapting facilities to the evolution of meeting patterns, going local and closer to citizens through the gradual roll-out of Europa Experience Centres,~~it is worth noting that the European Commission building policy wants to halve the number of buildings it manages in Brussels by 2030, regret the gradual roll-out of Europa Experience Centres of which a cost-benefit analysis is requested; takes note of the enhancing security for Parliament’s buildings, and achieving the interconnection of its central buildings; notes that the majority of the policies and actions referred to in the current Building Strategy are either completed or well under way, pointing out that have been a major cost to the taxpayer;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)

61a. Reminds that 3 European Parliament Seats together with Liaison offices, Europa Experiences, Houses of Europe, Parkings and warehouses cost almost 30 million EUR in rent only;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71

71. Acknowledges that the different measures put in place by the administration following the relevant Bureau decisions of May and October 2022 resulted in a significant energy consumption reduction amounting to savings of EUR 10.5 million from May 2022 until October 2023; notes disparities between buildings with thermostats set at 26 °C, as in some parts of the Spinelli building, and those with 16 °C zones elsewhere (e.g. Zweig building), both in Brussels and Strasbourg; regrets that this problem is mainly due to a lack of centralised adjustment, forcing staff to bring extra heaters into the office; notes that this poses a number of risks in terms of electrical safety in particular, which are thus risks that affect the European Parliament;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
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; regrets that further work to reinforce the European Parliament’s buildings has to be carried out in the near future, endlessly wasting money in return for questionable effectiveness; 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;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)

75a. Regrets that, despite the Union’s commitments and values since it was first set up1a, English has become the predominant working language and practically the only language used informally – notably to the detriment of French and German – in particular since Brexit and the departure of many native speakers of English from the European institutions; _________________ 1a Regulation No 1 of 6 October 1958 determines the languages to be used by the European Union.

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Dominique BILDE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82

82. Notes that DG LINC’s final appropriations amounted to EUR 79 569 347 in 2022 representing 3.7 % of Parliament’s budget; highlights that, of that amount, a total of EUR 79 282 501 was committed; ~~welcomes the high use of appropriations~~reminds that in 2022 the Conference on the Future of Europe did not lead to expected results, which proves that the Bureau's Decision of April 2021 to commit EUR 10 644 359 to COFE was erroneous and not economically wise;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102

102. Notes that following the increased use of portable devices in 2022, DG ITEC issued a global study to plan improvements to the Wi-Fi network in Parliament buildings; notes that, in 2022, the SPAAK building in Brussels was reinforced with the deployment of 351 additional antennas; acknowledges the efforts made to improve the Wi-Fi network in Parliament buildings; calls for further enhancement of the mobile network in Parliament buildings in Strasbourg, in order to improve mobile phone reception and at least guarantee basic activities, also calls for parliamentary devices to give access to the now essential virtual meeting applications;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Dominique BILDE, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) It is in the common interest of the Union and its Western Balkans partners1 to advance the efforts to reform political, legal and economic systems of the latter with a view to their future Union membership. The prospect of Union membership has a powerful transformative effect, embedding positive democratic, political, economic and societal change.. _________________ 1 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. Activities under the Facility shall mainstream ~~climate change mitigation and adaptation,~~ biodiversity and environmental protection, human rights, democracy, gender equality and, where relevant, disaster risk reduction, and ~~shall support progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals,~~ promoting integrated actions that can create co- benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. They shall avoid stranded assets, and shall be guided by the principles of ‘do no harm’ and of ‘leaving no one behind’~~, as well as by the sustainability mainstreaming approach underpinning the European Green Deal~~.

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6

6. The Facility shall not support activities or measures which are incompatible with the Beneficiaries’ National Energy and Climate Plans, their Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, and ambition to reach climate-neutrality by 2050 or that promote investments in fossil fuels, or that cause significant adverse effects on the environment or the climate.deleted

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Union funding may be provided in any of the forms laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, in particular financial assistance, ~~grants,~~ procurement and blending operations.

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Union funding may be provided in any of the forms laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, in particular financial assistance, ~~grants,~~ procurement and blending operations.

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. The Facility Agreement shall be complemented by loan agreements in accordance with Article 17, setting out specific provisions for the management and implementation of funding provided in the forms of loans.deleted

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point h

~~(h) a procedure to ensure that disbursement requests for the loan support fall within the available loan amount, taking into consideration Article 6(3);~~deleted

2024/02/16
Committee: AFET BUDG

2023/0397(COD)

Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS

57. Underlines its support for the implementation of the peace agreement in Colombia and the need to continue relevant actions financed under the EU Trust Fund for Colombia; ~~proposes, therefore, to reinforce appropriations by EUR 10 million above DB for 'The Americas' geographic programme under the NDICI;~~ reiterates, furthermore, its unwavering commitment to protecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms globally ~~and increases by EUR 10 million above DB the allocation for the 'fundamental rights and freedoms' thematic programme~~;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Valentino GRANT, Matteo GAZZINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64

64. Underlines the need to provide a sufficient level of payment appropriations in the 2024 budget and decides, as a general rule, to reinforce payment appropriations on those lines which are amended in commitment appropriations; reminds once again that an increase of payment appropriations ceilings does not automatically correlate with better absorption capacity of the EU Budget; points out, in this regard, that the amount of outstanding commitments (committed amounts but not yet paid) attained record 452,2 billion EUR at the end of 2022;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Valentino GRANT, Matteo GAZZINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65 a (new)

65a. Reminds with concern that the European Parliament continues to lead very costly building policy (amounting to 18 810 626 EUR in 2023) and to expand the Liaison Offices as well as "Europa Experience" centres (costing 15 399 498 EUR in 2023) all over the Europe;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 – introductory part

68. In line with its above-mentioned resolution of 20 April 2023 on its estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2024 and taking into account the answers provided by the Secretary- General on 19 July 2023: (a) Recalls the Parliament’s 2013 resolution which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion to range from EUR 156 million to EUR 204 million per year; deplores the fact that over a single parliamentary term the costs generated by Parliament’s geographic dispersion can amount to as much as EUR 1 billion and calls, therefore, for practical steps to be taken quickly to establish a single seat for Parliament, in order to prevent any further waste of public money;

2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG

2023/0264(BUD)

23. Calls, specifically, for the establishment of a gender pay gap-based own resource; underlines that, under this mechanism, a share of contributions based on gross national income (GNI) would be replaced by a new distribution key requiring Member States with a higher gender pay gap to contribute more than Member States with smaller gender pay gap, in a proportionate way;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Deplores the creation of a new own resource based on the gender pay gap; emphasises that a new form of taxation along these lines is not a suitable response to gender pay gap and that investment in appropriate training and employment opportunities would be preferable;

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the establishment of a biowaste-based own resource; underlines that, under this mechanism, a share of GNI-based contributions would be replaced by a new distribution key requiring Member States recycling less biowaste to contribute more than Member States that recycle more biowaste, in a proportionate way; considers that this own resource would incentivise Member States to resort less to landfills;deleted

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2172(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Deplores the introduction and ongoing search for additional EU own resources, given the need for the Union to rationalise spending and streamline its administration before subjecting European citizens and businesses to new forms of taxation;

2023/02/09
Committee: BUDG

2022/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Kindly invites the EIB to join investment programmes targeting the RepowerEU strategic infrastructure projects, especially in nuclear energy domain; reminds that nuclear activities were included into the EU Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act, which will enter into force on 1 January 2023;

2022/11/16
Committee: CONT

2022/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Notes that the EIB, the Commission and the ECA renewed the Tripartite Agreement on 11 November 2021; regrets the fact that the revised agreement does not offer the extensive solution which Parliament has called for; welcomes, however, that the new agreement allows for greater access to and improved streamlining of audited EIB documents; reiterates that the ECA is expected to have full access to all information related to EIB operations, in~~tended solely for the implementation of EU policies~~cluding the activities related to green bonds CABs ("Climate Awareness Bond") and SABs ("Sustainability Awareness Bond"), independently issued by the EIB since 2007 and 2018;

2022/11/16
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that timely cooperation between national law enforcement authorities is a key component of an effective response to transnational crime to protect the EU’s financial interests, alongside advancing common policies to fight mafia related criminality and as well taking example from the virtuous and most experienced countries in this area;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Remarks that China remained the major country of origin of goods affected by irregularities; is concerned by the recurrence of cases of absorption and circumvention of trade defence measures and by the difficulty of detecting them; calls on the Commission to adopt countermeasures and deploy them intensively to address unfair trade and furthermore decreasing European dependence on non-EU production;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls the EU and the Member States to join forces in tackling the MTIC ("Missing Trader Intra Community") VAT fraud, costing, according to Europol, 50 billion EUR annually in tax losses or up to 27% of an annual EU budget; this measure would significantly improve the situation of the available ressources for EU policies and reduce the annual contributions of the Member States into the EU Budget;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. ~~Welcomes~~Take notes of the decision adopted by the Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention (COCOLAF) to set up an expert group dedicated to the use of IT tools to protect RRF resources, and requires great vigilance in identifying and combating fraud related to the Recovery and Resilience as long as the funded projects proceed;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes that the Anti-Fraud (OLAF) and Ethics Officer promoted and coordinated the implementation of the Joint Undertaking Anti-Fraud Strategy and the accompanying Anti-Fraud Action Plan covering the period 2020 through 2023, stresses that resources should not be subject to any fraud, especially since nuclear energy is crucial in EU energy procurement;

2023/02/02
Committee: CONT

2022/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that, in response to the situation, the Joint Undertaking launched several actions to improve the working environment and wellbeing of staff. Those actions were integrated into a Change Agenda, targeting excessive workload, bad working atmosphere, and a lack of communication by the management on the planned organisational changes; and it is expected that they will be effective, given the reported events.

2023/02/02
Committee: CONT

2022/2098(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Deplores that the Office together with the EEAS did not arrange the reception of Afghan refugees in the neighboring countries of the region, such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan;

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2098(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights with great concern that on 14 September 2022, the discharge authority received an anonymous complaint containing allegations on staff- related irregularities caused by the Office’s entire senior management team; is deeply concerned about the seriousness of the aforementioned allegations that include claims of unlawful, opaque or partial recruitment and promotion of senior management members, allegations of harassment or mismanagement of funds relating to missions of Office staff; notes that, as a result of those allegations, OLAF has launched an investigation; calls on the Office senior management and on all concerned staff to ensure full and sincere cooperation with OLAF throughout all stages of the investigation; calls on the Office to inform the discharge authority about the progress and stages of the investigation, which will determine final discharge decision;

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2098(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Welcomes the progress made by the Agency towards~~Notes that the Agency did not finalise yet the updat~~ing~~e of its policy for the management and prevention of conflict of interests; notes that this policy will be based on three pillars: a decision of the management board that will apply to board members and members organisations of the Consultative Forum, a decision of the ED that will include guidance on post- employment activities and ethical guidance and will apply to staff, contracted experts and tenderers and beneficiaries of grant, and another decision of the ED that will integrate the Ombudsman’s European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour and public service principles; welcomes the Office’s commitment to also take into account the recommendations from the Court’s report on the ‘revolving door’ issue; calls on the Agency to keep the discharge authority informed on the adoption of those decisions; further notes that no cases of conflict of interests were reported, investigated or concluded in 2021;

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2092(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes growing criticism over last years towards the performance and the design of electricity market in the EU, aggravated price volatility, massive and unnecessary electricity price rises for EU citizens happened in 2022; points out, therefore, that the Agency has failed its mission to ensure transparency standards given market manipulations1a; _________________ 1a https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricit y/news/auditors-highlight-failures-in-eu- bid-to-integrate-electricity-markets/

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2092(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Finds astonishing the tender ACER/OP/CS/03/2a amounting to 1000 000 EUR and aiming provision of consultancy services in the area of business continuity of the Agency among other things; urges to stop the practices of external consulting and to grow internal expertise; _________________ 2a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=11992

