7 Amendments of Sabrina PIGNEDOLI related to 2021/2108(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores the fact that the Council is still refusing to cooperate with regard to the discharge procedure, forcing Parliament to refuse discharge;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expresses its concern about the increasing role of the European Council on the legislative files in spite of the fact that this institution has neither a legislative nor an executive function and is not being held accountable because it does not apply the same transparency standards as the Council; regrets the fact that the Transparency Register applies to the Member States’ Permanent Representatives only under voluntary schemes and insists that all Permanent Representations should take an active part in it during and after their Member State’s Council presidency; believes that the existing ethics rules on conflicts of interest, revolving doors and lobby transparency should be strengthened and harmonised; encourages the Council to join the Transparency Register scheme and calls on the Council to refuse to meet with unregistered lobbyists;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Understands that the Council’s budget is mostly administrative with a large part of it being used for expenditure in relation to staff, buildings (including furniture and equipment) and miscellaneous running costs; reiterates its call, made in previous resolutions on the budget, for separate budgets for the European Council and the Council in order to improve transparency, accountability and expenditure efficiency for both institutions;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that under Article 319 of the TFEU Parliament exercises its prerogatives in the discharge procedures and has the sole responsibility of granting discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the Union, and that the budget of the European Council and of the Council is a section of the Union budget;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes an increase in the carry-over of appropriations from 2020 to 2021 (12,6 % in comparison to 9,8 %, from 2019 to 2020); reminds the Council that carry- overs are exceptions to the principle of annuality of the Union budget and could be an indicator of budget over-estimations and calls on the Council to step up its efforts to prevent budget overestimates;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Shares the Court’s concern about the absence of a common Union ethical framework governing the work of Member States’ representatives in the Council, expressed in the Court’s Special Report no 13/2019; recalls the Council’s obligation to deal with and resolve high-level conflicts of interest, and revolving doors and to extend the existing mandatory lobby transparency rules;