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. 'Notes that the surplus generated by the COVID-19 pandemic was, via C and P budgetary transfers in 2021, mainly allocated to finance Parliament’s building policy, namely ‘lease payments’ was reinforced with EUR 33 559 035 to continue the investment in the Adenauer II building project while "acquisition of immovable property" was reinforced with EUR 22 007 230, allowing the acquisition of the TREVES II building, which together made up 52,1% of the C transfers in 2021; notes that other important transfers addressed unanticipated needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, e.g. for health and prevention measures, technical equipment and expenditure on interpretation to support teleworking and hybrid meetings; notes that further transfers to DG LINC of at least EUR 5 250 000 were related to the logistics of the Conference on the Future of Europe and to investments in various aspects of IT services; considers erroneous the Bureau Decision of April 2021 to commit EUR 10 644 359 and to pay EUR 5 227 276 in relation to the Conference on the Future of Europe;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62

62. Calls for a thorough overhaul of Parliament’s ethical framework that integrates lessons learned and strengthens the current rules to ensure that there are stronger deterrents to address effectively current and future threats and interferences from external agents, whether they affect Members or staff; stresses that illegal activities funded by paid lobbying or NGOs constitutes a profound attack on democracy and should be met with zero tolerance and heightened vigilance; calls in particular for a revision of the Rules of Procedure and the Members’ Code of Conduct, as well as for an urgent upgrade of the current European Parliament’s Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members, in order to ensure that Members act without any undue influence from interest representatives by means of a strict regulation of paid activities during the mandate, gifts or travel invitations, future employment expectations, and of undue use of information or contacts;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)

75a. Reminds that in 2021 budget of the DG COMM amounted to 6%1a of the total budget of the European Parliament or at least 123.8 million EUR; points out that DG COMM disposed of 610 staffers in 2021; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about- parliament/en/organisation-and- rules/parliaments-budget

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 b (new)

75b. Points out that DG COMM has allocated 4 830 000 EUR for tenders2a on monitoring and analysis of Dutch, Romanian, Slovenian, Latvian, Maltese, Swedish, Cypus, Austrian, Luxembourg, German, French, Danish, Lithuaninan, Estonian, Spanish media in 2021; _________________ 2a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- search.html?_caList=1&_procedureType Forthcoming=1&_procedureTypeOngoin g=1&caList=55&closingDateFrom=&clos ingDateTo=&confirm=Search≺ocedureT ypeForthcoming=≺ocedureTypeOngoing =☆tDateFrom=01/01/2021☆tDateTo=31/ 12/2021&status=&text=&maxResults=50

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79

79. Notes that the presence of Parliament’s officials in Union delegations or other bodies aims to strengthen inter- parliamentary relations with regional organisation; reiterates, however, the concern regarding the Bureau decision of 11 February 2019 regarding parliamentary support to the European Union Mission to ASEAN in Jakarta, the Delegation of the European Union to the African Union in Addis Ababa and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in New York; notes that no staff were deployed in 2020, while two officials were seconded to New York and one to Addis Ababa in 2022; reminds Parliament’s administration of its commitment to establish measurable indicators to assess their annual performance and not to waste resources undermining the reputation of the Parliament; draws attention to the fact that Parliament’s administration has set up a unit in charge of relations with ASEAN and has proposed most of its staff to be deployed in Jakarta, while for the other two destinations the administration has simply selected senior members of staff; reiterates its call for transparent appointment processes of the staff involved and for the Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control to be kept informed;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses how important it is to have digital systems that can cope with the remote and office activities of MEPs and staff; notes that the connection quality in older buildings (such as SDM in Strasbourg) does not always guarantee basic activities; also calls for parliamentary devices to give access to the now essential virtual meeting applications;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87

87. Notes that ‘Parliament’s Buildings Strategy beyond 2019’ is intended to provide a framework for future decisions and to contribute to consolidate Parliament’s real estate portfolio while adapting facilities to the evolution of meeting patterns, going local and closer to citizens through Europa Experience facilities, enhancing security for Parliament’s buildings, and achieving the interconnection of central buildings; notes that Parliament’s administration is currently working on a comprehensive approach to define Parliament’s long-term building policy taking account of the impact of the energy crisis, environmental obligations and new working methods introduced in Parliament; calls on Parliament’s administration to reflect on the need to acquire or construct new buildings in the future and on the huge cost of the building strategy on European taxpayers; notes the adoption on 8 March 2021 of an integrated facility management strategy focusing on a life cycle management of Parliament’s building portfolio;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)

90a. Finds scandalous the publication of tender 2019/S 210-512181 "Belgium- Brussels: Design competition pertaining to the renewal of the Paul-Henri SPAAK building in Brussels "3a without an indication of the estimated total value of the final constructions; calls on Buro to disclose the figures as soon as possible; _________________ 3a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:512181-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93

93. Notes that in 2021 the total number of reported thefts in Members’ offices and staff offices was 83, a 58,2% decrease compared to 2020, with a total value of stolen items of EUR 190 791.,99; welcomes the fact that Parliament’s responsible services identified the perpetrator of two important thefts, one related to 101 hybrid computers and 26 iPads and the other related to 15 hybrid computers, and that the case is pending in the Belgian judicial proceedings and calls that attention is not lowered on a phenomenon that has tainted the institution of parliament;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Reiterates its deep concerns regarding the situation concerning the rule of law in a number of Member States, which is deeply worrying in its own right and leads to serious losses for the Union budget; underlines that Union funds must not be used for anti-democratic activities or for strengthening authoritarianism; ~~welcomes~~takes note of the first application of the conditionality mechanism in the case of Hungary, procedure launched in November 2021 and concluded in December 2022 with the freezing of 55% of three cohesion policy programmes (around EUR 6,35 billion); is concerned about the unwillingness of the Commission to apply the conditionality mechanism to Greece, given the involvement of senior members of the ruling party in a scandal regarding espionage of cabinet members, leaders of the opposition, senior members of the Hellenic Armed forces, and journalists; regrets that this raises the suspicion that the conditionality is only targeting conservative and eurosceptic government; reiterates its strong conviction that Member States must respect democracy and the rule of law in order to receive Union funds and draws attention to the Commission that the rule of law situation has also been deteriorating in other Member States, calls therefore on the Commission to trigger without delay the application of the conditionality mechanism whenever breaches of the principles of the rule of law are identified to be affecting or are in serious risk of affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; moreover stresses that Parliament, Council and the Commission need to closely co- operate together as allies; underlines its strong and repeated requests to the Commission and executive agencies to ensure the protection of the Union budget by making global and systematic use of digital and automated systems for reporting, monitoring and audit;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the increasing need to ensure the transparency of NGOs and of their funding, as they are important actors in the implementation of the Union budget, especially in the area of external action; demands the Commission to re-evaluate its identification of entities as NGOs, improving the reliability of information (making sure to have them registered as lobbyists, having clearly established whether they stand for the topics they claim they represent, and having insight into their financing); demands the disclosure of their financing be it private (e.g. NGOs financed by the industrial actors) or public; recalls that the European Court of Auditors has warned as early as 2018 that "the European Commission does not have sufficiently detailed information on how [EU] money is spent" 1a;recalls that as regards public funding, the Union basic acts regulate how transparency and visibility in this regard need to be handled, therefore reminds the Commission about the responsibility it has to check the compliance with rules and procedures, especially rules and procedures on sub- granting to NGOs; moreover, demands that the Commission provides the discharge authority with clear information about the total amount of Union funds implemented by NGOs; calls on the Commission and the co-legislators to finally end the exemption of NGOs from EU anti-money laundering rules as non- obliged entities and to extend the definition of politically exposed persons to former politicians who gain management positions in NGOs receiving EU funding; believes that these are important steps towards more financial scrutiny of such organisations; regrets that, even in the aftermath of Qatargate, the European Parliament has rejected such proposals; _________________ 1a European Court of Auditors Special Report No 35/2018.

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Welcomes~~Eagerly awaits proof that the RRF's contribution tois preventing a strong economic downturn following the COVID- 19 pandemic; notes that the RRF has been instrumental in making progress with the implementation of the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) stemming from the European Semester in almost all Member States; notes however that several CSRs remain unaddressed, despite the financial incentives stemming from the RRF;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Expresses concern about~~Takes note of the limited number of cross-border projects under the RRF, which calls into question the Union added value of this instrument;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)

48a. Highlights that the German Constitutional Court has ruled that the 37% earmarked for climate spending is unjustified, since the EU failed to demonstrate a clear link between the specific purpose of the NGEU programme, namely recovery from the COVID crisis, and climate change2a; _________________ 2a BVerfG, Urteil des Zweiten Senats vom 06. Dezember 2022 - 2 BvR 547/21 -, Rn. 1-43,

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102 a (new)

102a. Finds alarming that the EU aid to Afghanistan in years of 2021 and 2022 amounted to 524 million EUR regardless the Taliban's government took over the country; finds unacceptable that the general budget support-related aid in these years amounted to 77.5 million EUR, meaning that there is no traceability of these funds once they are merged with the others;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 138 a (new)

138 a. Highlights that the European Commission spent EUR 36 540 on four annual events, to foster transparency and engagement with relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the plans4a; regrets that the auditors did not assess the amount of transparency of engagement resulting from this events; calls on the auditing authorities to do so, and to audit Annual Events and INFORM EU clinics; _________________ 4a Answer given by Executive Vice- President Dombrovskis on behalf of the European Commission, E- 002758/2022(ASW), 12 December 2022.

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 146 a (new)

146 a. Notes that in line with Article 21 of the RRF regulation, once a Council Implementing Decision on a given plan has been adopted, only in specific cases may Member States request a modification of that plan5a; recalls that in order to amend its plan, a Member State would have to demonstrate that it can no longer implement (part of) its plan due to objective circumstances; regrets that the Commission has interpreted this rule in a way that a change of government in and of itself is not an objective circumstance within the meening of the RRF regulation5b; deeply regrets that this rule and interpretation by the Comission excessively bind new governing coalitions to the political priorities of the previous administration, and hollow out and undermine the national democratic process; _________________ 5a The ‘Commission Notice: Guidance on Recovery and Resilience Plans in the context of REPowerEU’ outlines the possible grounds for modification of a RRP on page 10-19. See https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/commission -notice-guidance-recovery-and-resilience- plans-context-repowereu_en 5b Answer given by Mr Gentiloni on behalf of the European Commission, P- 002707/2022(ASW), 14 September 2022.

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 150 a (new)

150 a. Notes with concern that the Commission would not clarify in what capacity the representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young attend the Commission’s meeting with the Maltese authorities on the RRF on 15 June 20223a, given that these representatives were not on the panel and did not raise questions during the livestreamed event3b; calls on the Commission to publish detailed accounts of the exact involvement of accountancy firms in the implementation of the RRF and the national plans; _________________ 3a GestDem Nr. 2022/4566; Ref. Arest(2022)4866007 – 04/07/2022; Answer given by Ms Ferreira on behalf of the European Commission, E- 003229/2022(ASW), 6 December 2022. 3b https://youtu.be/DFk6BFiZwfQ

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point b

b. make the list of all final beneficiaries and projects of RRF funding available to auditors and the discharge authority, Members of the European Parliament, and the general public via the Commission´s website, for all payments (in 2021 and throughout the implementation of the RRF);

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

d. apply ~~additional~~miticulous vigilance to signals of organised crime targeting the funds available under the RRF together with EUROPOL, the EPPO, OLAF and other relevant actors;

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point i

i. publish bi-annually on the RRF scoreboard the amounts borrowed to fund the RRF, and to whom, and the interest incurred to pay for the borrowed amounts; also publish on the RRF the amounts of interest paid by the Member States to the Commission on the loans made available to them under the RRF; also publish the list of primary dealers (PDs) to whom the bonds were sold; calls therefore on the Commission to require the national competent authorities to submit all relevant information and, if needed, to immediately propose amending MIFID II, MIFIR and the Market Abuse Regulation, in order to enable the request of this information; calls on the Commission to publish the notified proceedings of PDs initiated by a competent autority of a Member State in relation to their activity and of any conviction of a criminal charge, according to Article 5 of Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/625, and the list of suspended PDs;

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Valentino GRANT, Matteo GAZZINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point t

t. include in its system audits in the Member States for each internal control system (in case of decentralised or implementation methods) a minimum number of 275 tests of individual procurement files under the RRF in order to not just provide assurance on the set-up of the internal control system in all Member States, but also on the effectiveness in practice of the systems;

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2062(INI)

Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT, Eric MINARDI, Joachim KUHS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Reiterates it~~Stresses that if the Parliament's call to work only with clients and financial intermediaries that have ~~credible~~ decarbonisation plans~~; opposes the exemptions granted under the Paris Alignment for Counterparties (PATH) framework in support of REPowerEU; calls for a halt to fossil fuel financing~~ deemed credible is accepted, there will inevitably be additional costs for European citizens, at a time in which they are already facing the consequences of an unprecedented increase in energy prices;

2023/04/03
Committee: BUDG

2022/2062(INI)

Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT, Eric MINARDI, Joachim KUHS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Is concerned that the EIB has, at least once, failed to conduct a full inquiry into allegations of bribery and misuse of funds involving a financial intermediary outside the EU; calls on the EIB to reopen all such cases and to disclose annually the rate of recovery of funds lent in the event of proven fraud;

2023/04/03
Committee: BUDG

2022/2062(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Valentino GRANT, Matteo GAZZINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Is concerned that the EIB has, at least once, failed to conduct a full inquiry into allegations of bribery and misuse of funds involving a financial intermediary outside the EU; calls on the EIB to reopen all such cases and to freeze projects where credible suspicions of lawbreaking are raised;

2023/04/03
Committee: BUDG

2022/2062(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Is concerned about the accusation of the EIB failing to properly investigate allegations of the fraudulent use of 48 million euros of its funds by now bankrupt Kenyan construction company Spencon1a; regrets the decision of the EIB to not examine a whistle-blower's data case despite acknowledging evidence of possible embezzlement; is concerned about OLAF´s reluctance to analyse the evidence, citing insufficient grounds to investigate; _________________ 1a https://www.ft.com/content/cdda4973- 3957-45c2-b3ff-dc80218323de

2023/04/03
Committee: BUDG

2022/2062(INI)

Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT, Eric MINARDI, Joachim KUHS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Notes with concern the continued increase in administrative overheads, which is mainly due to the rise in staff related costs; calls on the EIB to exercise cost discipline and to preserve the flexibility and efficiency of its management structure;

2023/04/03
Committee: BUDG

2022/2062(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Valentino GRANT, Matteo GAZZINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Calls on the EIB to reopen the fraud case against ECP Africa, to explain how it botched the initial investigation and to look into significant new evidence supporting this, which was not reviewed as part of the initial investigation;

2023/04/03
Committee: BUDG

2022/2062(INI)

Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT, Eric MINARDI, Joachim KUHS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Is concerned that the transparency 9. and harm prevention of EIB intermediated investments have fallen behind other public financial institutions, rating only fair on the 2022 Aid Transparency Index3; recalls that the EIB’s 2021 Transparency Policy runs counter to the presumption of disclosure; urges the EIB to swiftly implement the European Ombudsman’s recommendations of 21 April 20224.; calls for the timely publication of the minutes of the EIB's Broad of Directors; _________________ 3 Publish What You Fund, 2022 Aid Transparency Index, 2022. 4 Decisions of the European Ombudsman of 21 April 2022 in Cases 1065/2020/PB, 1251/2020/PB and 1252/2020/PB.

2023/04/03
Committee: BUDG

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 4

4. Article 311 TFEU shall not be amended so that the decision laying down the provisions relating to the system of own resources of the Union and the implementing measures for that system are adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament; the Council, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure, shall unanimously and after consulting the European Parliament adopt a decision laying down the provisions relating to the system of own resources of the Union;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2022/2051(INL)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH, Valentino GRANT, Matteo GAZZINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 5

5. Article 312(2) TFEU sh~~all~~ould not be amended ~~so that the regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework is adopted by the European Parliament and the Council acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure~~; the Council shall act unanimously after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament, which shall be given by a majority of its component members;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 6 a (new)

6a. Article 325(4) TFEU shall be amended to impose full budgetary accountability of the NGOs funded by the EU budget and them being submitted to the annual discharge procedure. According to the "ECA Special report 35/2018: Transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs, more effort needed", in 2014-2017 the European Commission committed an estimated €11.3 billion for implementation by NGOs in many different EU policy areas such as external action, but the level of transparency in respect of the funds implemented by the NGOs is very limited;

2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas, pursuant to Article 311 TFEU, the Union must provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies as well as finance its budget wholly from own resources;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the central role that the EU budget plays in delivering on the Union’s political priorities, including making a success of the green and digital transitions, fostering an inclusive and social recovery, promoting growth, strategic autonomy and energy independence, providing support for small and medium-sized enterprises, fostering sustainable development that leaves no one behind and ensures cohesion and upward convergence, ensuring a more robust European Health Union in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, promoting the ~~rule of law, EU values and fundamental rights~~protection of the EU budget, contributing to greater opportunities for all, and ensuring a stronger Union for its people and in the world;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underscores that there is a clear consensus among the institutions that, in the wake of the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, the EU should provide the strongest possible social, economic and financial assistance to Ukraine, while addressing the economic and social consequences of the crisis within the Union and delivering the necessary support to its citizens; underlines, in this context, the shared Union goals of delivering on the European Green Deal and the digital transition, scaling up defence cooperation and coordination, improving its strategic autonomy and energy independence and security, ensuring food security, and addressing the challenges ~~caused by high inflation~~of high inflation engendered by the monetary policy of the ECB in years of 2020 and 2021;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcom~~Notes the decision to grant Ukraine and Moldova candidate country status; emphasises that this decision entails a considerable, long-term financial and budgetary commitment to supporting the necessary reforms specific to each country, as has been the case with other candidate countries~~, as well as to reconstruction and recovery~~;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that ~~essential~~the explosion of new policy initiatives ~~put forward since the adoption of the current MFF have come with proposals to shift money away from key EU policies and objectives~~ignores budgetary principles such as efficiency and of budgetary equilibrium; reminds that according to the Article 17 of the Financial regulation "the Union and the Union bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 shall not raise loans within the framework of the budget";

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that the MFF is increased annually on the basis of a 2 % deflator applied to 2018 prices; underlines that spiralling energy prices and extreme energy market volatility caused mainly by Russia’s decision to cut gas supply coupled with aggressive monetary policies of the ECB have been feeding soaring inflation, with severe impacts on citizens, businesses and consumers; is deeply concerned that such unexpectedly high levels of inflation are placing the MFF under severe strain and reducing its purchasing power further, in a context where its overall level is already lower than previous MFFs; stresses that, in practice, this means that fewer Union projects and actions can be funded, thereby negatively impacting beneficiaries;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Concludes that, in this context, the need for an urgent efficiency-driven review and revision of the MFF is beyond any doubt and that a ‘business as usual’ approach will not remotely suffice to tackle the array of challenges posed and could thereby undermine confidence in the Union in the long term;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines that the unanimity requirement for adoption of the MFF Regulation i~~mpedes the~~s necessary to take decisions in the revision process; ~~calls, in that regard, on the European Council to activate the passerelle clause set out in Article 312(2) TFEU to allow for adoption of the MFF Regulation by qualified majority;~~

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Insists that the principle of unity, whereby all items of the Union’s revenue and expenditure are shown in the budget, is both a Treaty requirement and a basic precondition for accountability, democratic legitimacy and the transparency of the EU’s public finances; stresses the need for an upscaled MFF to ensure a stronger and more ~~agile~~efficient EU budget which meets the highest standards of transparency and democratic accountability; ~~reques~~prohibits, therefore, an increase in the MFF ceilings until the end of the current budgetary period, as well as requires an increase in ~~and redesign of budgetary flexibility~~budgetary discipline and significantly greater parliamentary control over all EU spending, including off-budget instruments, funds and common borrowing and lending programmes;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

17. Reaffirms its long-standing position that new political initiatives must be financed with additional fresh money and not to the detriment of well- established, pre-existing Union programmes or policies;deleted

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Highlights that many of the policy ambitions recently stated – notably in the fields of energy and strategic and industrial autonomy – and the new policy initiatives since January 2021 (Chips Act, Secure Connectivity, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority) imply spending under Heading 1; opposes the use of agreed programme envelopes to finance new initiatives and believes that the margins are insufficient to accommodate the greater long-term needs; calls, therefore, for a~~n increase in the cei~~ reshuffling of Heading 1 priorities;

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

2022/2046(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Reiterates its position that the Social Climate Fund must be fully incorporated into the EU budget and within the MFF, without negatively impacting other programmes and funds under this heading, bearing in mind the importance of ensuring food security and delivering on the Green Deal; calls for the ceiling of Heading 3 to be adjusted accordingly;deleted

2022/10/14
Committee: BUDG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EU) 2021/241
Article 21c – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) addressing internal and cross- border energy transmission bottlenecks and supporting low and zero emission transport and its infrastructure, including railways,

2022/09/29
Committee: BUDG ECON

2022/0162(COD)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 a (new)

(31 a) “final recipient or beneficiary" means a legal or natural person receiving financial support from the EU budget.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 b (new)

(31 b) “financial intermediary” means an entity that acts as the middleperson between the Implementing Partner and the final recipient or beneficiary of EU support.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT, Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 a (new)

(36 a) “implementing partner” means a financial institution whose systems and procedures have been assessed by the Commission to be entrusted with the management of EU funding, in direct, indirect and share management modes;

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. A re-use of decommitments in the original budgetary line shall proportionally reduce the overall envelope of the EU budget.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii – indent 3

— a comprehensive overview of borrowing and lending operations; that overview shall provide inter alia the identities of third-country national buyers of bonds, purchase order information and allotment;

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 214 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. The Union shall introduce overall borrowing limits within each legislative period. The attainment of the borrowing threshold shall put automatically on pause any further borrowing activities.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0162(COD)

Joachim KUHS, Eric MINARDI, Jean-François JALKH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 238 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. The Union shall phase-out the Trust funds as eroneous practice; ever growing EU budget, especially covering the external action, duplicates the activities of 5 Union Trust funds, which operate with an overall envelope of 13,8 billion EUR (2021);

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

2022/0126(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas, in view of the unprecedented and sudden influx of refugees into the EU, the guarantees for the smooth application of procedures at or near the external borders, in particular as regards identification and fingerprinting, should be raised to a maximum level;

2022/05/31
Committee: BUDG

2022/0126(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. considering that even if regional solidarity is legitimate in terms of welcoming refugees, especially when they are mainly women, children or elderly people, the conditions of eligibility for refugee status should nevertheless be carefully checked;

2022/05/31
Committee: BUDG

2022/0126(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls that if the Commission wishes to create an ad hoc budgetary instrument for the management of Ukrainian refugees, the European Parliament will have to authorise this new instrument in advance;

2022/05/31
Committee: BUDG

2022/0015(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the European Union and the political decisions underpinning the development of the EU internal market are primarily to blame for the poverty and inequality affecting the Member States, having made it possible for large multinationals to exploit the differences in labour costs and tax rates between Member States, by means of plant relocations at the expense of citizens, workers and territories;

2022/02/08
Committee: BUDG

2022/0015(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcom~~Notes the setting up of a dedicated website for the EGF and calls on the Commission to regularly update and expand it, in order to increase the visibility of the European solidarity demonstrated by the Fund to the general public and increase the transparency of Union action;

2022/02/08
Committee: BUDG

2022/0015(BUD)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Takes note that the Commission will use the available budget under the administrative support in holding meetings of the Expert Group of Contact Persons of the EGF (two members from each Member State) and one seminar with the participation of the implementing bodies of the EGF and social partners in order to promote networking among Member States;deleted

2022/02/08
Committee: BUDG

2022/0015(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Would like to see greater transparency on the means used for technical assistance and on its effectiveness;

2022/02/08
Committee: BUDG

2022/0015(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the need to further strengthen the general awareness and the visibility of the EGF; points to the fact that such goal can be pursued by featuring the EGF in various Commission publications and audio-visual activities as provided for in Article 11(1) of the EGF Regulation;deleted

2022/02/08
Committee: BUDG

2022/0015(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Reminds applicant Member States of their key role in widely publicising the actions funded by EGF to the targeted beneficiaries, local and regional authorities, social partners, the media and the general public, as set out in Article 12 of the EGF Regulation;deleted

2022/02/08
Committee: BUDG

2022/0010(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reminds that the decarbonisation of the transport sector is imminent and is expected to have a significant impact on size and shape of the automotive sector and its employment capacity; ~~reiterates in this context the important role that the European Union should play in providing the necessary qualifications for the just transformation in line with the European Green Deal;~~ strongly supports that in 2021-2027 the EGF will continue to show solidarity with persons effected while shifting the focus from the cause of restructuring to its impact and calls for future applications to maximise policy coherence;

2022/02/08
Committee: BUDG

2021/2251(INI)

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes the fact that the Commission’s assessments concluded that all approved NRRPs address all six pillars of the RRF and satisfactorily fulfil all assessment criteria as set out in RRF Regulation and represent a balanced package of reforms and investments; considers that ~~Member States could have better aligned their NRRPs to the six RRF pillars and the requirements of the RRF Regul~~the assessment criteria of the RRF Regulation should be however revised to allow greater investment in gas and nuclear infrastructures, in order to achieve a fast and stable energy independence of European countries from the Russian Federation;

2022/03/21
Committee: BUDG ECON

2021/2251(INI)

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Reminds the Commission that the rule of law conditionality mechanism is an essential component of the RRF; calls on it to ~~refrain from approving~~evaluate objectively and without external political pressure the NRRPs of Poland and Hungary ~~as long as conc~~; considerns regarding the observance of the rule of law and the prevention and detection of and fight against fraud, conflicts of interest and corruption persist in those countries, and to ensure that all the measures set out paradoxical to block European funding to two of the countries at the forefront of migration management following the~~ir plans comply with EU values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union~~ invasion of Ukraine;

2022/03/21
Committee: BUDG ECON

2021/2251(INI)

Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that all approved NRRPs expect to reach the green target of at least 37 % set out in the RRF Regulation and that the overall climate expenditure of all approved NRRPs reaches almost 50 % or EUR 220 billion; questions the real added value of these investments in order to improve the safety of the Union's energy supplies;

2022/03/21
Committee: BUDG ECON

2021/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Regret~~Take notes that the Trans- Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline and Trans Adriatic Pipeline ~~are~~even if is not aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement; takes note of the EIB’s explanation that they were appraised under the previous EIB energy lending criteria (2013); points out that infrastructure projects of this kind and scale typically have a planned operational life of several decades, yet the EIB’s carbon footprint assessment neither considered the projects’ full lifetimes, nor accounted for emissions resulting from the planned increase in volume of gas pumped through the Southern Gas Corridor is strategical for the energy supply, especially in the strategy of diversification of suppliers;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Questions an ethical component in co- financing of the projects in Belarus such as "Belarus Utility Services Modernization"1a amounting to EUR 66 million; questions as well the co- financing of the projects in Gaza such as "Gaza Central Desalination Plant - GCDP"2a and amounting to EUR 395 million; _________________ 1a https://www.eib.org/en/projects/all/201800 14 2a https://www.eib.org/en/projects/pipelines/ all/20180171

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2235(INI)

Jean-François JALKH, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. Is astonished by the tender call 2020/S 153-3737781a opened by the EIB in 2020 aiming to "procure office furniture and associated services in Luxembourg (Lot 1) and abroad (Lot 2)" and amounting to 10 400 000.00 EUR; requests a written explanation as well as an access to the supportive documentation of this tender as soon as possible; _________________ 1a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:373778-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes note of the fact that all 26 2. Member States bound by the PIF Directive have notified full transposition of its main provisions into national law; notes, however, that the Commission report on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 highlights outstanding conformity issues to be addressed~~, including some to enable effective investigations and prosecutions by the EPPO~~; calls on the Commission to monitor the situation and encourage Member States to resolve these issues, and to report to the discharge authority in that regard;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Is of the opinion that EU institutions and bodies should put more emphasis on the funds spent in non-EU countries in order to verify that those funds are spent in accordance with the rules and without the involvement of fraud or corruption, and to confirm whether they contribute to the goals of the Union’s development and external policy; reminds that the budgetary support to other countries is financed from the general EU budget and the ECA audit cannot trace what happens beyond the moment the Commission pays aid to the recipient country, since these funds then merge with that country’s own budget resources;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Welcomes the joint efforts of OLAF and Europol to assess the threats and vulnerabilities of the RRF instrument, and requires great vigilance in identifying and combating fraud related to the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. ~~Welcom~~Notes the adoption of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget; reiterates that it entered into force on 1 January 2021 and that it has therefore been applicable since then;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Is of the opinion that it is high time for the Commission to fulfil its duties as ‘guardian of the Treaties’ and to tackle the ongoing violations of the principles of the rule of law in several Member States, which represent a serious danger to the Union’s financial interests; calls on the Commission, therefore, to take urgent action and apply the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism immediately by sending a written notification under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092;deleted

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Jean-François JALKH, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Recognises the importance of the annual rule of law report and the fact that the fight against corruption is an integral part of the report; is of the opinion, however, that it cannot substitute the anti- corruption report; welcomes the Commission’s intention to equip the rule of law report with specific recommendations to the Member Statesfight against corruption;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Notes the need for a specific annual Commission report on the analysis and state of play of the overall anti-fraud infrastructure, assessing, among other things, the level of interoperability of EU actors in the fight against fraud, ~~and~~ addressing possible links with the European Semesters ~~and~~, country reports, and the anti- corruption report~~, and the application of the Rule of Law Conditionality mechanism~~;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2203(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcomes the fact~~Takes note that 43 % of lending in 2021 was climate and environment related and ~~applauds~~of the intention to meet the climate lending target in 2022; stresses that the Climate Bank Roadmap (CBR) alone is not enough to ensure alignment with the objective of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5°C; ~~calls for an immediate halt to carbon markets and offsetting and for all action plans for the implementation of the CBR to be made public~~expresses, however, great concern about the additional cost borne by European citizens, who are already being faced with an unprecedented increase in energy prices;

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2203(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the Paris alignment for Counterparties; reiterates its call for financial intermediaries and not only corporate clients to have decarbonisation plans as soon as possible and by the end of 2025 at the latest; calls for a focus on the credibility of short-term decarbonisation plans; expects the EIB to systematically check and ensure compliance, in particular as regards ESSF implementation;deleted

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2203(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Expresses its support for EIB Global; expects full alignment of investments in non-EU countries with intra-EU lending and EU external action; calls for public consultation on the strategies linked to EIB Global with a particular focus on the role of recipient countries and specific chapters on human rights due diligenceConsiders that, in a difficult economic period for the Member States, aid to non-EU countries should be limited and the funds saved should be used within the European Union;

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2203(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Regrets the fact that at the end of 2020, the total disbursed exposure in Turkey, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy, amounted to EUR 10.4 billion and that a further EUR 0.5 billion has been committed in signed operations not yet disbursed, of which EUR 0.1 billion is expected to be at the EIB’s own risk;

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2203(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Regrets that the new ESSF includes no significant improvement in human rights protection or procedures to prevent human rights violations; calls for this to be addressed in the statement on human rights, especially concerning child and forced labour; is very concerned that in some cases, the EIB has continued to disburse loans despite clear human and workers' rights abuses;

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2203(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Is very concerned by the decline of transparency at the EIB: in 2010, 96.1 % of all projects were published three weeks before Board approval, falling to only 60 % in 2020; calls for more transparency and accountability, also towards EU institutions, in particular Parliament; calls for the timely publication of the minutes of the EIB’s Board of Directors;

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2203(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Notes with concern the continued increase in administrative overheads, which is mainly due to the rise in staff related costs; calls on the EIB to exercise cost discipline and to preserve the flexibility and efficiency of its management structure;

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2203(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Valentino GRANT, Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes note of the new anti-fraud policy; is concerned about the opaque way in which it was adopted; asks the EIB to disclose annually the rate of recovery of funds lent in the event of proven fraud;

2022/03/24
Committee: BUDG

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget1 (Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation) entered into force on 1 January 2021 and has been binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States since that date; _________________ 1 OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 1.deleted

2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (the Conditionality Regulation) integrated the conditionality mechanism into a wider framework, requiring the Commission to use its own annual rule of law reports as a source for its assessments under the Regulation; calls on the Commission to implement the Conditionality Regulation without any further delay; recalls that for budget- related measures in the event of violations of the rule of law in a Member State, the competences of parliamentary committees should be determined on the basis of Annex VI of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure if the infringements under the Conditionality Regulation procedure are dealt with in Parliament;deleted

2022/02/16
Committee: CONT

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates that the identification of breaches of the principles of the rule of law requires an objective, impartial, fair and thorough qualitative assessment by the Commission, which should take into account relevant information from available sources and recognised institutions; insists that the annual Rule of Law Report be used systematically for that assessment, , which cannot be provided by the Commission; recalls that the concept of the rule of law remains vague and can easily be used as an instrument of political pressure on certakin~~g into account the above-mentioned criteria~~ Member States;

2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalling its resolution of 8 July 2021 on the creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget2 , insists that the Commission include in its annual Rule of Law Report a section dedicated to cases where breaches of the rule of law in a Member State could affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; _________________ 2deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0348.

2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation applies both to individual breaches of the principles of the rule of law and to ‘systemic’ breaches that are widespread or are a result of recurrent practices or omissions by public authorities, or general measures adopted by such authorities; regrets that the structure of the 2021 Rule of Law Report does not always lend itself to the effective identification of such systemic breaches and calls on the Commission for improvements in this respect.deleted

2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG

2021/2180(INI)

Jean-François JALKH, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines thate importance of corruption prevention policies covering many fields, typically including ethical rules, awareness-raising measures, rules on asset disclosures, incompatibilities and conflicts of interest, public procurement, internal control mechanisms, rules on lobbying, and revolving doors;, reiterates the important role of national measures in preventing fraud and corruption as well as calls for a strong focus on those cases related to the EU institutions; revolving doors cases and conflict of interest problems undermine the credibility of the EU institutions and therefore calls for a good example to be set by the EU towards citizens and nation states;

2022/02/16
Committee: CONT

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that transparency, access to public information, the protection of whistleblowers and an overall culture of integrity in public life are key to preventing and detecting corruption; expresses its concern about deteriorating developments in these areas in several Member States; calls on the Commission to act against the breaches it has identified in its previous annual rule of law reports;

2022/02/16
Committee: CONT

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~use the Commission’s annual rule of law reports to resolutely~~ fight against systemic corruption and devise effective instruments for preventing, combating and sanctioning corruption and fighting fraud, as well as for regularly monitoring the use of public funds, including recovery and resilience facility funds.

2022/02/16
Committee: CONT

2021/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that the revision should seek to modernise the rules applicable to the EU budget in line with its latest evolutions and in line with the budgetary principles without their violation, and to increase parliamentary oversight, democratic accountability and the ability to respond to citizens’ needs;

2021/10/06
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the number and scope of off-budget instruments have grown significantly in the past decade, and that NGEU has taken this practice to the next level, by greatly, if temporarily, increasing the magnitude of the EU budget in the form of external assigned revenue, and creating liabilities until 2058 through borrowing for lending and borrowing for direct EU expenditure; warns that these developments put at risk central budgetary principles such as unity and budgetary accuracy, equilibrium ~~and~~, universality and transparency;

2021/10/06
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

~~Gender budgeting~~deleted

2021/10/06
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Insists that gender mainstreaming be better ref~~delected in the drafting and implementation of the budget, including through targeted incentives; calls for the systematic and comprehensive collection of data in the context of all EU policies and programmes in order to measure the impact on gender equality, while avoiding any unnecessary administrative burden; expects the Commission to develop a methodology to measure the relevant expenditure at programme level in the MFF 2021-2027, in line with the IIA; calls on the Commission to integrate gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting in the relevant provisions of the Financial Regulation;

2021/10/06
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2162(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Sugge~~Insists that the ~~re-use of~~ decommitted appropriations ~~as a result of full or partial non-implementation of projects pursuant to Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation should be extended beyond research and innovation, to include ap~~shall be returned in their entirety into the national budgets of the Member States proporiation~~s that support social policies, youth and humanitarian aid; believes that decommitted appropriations should be made available in their entirety the year following that of their decommit~~ally to the initial national contributions into the EU budget; calls for a revision of the articles of the Treaties regulating the decommitments management;

2021/10/06
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that the Commission’s Vademecum on public procurement was last updated in January 2020; notes that the current definition of ‘professional conflict of interest’ is limited to a conflicting interest that affects the capacity of an economic operator to perform a contract; calls on the Commission to provide for a more explicit definition and to ensure that its implementation rules on public procurement do not permit the awarding of policy-related service contracts to undertakings that are under the economic control of a parent company or a group that owns shares related to activities that are not in line with the EU’s ~~environmental, social and Green Deal~~ objectives;

2021/10/06
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2124(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Regrets the excessive dependence on WHO data and analysis with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic; considers that the Centre should have a greater added- value given its budget;

2022/03/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2124(DEC)

Charlie WEIMERS, Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Requests the disclosure of the results of the tender 2020/S 138-3382451a targeting 'the development of training courses aimed to strengthen the public health capacity in Europe to respond to the challenges encountered in the area of vaccine hesitancy and communication around vaccination', as well as of the strategy employed by the tender winner to achieve those results; _________________ 1a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:338245-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

2022/03/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes with grave concern that the total financial impact of all reservations by Directors-General to declarations of assurance amounted to EUR 1219 million for 2020, 16% higher than in 20191a; _________________ 1aAnnual Management and Performance Report 2020

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Charlie WEIMERS, Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Notes with grave concern that the financial impact of the reservations for the policy area 'External relations' increased from EUR 16 million in 2019 to EUR 21 million in 2020; calls for immediate action to be taken by the Commission to address this issue;

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Charlie WEIMERS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Finds scandalous the EEAS publication of the tender1aaiming to organise EU Study Tours of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States during the year 2020 in full pandemic and amounting to 400 000.00 EUR; stresses that, according to the tender, the EEAS has requested accommodation arrangements and related services three times a year for an average of 15 participants visiting Brussels and other EU Member States cities; _________________ 1aEEAS/DELUSAW/2020/OP/0007 - https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=5854

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Charlie WEIMERS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)

57 a. Seriously questions the purchase projects envisaged in D.R. Congo (offices), Afghanistan (plot of land), Mali (offices) and in the UK (Residence)1a; requires a justification note from the EEAS regarding the eventual guarantee of its private property over the planned purchase of the land in Afghanistan given the Taliban practices to seize public and private estate; _________________ 1a Working document on the real estate policy of the European external action service in 2020(article 266.11 of the financial regulation)

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2108(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Seriously questions the need of the Council to hire a sports physiotherapist- coach for the GSC's sports centre and fitness room right before the second lockdown in Europe during which all gyms and sport activities were prohibited for the citizens of Europe; underlines that according to the tender1a the main mission of the sports physiotherapist- coach consisted in the supervision of all users of the fitness room, including the proposal of individual programmes tailored to specific requests and needs, as well as the provision of advice; _________________ 1a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:473412-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Welcomes the fact that the number of thefts has dropped, which is also linked to the fact that attendance in Parliament has dropped, and calls that attention is not lowered on a phenomenon that has tainted the institution of parliament;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72

72. Calls on Parliament to monitor if several cases of long-term sick leave are requested by members of staff in the same unit or APAs working for the same Member and actively reach out to the concerned persons to inform them of the support provided by Parliament and the possibility to make a formal complaint in the case of harassment at work; further calls on Parliament to ensure that reimbursement procedures for psychological treatment in this regard are not overly bureaucratic and are processed quickly along with controls to avoid abuse and unjustified absences linked to long- term sick leave;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79

79. Calls for a debate on the space needs of Parliament in light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, current and future increase in teleworking and, if appropriate, for the adaptation of its long- term building strategy; requests, in particular, that the building policy be reviewed to ensure a dedicated office space for each staff member, as this policy would result in significant office space being unused during large parts of the working week; consider~~s that e.g. two staff members teleworking for 3 days a week should be able to shar~~ing this asks to specify how this can be reconciled with the planned refurbishment of the Paul-Henri Spaak building with open space with the one ~~work station~~w health and security required adjustment;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85

85. Expects more transparent and detailed planning and decision making~~, including the provision of early information, having due regard to Article 266 of the Financial Regulation, in relation to Parliament’s building policy~~ and in view of these disproportionate costs, calls for a reconsideration of Parliament's building policy, which with these purchases, runs totally counter to the Commission's building policy, which wants to halve the number of buildings it manages in Brussels by 2030, as reported by medias;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88

88. ~~Welcomes that the strategic approach related to~~Notes the implementation of Europa Experiences in all Member States by the end of 2024, as decided by the Bureau in November 2019, ~~was~~ reinforced in November 2020 with the adoption by the Bureau of a timeline for the deployment of the facilities in all Member States, pointing out that it will be a huge cost on European taxpayers;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 a (new)

88 a. Stresses how important it is to have digital systems that can cope with the remote and office activities of Members and staff; notes that the connection quality in older buildings (such as Salvador de Madariaga in Strasbourg) does not always guarantee basic activities; also calls for parliamentary devices to give access to the now essential virtual meeting applications;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Reiterates its deep concerns regarding the situation concerning the rule of law in a number of Member States, which is deeply worrying in its own right and may ultimately lead to serious losses for the Union budget and underlines its requests to the Commission to use all available tools to limit the risk of such losses. This should include the immediate and full application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget;deleted

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to continue promoting gender balance and a gender budgeting approach in the allocated funds; calls on the Commission to urgently develop a gender mainstreaming methodology in order to integrate a gender equality perspective in all policy areas;deleted

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Notes that the MFF subheading 1a ‘Competitiveness for growth and jobs’ accounts for 13,9 % or EUR 24,1 billion of the Union budget: of this amount, EUR 13,6 billion (56,4 %) is spent on research, EUR 3,1 billion (12,8 %) on education, training, youth and sport, EUR 2,4 billion (10,2 %) on transport and energy, EUR 1,6 billion (6,5 %) on space, and the rest on other actions and programmes; recalls the total planned expenditure under this sub- heading of the 2014-2020 MFF is EUR 142 billion, of which EUR 104,6 billion had been paid out by the end of 2020; points out that 37,4 billion EUR of non disbursed funds represent 26 % out of total planned expenditure; questions the budgetary efficiency and ambitiousness of the budgetary planning for this heading;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)

52 a. Reminds about the specificities of the Horizon 2020 programme management, namely the disbursement of the funds through the Joint Research Centers defined as "the Commission's science and knowledge services"; therefore questions the independence and impartiality of the research carried by the JRC by following the European Commission objectives; points out that the Horizon 2020 is clamed "to be open to everyone", however 38 million EUR were disbursed to JRC under the budgetary line 10 02 - "Horizon 2020 — direct actions of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in support of Union policies"1a; _________________ 1a https://eur- lex.europa.eu/budget/data/DB/2020/en/SE C03.pdf

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)

56 a. Is puzzled about the fact that the budget of the Erasmus+ has not been revised immediately by the Commission for the year 2020 during first and second lockdown in Europe and the closure of the borders; reminds that in 2020, 6 academic semesters out of 10 were handled in remote regime and under the prohibition of travel (an initial analysis by DG EAC of the numbers of individual mobility activities shows that there were some 500 000 fewer in 2020 compared with the 2016-2019 average, a reduction of around 60 %);

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60

60. Notes that MFF sub-heading 1b 'Economic, social and territorial cohesion' accounts for 34,3 % or EUR 59,5 billion of the Union budget: of this amount, EUR 32,4 billion (54,5 %) is spent on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), EUR 10,2 billion (17,1 %) on the Cohesion Fund (CF), EUR 14,7 billion (24,7 %) on the European Social Fund (ESF), and EUR 2,2 billion (3,7 %) on other actions; is alarmed by the fact that by the end of 2020 only EUR 194,8 billion (52%) out of EUR 371 billion had been paid out of the total planned expenditure under this heading in the 2014-2020 MFF;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)

74 a. Reminds that the ESF/YEI/Multi- Fund amounted to 88 billion EUR in the 2014-2020 programming period, however, according to the European Parliament study1a, sophisticated methods, such as counterfactual analysis, theory-based approaches and cost-benefit analysis were rarely used in the assessment of the intervention outcomes and results pursued with the ressources of this multi- fund; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2020/629219/IPOL_STU(20 20)629219_EN.pdf

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79

79. Notes that the MFF heading 2 ‘Natural resources‘ accounts for 35 % or EUR 60,6 billion of the Union budget: of this amount, EUR 41,6 billion (68,7 %) is spent on direct payments under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), EUR 2,6 billion (4,3 %) on market-related expenditure under the EAGF, EUR 14,6 billion (24,1 %) on the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EARDF), EUR 0,9 billion (1,4 %) on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and the rest on other areas; is questioning the non disbursement of 53 billion EUR out of 420 billion EUR of the total planned expenditure under this heading in the 2014-2020 period;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92

92. Notes that the MFF heading 3 ‘Security and citizenship’ accounts for 3,7% or EUR 6,3 billion of the Union budget: of this amount EUR 2,6 billion (40,5 %) is spent on instrument for Emergency Support within the Union, EUR 1,6 billion (25,3 %) on migration and security, EUR 1,2 billion (18,5 %) on decentralised agencies, EUR 0,2 billion (3,7 %) on Food and Feed, EUR 0,2 billion (3,8 %) on Creative Europe, and the rest on other areas; recalls that the total planned expenditure under this heading in the 2014-2020 MFF was 22,4 billion EUR, of which only €17,5 billion had been paid out by the end of 2020; sees as problematic the non-disbursement/non absorption of the remaining 4,9 billion EUR, currently qualified as outstanding commitments; raises a question about the budgetary efficiency and ambitiousness of the budgetary planning for this heading;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106 a (new)

106 a. Is alarmed by doubling of the budgetary support to other countries from 824 million EUR in 2019 to 1.7 billion EUR in 2020; reminds that the budgetary support is financed from the general EU budget and the ECA audit cannot trace what happens beyond the moment the Commission pays aid to the recipient country, since these funds then merge with that country’s own budget resources;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106 b (new)

106 b. Is deeply concerned about the complications experienced by the ECA in auditing the payments to international organisations from the EU general budget; stresses that these payments amounted to €3.2 billion in 2020; reminds that the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU establishes the ECA’s right to be forwarded any document or information necessary to carry out its task; calls to establish a special protocol of the information exchange between the Court and all international organisations in which the European Union has a paid membership;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 a (new)

114 a. Calls most of the Schools and the Central Office to develop emergency or a business continuity plans in case of possible major incidents and disruptions;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the repayment of the funds B. borrowed and the related interest is to be borne by the Union budget and scheduled so as to ensure the steady and predictable reduction of liabilities until 31 December 2058 at the latest; whereas the own resources ceilings have been increased by 0.6 % in order to cover all Union liabilities resulting from NGEU borrowing and currently attained 2% of the EU GNI;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas this steady and predictable reduction of liabilities is threatened by persistent high inflation and an indecisive European Central Bank, which is unsure whether to maintain favorable lending conditions, or to raise interest rates closer to the level of real inflation;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. Whereas interest rates rose to a worrying 2.63% at the latest Commission´s bond auction compared to 0.3% in November 2020, currently at the same level as French bonds, and much higher than German bond rates;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that NGEU is the first EU common borrowing programme which not only grants loans to Member States, but also provides direct Union budget expenditure embedded in genuine EU programmes and policies; underlines that common Union debt managed by the Commission ~~boost~~increases the size, impact ~~and added value~~ of the Union budget, ~~thereby supporting the post-COVID-19 recovery and delivering on long-term EU priorities~~but also creates a severe interest risk and raises serious questions of debt sustainability, especially under an insecure and unpredictable interest rate climate;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Regrets that the opaqueness of the EU taxonomy makes it unclear whether the money raised from the green bonds issuances will actually flow into green investments;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that the success of the borrowing strategy will be judged by its ability to raise the funds necessary for the implementation of NGEU on the capital markets in a timely ~~and relatively low-cost~~ manner, and to repay the debt by 2058 smoothly and predictably, especially in the light of raising interest rates and the indecisive monetary policies of the ECB; stresses that that the Union’s issuance should not upset borrowing conditions for other European issuers and should even play a positive role on capital markets, notably by meeting investors’ demand for euro-denominated assets and for new products such as green bonds;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Expresses deep concern about the fact that the Commission is not entitled to disclose information regarding the identity, purchase orders and any allotments amounts of individual institutions that have bought NGEU bonds; calls on the Commission to disclose identities, order information and allotment amounts to Member States in order to enable them to enforce the Market Abuse Regulation properly;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the national competent authorities to be very diligent in the enforcement of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), including when requesting relevant information or documents to Primary Dealers, when investigating possible misconduct and insider dealing with NGEU bonds; regrets that the Commission is exempt from MAR requirements in relation to the transactions, orders or behaviour carried out in pursuit of public debt management policy1a; _________________ 1a Article 6 of Regulation 596/2014/EU

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Recalls that Primary Dealers have an obligation to notify the Commission of any proceedings initiated by a competent authority of a Member State in relation to their activity as credit institution/investment firms and of any conviction of a criminal charge2a; calls on the Commission to suspend and exclude Primary Dealers in case of non- compliance with their obligations without delay and report such suspensions immediately to the Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament; _________________ 2a Article 5 of Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/625

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

Potential ~~positive~~ effects of NextGenerationEU borrowing

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Regrets that during the press conference following the issuance of the first tranche of green bonds on Tuesday 12 October 2021, Commissioner Johannes Hahn did not even know that the green bond standard has not yet come into force at that time;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Underlines that the 11-fold oversubscription in the first tranche of green bonds issued, is not an indicator of creditworthiness and yield potential, but of the firm conviction of investors that the Member States are committed to continue fiscally draining the European citizens;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Believes that ~~in contrast to the negative image associated with~~just like the initiatives taken during the euro crisis of the early 2010s, the response to NGEU shows the merits of a more ambitious, collective and democratic crisis response at EU level; calls on all EU institutions, therefore, to ensure that the political signal given by NGEU lives on, by demonstrating that the EU delivers on its promises and by offering a longer-term political visfurther transformation of the EU into a Transfer Union;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Is concerned about the sharp increases in interest rates in the last months and its effect on the repayment costs of the NGEU debt; sincerely doubts whether the 0.6% increase of the own resource ceilings will be sufficient to cover all Union liabilities resulting from NGEU borrowing;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Calls on the Commission to examine, in close cooperation with the recipient Member States concerned, the possibility of using interest rate swaps to hedge the risk of loans to Member States;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Calls on the Commission to foresee in its regulatory framework the possibility to hedge interest rate risk on its bond portfolio;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10 d. Believes that the combination of high inflation and fiscal tightening will reduce growth prospects and increase the cost of financing of the loan component, as well as the repayment of the NGEU debt; believes that this could increase debt sustainability concerns in vulnerable countries and may provide less fiscal space for economic stabilisation in the future;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)

10 e. Recalls that in the first quarter of 2022, the Commission has fallen short of its target to raise €50 billion; is concerned that higher interest rates may explain the € 2.5 billion shortfall; expects that larger than planned debt issues will be required to keep the Commission on track to meet its capital raising target;

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2076(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses that the introduction of such new own resources would avoid cuts to Union programmes in the future, which would undermine the very purpose and long-term benefits of the recovery plan; believes that introducing new own resources would achieve lasting benefits, not only in the delivery of Union policies, but also in ensuring the Union’s standing as a credible and smart debt issuer; calls, therefore, on the Member States to move as swiftly as possible in the current negotiations to establish own resources based on the EU Emissions Trading System, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Pillar I of the OECD;deleted

2022/07/01
Committee: BUDG

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the rule of law is historically a concept that has been instrumentalised for three years now by the European institutions, which want to punish Hungary and Poland for not accepting the distribution of migrants after the 2015 crisis;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Anna BONFRISCO, Bogdan RZOŃCA, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the Commission’s intention to develop guidelines for the application of the Regulation; ~~reiterates once again its view that the text of the Regulation is clear and does not require any additional interpretation in order to be applied;~~

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Bogdan RZOŃCA, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Highlights that the European institutions exercise their powers in accordance with the Treaties and that the Commission should act as "the Guardian of the Treaties"; considers that the Commission has overcome its role as Guardian of the Treaties, becoming a political actor and exceeding the limits set by the Treaties;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission to avoid any further delay in the application of the Regulation and to investigate swiftly and thoroughly any potential breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States that affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; reiterates that the situation in some Member States already warrants immediate investigation under the Regulation;deleted

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission to avoid any further delay in the application of the Regulation and to investigate swiftly and thoroughly any potential breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States that affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; reiterates that the ~~situation in some Member States already warrants immediate investigation under the Regulation;~~Commission cannot blackmail Member states

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Stresses that the list of indicative violations of the principles of the rule of law is variable and exposed to arbitrariness and emotion;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that measures ~~under the Regulation are taken where breaches of the principles of the r~~shouled o~~f law in a Member State affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or~~nly point to the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; underlines that this implies a comprehensive, proactive, risk-based approach on the part of the Commission to safeguard Union spending even before actual payments are made, but not to act politically;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the clear link between respect for the rule of law and the efficient implementation of the Union budget in accordance with the principles of sound financial management: economy, efficiency and effectiveness;deleted

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recalls that measures under the Regulation are necessary in particular in cases where other procedures set out in sector-specific or financial legislation would not allow the Union budget to be protected more effectively; stresses that this does not mean that the Regulation is to be considered as a ‘last resort’, but rather that the Commission can use a wide range of procedures to protect the Union’s financial interests, to be chosen on a case-by-case basis depending on their efficiency and effectiveness;deleted

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Recalls that the conditionality mechanism is at the very least illegitimate since it duplicates the procedures concerning respect for the rule of law, whereas only the procedure under Article 7 TFEU can determine the existence of a serious and persistent breach of the rule of law and the continuation of the procedures under way should therefore henceforth be the sole responsibility of the Council;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Jean-François JALKH, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines that ‘systemic’ breaches, for instance those affecting the functioning of the justice system, the independence of judges or the neutrality of public authorities, have in general a clear indirect impact on the proper management, spending and control of Union funds; considers that independence is violated not only when judges are subjected to the influence of political bodies, but also when them are in a situation of dependence on other subjects, such as trade union-corporate associations which have the substantial power to decide their careers and, consequently, are able to influence judges activities;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Recalls that the appeal lodged with the Court of Justice of the European Union by Poland and Hungary on 11 December 2020 is defacto suspensive;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2071(INI)

Hélène LAPORTE, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Anna BONFRISCO, Jörg MEUTHEN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Welcomes the Commission's respect for the legal situation, as it wishes to wait for the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, whereas Parliament is calling for the immediate activation of the new mechanism;

2021/06/17
Committee: BUDG CONT

2021/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that the rule of law is an essential precondition for compliance with the principle of sound financial management and for the protection of the Union’s financial interests, which can only be ensured if public authorities act in accordance with the law, if cases of fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest or other breaches of the law are pursued effectively by investigative and prosecution services, if national courts are independent, and if the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union are respected; however, this has become a political weapon of the Commission to interfere in national sovereignty;

2021/04/29
Committee: CONT

2021/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the importance of the Commission’s first Rule of Law Report as a basis on which to build the new cycle of the rule of law mechanism; welcomes the inclusion among its pillars of the justice system, the anti-corruption framework and other institutional checks and balances, as these are particularly relevant for monitoring the protection of the EU budget;deleted

2021/04/29
Committee: CONT

2021/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Asks the Commission to provide information in its future reports about the way Member States respect the rule of law and effectively protect the Union’s financial interests, for both EU budget revenue and expenditure, and to highlight serious risks to the Union budget; insists that the reports should provide specific assessments ~~and recommendations~~ to the Member States;

2021/04/29
Committee: CONT

2021/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that transparency, access to public information, the protection of whistleblowers and an overall culture of integrity in public life are key factors that enable corruption to be identified and prevented; ~~underlines the importance of harmonising definitions and methodologies to obtain comparative data across the EU;~~

2021/04/29
Committee: CONT

2021/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the importance of supporting and strengthening cooperation between the EU institutions, the Member States and, in particular, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in the fight against corruption;deleted

2021/04/29
Committee: CONT

Draft decision
Recital 9

(9) The provisions concerning the contribution from the auctioning of allowances under the current Emissions Trading System and from the statistics on company profits should apply from 1 January 2024. The provisions concerning the contribution from the auctioning of allowances under the new Emissions Trading System coveringshould apply from 1 January 2024. Given the positive forecast of the European Commission as regards collected revenues under the current ETS I mechanism (80 billion EUR supposed to be collected instead of the previously predicted 55), buildings, roads and transport ~~and additional sectors should apply from 1 January 2028~~sectors shall be excluded from auctioning under ETS II mechanism as they concern vital needs of citizens. The provisions concerning the contribution from the carbon border adjustment mechanism should apply from 1 January 2026. [The provisions on the OECD/G20 IF Pillar 1 Agreement shall enter into force once the Directive on implementation of the global agreement on re-allocation of taxing rights applies and the Multilateral Convention entered into effect.]

2023/10/04
Committee: BUDG

2021/0430(CNS)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Underlines the importance of increasing appropriations for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, in particular in the light of the recent developments in Afghanistan; reverses, further, the decrease for the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) programmed by the Commission to finance new tasks for Europol under its enhanced mandate, as the necessary appropriations for Europol should be drawn exclusively from unallocated margins under the relevant MFF heading ceilings and/or through the mobilisation of the relevant MFF special instruments; against this background, offsets also the redeployment of BMVI for eu-LISA;deleted

2021/10/01
Committee: BUDG

3 a. Calls on the Authority to verify the declarations of compliance with French social and labour law made by contractors in accordance with the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union, and to publish these declarations on its website;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2174(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes the inquiry of the Ombudsman following the Authority’s decision not to forbid its former executive director from taking up a role in a financial industry lobby and the inquiry’s conclusion that there was maladministration by the Authority in not immediately withdrawing its executive director’s access to confidential information; notes the recommendations made by the Ombudsman and the Authority’s reply that the new staff policyRecalls its resolution of 13 January 2020 on institutions and bodies of the EMU: preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest and the decision of the European Ombudsman in case 2168/2019/KR of 7 May 2020; strongly agrees with the Ombudsman that the Authority should have forbidden the job move and that the measures it put in place to prevent conflicts of interest are not sufficient to addresses the r~~ecommendations~~isks involved;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2174(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Welcomes the adoption by the Authority`s Board of Supervisors of its Policy on Independence and Decision Making Processes for avoiding Conflicts of Interests; calls on the European Court of Auditors to specifically scrutinize in its future audits of the Authority (i) if senior staff members have taken up certain positions in the financial industry after their term in office, (ii) the timely manner in which access to confidential information for staff members is withdrawn, once it became known that they are moving to another job;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the Court’s general observations on the increase in the number of contract staff and the related budget appropriations from 2012 to 2018; ~~observes that for the EEAS, such an increase was due to new tasks reflecting the placing of new operational and political responsibilities on the EEAS, in particular in~~condemns an overall increase in the EEAS contract staff from 322 to 444 (i.e. a growth of 38 %) given the adoption in 2014 of the are~~as of the common security and defence policy, the implementation of the action plan against disinformation as well as the urgent priority to reinforce physic~~vised Staff Regulations accompanied by a commitment of the institutions and bodies to gradually reduce the number of posts (officials and ~~IT security in EU Delegations; observes for the EEAS an overall increase in contract staff from 322 to 444 (i.e. a growth of 38 %)~~temporary staff) in their establishment plans by 5 % before 2018 compared with the situation in 2012;

2021/02/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Reminds of the common failure of the EEAS and the Commission to provide efficient budget support addressed to Morocco, namely due to sub-optimal focus and design of the support, difficulties in implementing and absence of significant impact for budget support programmes; therefore calls on the EEAS and the Commission to stop the practice of the budget support to the third countries regulated by legal provisions of a broad scope creating a risk of loose interpretation by the institutions regarding the meeting of general conditions;

2021/02/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. Finds it worrying that the Committee has not carried out a comprehensive risk assessment since 2014 with only one directorate having identified the risks to the achievement of its objectives, but without yet proposing mitigating controls that would reduce those risks to an acceptable level;

2021/02/15
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Is ~~aware~~worried that on 11 March 2019, the Bureau endorsed a new approach to future property market propositions for European Parliament liaison offices and Europa Experience spaces in several Member States since it will be a burden on the Union budget;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Recalls that in 2020, Parliament launched an international architectural competition with two options, a comprehensive environmental renovation or reconstruction of the Spaak building; expects a detailed evaluation of the cost on the basis of the summary pre-project, which is to be developed by the winning architect in the course of 2021; ~~demand~~stresses that the renovation/reconstruction take also into account ~~Parliament’s current needs as described in the updated building strategy beyond 2019~~Members and Staff current needs related with recent restrictions and the new health and security required adjustment;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. ~~Notes~~Is worried about the Bureau's decision of 25 November 2019 to set up a Europa Experience visitors’ facilities in all Member States by the end of the current legislature (2024) and the current implementation of this decision; considers it will be a huge cost on european taxpayers;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Welcomes the fact that no major security incident has taken place inside Parliament’s premises since 2015; however, is deeply concerned by the total number of Members, secretariats of political groups and the accredited parliamentary assistants reported as victims of thefts within Parliament’s premises; ~~notes~~is deeply concerned that the estimated global value of items, which amounts to approximatively EUR 60 000 per year, has been stable for the last three years; expects continuous strengthening at the security level; deplores the ongoing series of thefts and, above all, the failure to take action against those responsible for the thefts in Parliament:

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80

80. Is deeply worried about the number of members of staff on long-term sick leave; is concerned that some of those cases may relate to exhaustion and disturbed work-life balance; calls on the administration to be proactive towards the concerned staff, to carefully evaluate the staff workload and to ensure a balanced distribution of tasks; welcomes the ‘Mind Matters’ campaign launch in 2018 by DG PERS to raise awareness and combat stigma related to mental health; urges Parliament to conduct a psychological risk assessment to detect psychological risks in the work environment and to develop targeted action plans to either eliminate them, or mitigate their negative impact; urges Parliament to monitor the long terms sick live to avoid abuse and unjustified absence, calls for reassessment of the applicable rules to enable quicker hiring of substitutes in cases of long-term sick leave;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Proposal for a decision 1
Citation 14 a (new)

— Having regard to the answer of the Commission to parliamentary question E- 005156/2020;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that more than half of EU expenditure in 2019 may be considered as high-risk, including reimbursement-based payments for investments in the areas of cohesion and rural development; notes with concern that the increase in the estimated rate of material error from 4,5 % in 2018 to 4,9 % in 2019 can result in auditors giving an adverse opinion on EU expenditure;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019 /~~ Postpones its decision on granting the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Deplores the answer of the Commission to parliamentary question E- 005156/2020, which was given on18 February 2021, five months after it was tabled, which in itself already took weeks to table, given the reluctance of the European Parliament´s internal services; rejects the Commission´s qualification of the Commission´s president expenses as confidential under Regulation No 2018/1725, since the question merely inquires whether the apartment of the Commission President in the Berlaymont building has separate counters for gas, electricity and water from the counters of the rest of the building; urges the Commission to answer this question without further delay;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the decrease in the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ from 5 % in 2018 to 4,4 % in 2019; welcomes this year- on-year improvement, but is disappointed that it has not proved possible to decrease the error rate to the 3 % level recorded in 2017; is concerned that of the 236 transactions examined, 29 errors had not been detected by audit authorities, taking account of the 64 errors previously discovered by audit authorities and corrections applied by programme authorities (worth a total of 334 million euros for both programming periods taken together);

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Regrets that ‘Ineligible projects’ made 55% as a main type of error; notes that for five ERDF projects, from the 2014-2020 programming period, aid was granted to beneficiaries or operations that did not meet the eligibility conditions set out in the applicable regulation and multiannual operational programmes;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Regrets that ‘Infringements of internal market rules’ made 24% as a main type of error (9% - infringements of state aid rules; 15% - serious non- compliance with public procurement rules);

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Regrets that ‘Ineligible expenditure’ made 12% as a main type of error;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Finds unacceptable the weaknesses found in the work of several audit authorities covered by ECA sample, which currently limit the reliance that can be placed on that work (the recalculated rate was above the 2 % materiality threshold in nine out of 20 assurance packages for the 2014-2020 period, the Commission adjusted the residual error rates for eight assurance packages to a figure above 2 %);

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Notes that for 120 of the sampled transactions (55 %), the European Court of Auditors (ECA) was able to draw conclusions on the basis of its review of the work carried out by the audit authorities; is deeply concerned that ECA identified shortcomings with regards to the scope, quality and/or documentation of that work in 100 transactions (45 %), which required the ECA to carry out once more the corresponding audit procedures;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4 f. Is very concerned about the weaknesses found in the work of several audit authorities covered by the European Court of Auditors' (ECA) sample, which currently limit the reliance that can be placed on that work (the recalculated rate was above the 2 % materiality threshold in nine out of 20 assurance packages for the 2014-2020 period, the Commission adjusted the residual error rates for eight assurance packages to a figure above 2 %); notes that for 120 of the sampled transactions (55 %), the ECA was able to draw conclusions on the basis of its review of the work carried out by the audit authorities; is deeply concerned that ECA identified shortcomings with the scope, quality and/or documentation of that work in 100 transactions (45 %), which required the ECA to carry out once more the corresponding audit procedures;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4 g. Notes that 13 of the compliance audits (5 by DG REGIO and 8 by DG EMPL) were final by May 2020, but for half of these audits, therefore, the residual rates were not yet final;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission to: - clarify eligibility conditions (including by defining what is meant by ‘physically completed’ and/or ‘fully implemented’ operations to help Member States to verify that operations comply with Article 65(6) of the CPR and avoid the non-detection of ineligible operations); - take action to increase the reliability of the residual rates reported by audit authorities (analyse the main sources of undetected errors and develop the necessary measures together with audit authorities to improve the reliability of reported residual rates);

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Regrets that the delayed timing of a number of evaluations and studies analysing the results of the 2007-2013 period and the early stages of programming and implementation of the 2014-2020 cohesion policy programmes means that lessons learned are too late to have an impact on either the current or following programming periods (the results of the2014-2020 ex-post evaluations, for example, are expected to be available by the end of 2025 as required by the CPR, by then the 2021- 2027 programming period will be in its fifth year and the Commission is likely to be well advanced in preparing its legislative proposals for the post-2027 period);

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Finds the effects of the relatively low levels of implementation in cohesion policy, compared to the rest of EU budget, worrisome; notes that an eventual time lag between the start of the programme, implementation and realisation of outputs and results, together with the fact that the latest data available relates to the end of 2018 in an implementation period lasting until the end of 2023, make it harder at this stage to achieve the objectives;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Maximilian KRAH, Joachim KUHS, Alessandro PANZA, Vincenzo SOFO, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Regrets that of 72 indicators in total, only one third of the indicators are on track to meet their targets and that about half of the indicators are not on track; regrets that of 9 indicators linked to the general objectives, only two are on track, meanwhile about one third of the indicators had a mid-term milestone target set for 2018; notes that in total, 40 % of the output indicators are on track, for result and impact indicators, this percentage is 10 %; stresses that of all 10 indicators from the programme statements linked to the objective of supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors, only 1 –‘Number of households with improved energy consumption classification indicator’ – is on track;

2021/01/25
Committee: REGI

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Regrets~~Takes note of the adoption of three amending budgets in 2019, adding EUR 0,4 billion to commitment appropriations and EUR 0,3 billion to payment appropriations;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Notes that the current agreement between the Commission, the EIB and the Court concerning audits of operations which are financed or backed by the Union budget expires in 2020; views this an opportunity to ensure that the Court is enabled to have access to information necessary to audit the regularity and also the performance of the EIB activities, which ~~do not~~ fall under ~~a specific Union~~its mandate;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Requests the Council together with the European Parliament to: - call on the EIB to enable the Court to audit the regularity as well as the performance aspects of its financing activity, which does not fall under a specific Union mandate;deleted

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112

112. Is of the opinion that, as stated in the Court’s audit on TFIs, there is a risk that traffic forecasts were usually overoptimistic, not well coordinated for half of the projects, not based on sound economic assessments and sometimes very simplistic, and in particular cost-benefit analyses had not been properly used as a tool for policy-making;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 119

119. ~~Finds it worrying~~Notes that of the 251 transactions examined7 , 44 (18 %) contained errors while 207 (82 %) were error-free; ~~is concerned~~notes that based on the 36 errors ECA has quantified and other evidence produced by the control system ECA finds the level of error for ‘Natural resources’ to be close to the materiality threshold; _________________ 7The sample consisted of 136 payments under rural development programmes, 95 direct payments, 14 market measures and 6 payments for fisheries, the environment and climate action.

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128 – indent 3 – point e

e. the CAP performance indicators do not measure the efficiency of direct payments. The ~~Court~~ evaluation support studyconcluded that the proportion10 of farms receiving direct payments and generating an income per unit of labour higher than average national labour productivity had decreased from 29 % in 2013 to 26 % in 2015. The study found that 9 % of small farms and more than 30 % of large farms had income per unit of labour above this benchmark; _________________ 10Evaluation study of the impact of the CAP measures towards the general objective “viable food production”, 2020, pp. 108-122.

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 131

131. Notes that, regarding the regularity of transactions, seven (37 %) of the 19 transactions examined by ECA were affected by errors (~~i.e~~e.g. overstatement of salary costs);

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 151 – introductory part

151. Welcomes the recommendations issued to DG Home by the Internal Audit Service of ~~DG HOME~~the Commission for 2019 such as:

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Regrets the disparity in the means available in each country to assess the amount of damage based on data collected by local authorities and satellite surveys and the consequent errors in the proposed assessments;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to avoid duplication of funds when the regions concerned are already beneficiaries of other EU programmes;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2127(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for justification, by means of an audit of the proper use of European funds, of the aid received by beneficiary countries which are at the end of the reconstruction process;

2021/06/07
Committee: BUDG

2020/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the important role of ~~NGOs and civil society~~civil protections departments, trade associations and stakeholders in supplying field data to the local and national authorities; highlights, therefore, that effective cooperation with ~~NGO~~relevant organisations can also enhance the quality of applications; calls on the Member States to develop effective coordination mechanisms to make full use of these contribution ~~of NGO~~s;

2021/07/16
Committee: CONT

2020/2087(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Recommends extending eligibility under the Fund to potential candidate countries as a further sign of solidarity with third countries on a path towards joining the EU.~~deleted

2020/06/26
Committee: BUDG

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcome~~Rejects the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) as ~~central in ensuring the success of the Green Deal and the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient economy~~the financial arm of the European Green Deal scam, created for centrally planning the economies of the Member States and funnelling taxpayers' money and artificially cheap credit to politically desirable sectors and undertakings;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcome~~Rejects the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; ~~endorses~~takes not of the underlying ~~principle~~assumption that public investments will respect the oath to ‘do no harm’~~; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 2050~~, since they are the result of central planning by elected and mostly unelected government officials redistributing taxpayers' money and could do more harm to a sustainable economy than informed investment decisions by entrepreneurs dealing with their own capital or capital voluntarily entrusted to them by market investors;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that the success of the EU’s aim to ~~achieve climate neutrality will depend on the adequacy of the financing~~reduce negative externalities detrimental to the environment, will depend on the adequacy of the financing, which has become increasingly difficult under the ultra-accommodative monetary policies of the European Central Bank;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that Article 311 TFEU prohibits the EU from contracting debt; underlines that issuing debt is a defining feature of sovereign states;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Questions whether the SEIP, as currently constituted, will enable the mobilisation of the surprisingly round amount of EUR 1 trillion by 2030, given the negative economic outlook following the COVID-19 crisis and seemingly completely arbitrary nature of that number; requests the Commission to ensure full transparency on equity and debt financing issues, such as the optimistic leverage effect or the lack of clarity over the extrapolations of certain amounts and the no debt clause of Article 311 TFEU; furthermore questions how the new MFF as proposed by the Commission in its revised proposals of 27 and 28 May 2020 would enable the achievement of the SEIP targets;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Wishes to see it ensured that funding from the SEIP, at EU and national level, goes towards the policies and programmes with the highest ~~potential to contribute to the fight against climate change, and looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming climate tracking methodology using appropriately the criteria established by~~return on investment, without crowding out private investment, and looks forward to the Commission’s follow-up on the statement by Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis of 5 June 2020 on the potential conflict of interest of BlackRock´s involvement in the EU taxonomy regulation;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that public ~~and private~~ finances should adhere to the ~~EU taxonomy~~Stability and Growth Pact, if it ever is revived, and to the Do Not Significantly Harm (DNSH) principle, in order to ensure that EU policies and financing, including the EU budget, the programmes financed through Next Generation EU, the European Semester and EIB financing do not contribute to objectives, projects and activities that significantly harm ~~social or environmental objectives~~the economy, sovereign debt sustainability and the no debt clause enshrined in Article 311 TFEU;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE, Valentino GRANT, Marco ZANNI, Antonio Maria RINALDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for ~~the phasing-out of public and private investments in highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives are available, while~~ fully respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the central role of the EU budget in delivering the SEIP; reiterates its long-standing position that new initiatives should always be financed through ~~additional appropriations and should not negatively affect other policies~~own resources, as enshrined in Article 311 TFEU;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that~~, in order to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement,~~ the EU’s contribution to the climate objectives should be underpinned by sound economics and a~~mbitious~~ minimal share of climate-related expenditure in the EU budget, ~~going beyond~~preferable below the levels of targeted spending shares of at least 25 % over the MFF 2021- 2027 period ~~and of 30% as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027~~, given the severe economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 lockdown measures, and the ongoing economic crisis, which prompts a more moderate and realistic approach by the EU;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Welcome~~Rejects the proposal to top up the Just Transition Fund (JTF), since money does not grow on trees or can be printed without consequences, including with additional funds from Next Generation EU, and the two additional pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism, namely a dedicated scheme under InvestEU and a public sector loan facility, which will ~~contribute to alleviating the economic effects of the transition to climate neutrality on the most vulnerable region~~inject even more artificially cheap credit in our already credit-addicted economy, without substantial effects ion the EUreal economy;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Welcome~~Rejects the role of InvestEU in the implementation and functioning of the SEIP and ~~consider~~deplores that it ~~should be~~ at the heart of the Union’s green, ~~fair and resilient~~centrally-planned and economically unsound recovery; ~~welcome~~rejects, therefore, the Commission’s proposal to increase the programme’s size and scope; ~~welcome~~rejects the proposal to create a Strategic Investment Facility within InvestEU to promote ~~sustainable investments in key technologies and value chains~~investments dubiously labelled as sustainable or green in technologies and value chains which are deemed to be "key", by political decree;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that the Innovation Fund and the Modernisation Fund should make a significant contribution to the sustainable transition, and welcomes in particular the fact that the Modernisation Fund is designed to support investments to improve energy efficiency in 10 lower- income Member States and is therefore an important tool in ensuring a just transitionModernisation Fund is designed to funnel EU money into Eastern-European Member States, several of which have been downgraded in Transparency´s International Corruption Perceptions Index during recent years;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Supp~~Deplortes the Commission’s ~~innovative~~sneaky approach in stating that the EU budget will contribute to achieving climate objectives also through its revenue side, which means more and new taxes, and underlines that Article 113 TFEU should be fully respected;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reaffirms its previous position regarding candidates for new own resources, and calls on the Commission to propose new own resources which correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; asks, therefore, for the introduction of new own resources based on the auction revenues of the Emissions Trading System, a contribution on non-recycled plastic packaging waste, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base or a precursor based on operations of large enterprises, a tax on digital companies, and a financial transaction taxcalls that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle; rejects the ever more innovate efforts of the Commission in pursuit of own resources;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. W~~elcomes~~arns that the efforts of the European Investment Bank (EIB) to revise its energy lending policy and to devote 50 % of its operations to climate action and environmental sustainability; calls on the EIB to commit to the sustainable transition towards climate neutrality while taking into account the different energy mixes of Member States and devoting particular attention to the sectors and regions most affected by the transitionould lead to asset bubbles in those markets concerned; calls on the EIB to respect the different energy mixes of Member States;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recognises the important role of the national promotional banks and institutions and of international financial institutions (IFIs) in the financing of sustainable projects, thereby contributing to the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreementsound monetary polices, a stable money supply, stable prices and normal interest rates in the financing of sustainable projects, which require longer time horizons and have lower time preference;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Recalls~~Takes note of the statement of the ECB President that the ECB is supporting the development of a taxonomy as a way of facilitating the incorporation of environmental considerations in central bank portfolios; calls on the ECB to evaluate the feasibility of including sustainability criteria in its collateral framework and its annual stress testing exercise, while assessing ways to guide lending towards energy transition investments and to rebuild a sustainable economy in the aftermath of the COVID- 19 crisisquestions whether these operations fall within the scope of the mandate of the ECB, as enshrined in article 127 TFEU;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Supports a ~~renewed~~ sustainable equity- finance strategy; underlines the need for an EU eco-label for financial products, for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), and for more reliable, comparable and accessible sustainability data obtained by harmonising sustainability indicators and creating a public sustainability data register based on sound economics; underlines the need for more reliable, comparable and accessible sustainability data obtained by independent market research;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Insists on the integration of social objectives in the sustainability framework, including through an evaluation of extending the scope of taxonomy and the development of an EU Social Bond Standard;deleted

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Valentino GRANT, Marco ZANNI, Antonio Maria RINALDI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Insists on the integration of governance objectives in the sustainability framework~~, including~~ withrou~~gh additional voting rights for long-term shareholders, reform of rem~~t creating extra red tape and costs for both underation structures and fiduciary duties for top-line management, and mandatory sustainability reporting and due diligence for financial institutions and large corporates; welcomes the preparation of a sustainable corporate governance initiativetakings, shareholders and customers, like we have seen in the aftermath of the chaotic implementation of MiFID II;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Calls for the introduction of an enabling framework for public sustainable investments to achieve the goals set out in the European Green Deal, but s~~Stresses that whatever financing model is chosen, it must ~~not undermine~~respect the sustainability of public finance in the EU~~; supports the commitment by EVP Dombrovskis to explore how taxonomy can be used in the public sector~~, especially the no debt clause enshrined in Article 311 TFEU; warns that applying taxonomy to the public sector can undermine national sovereignty of Member States and curb their exclusive competences; calls for public support for airlines to be used in a sustainable and efficient manner;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Recalls that the European Semester is a futile framework for EU Member States to coordinate their budgetary and economic policies; believes that ~~it could~~since it has not been able to keep Member States in line with the Stability and Growth Pact, it could a fortiori not facilitate the implementation of the European Green Deal~~, the European Pillar of Social Rights~~ and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)~~; believes that the SDGs should be at the heart of EU’s po~~ within the framework of the Stabilicty ~~making process~~and Growth Pact;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. ~~Suppor~~Rejects the Solvency Support Instrument to level the playing field in the single market, and the introduction of centralised ‘transition plans’ for certain politically favoured companies to increase the ~~sustain~~profitability of their activities; considers that society can ask for a quid pro quo when providing support to companies; believes that transition plans should be obligatory for companies seeking state aid or EU-level support unless it is clear that they do not engage in environmentally or socially harmful activities; urges the Commission to only approve transition plans that set businesses on the path to the climate- neutral and circular economy without significantly harming any other environmental or social objectivbelieves that taxpayers should ask for a quid pro quo when providing support to companies;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26. Invites the Commission to revise the Energy Tax Directive and coordinate a kerosene tax that could also feed into the EU budget;~~deleted

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2058(INI)

Gunnar BECK, Joachim KUHS, Jörg MEUTHEN, Maximilian KRAH, Hélène LAPORTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Wishes it to be ensured that all contribute and profit equitably to the post- corona recovery and the transition to a sustainable economy; seeks an intensified fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning; calls on the Commission to create a blacklist of EU Member States facilitating tax avoidance; calls for EU-level coordination to avoid aggressive tax planning by individuals and corporates; seeks in this context an ambitious strategy for business taxation for the 21st centuryrecalls that only innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, unlike taxation and regulation, can foster economic recovery and innovation;

2020/07/03
Committee: BUDG ECON

2020/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Stresses that the need to create such trust funds is partly a consequence of the EU budget being structurally underfinanced and lacking possibilities to finance unexpected needs;~~deleted

2021/03/30
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Insists on the need to ~~ensure that the objectives of the FRT are consistent with the EU’s general principles, policies and objectives, including democracy, the rule of law and human rights~~dismantle the FRT;

2021/03/30
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to better address refugees’ needs for municipal infrastructure and socio-economic support, in order to improve the streamlining and complementarity of the assistance provided to them;deleted

2021/03/30
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the Commission to address the need to improve the operating environment for civil society organisations and the Turkish authorities;~~deleted

2021/03/30
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need to make sure strict monitoring exercises and audits are carried out to ensure compliance with the Financial Regulation; invites the Commission to scale up reporting on the FRT and asks ~~it to ensure that these funds specifically target refugee projects and are not used for any other purposes~~to dismantle it as soon as possible;

2021/03/30
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that the actions under each strand of the FRT will achieve more value for money if they are part of a~~n integrat~~ minimized approach;

2021/03/30
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to implement a strategy for the transition from humanitarian to development assistance and to ~~improve the efficiency of~~cancel cash assistance projects;

2021/03/30
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)