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Activities of Andrey SLABAKOV related to 2020/1998(BUD)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021
2020/10/05
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2020/1998(BUD)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(71 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Romeo FRANZ', 'mepid': 193273}]

Amendments (1)

Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Deeply regrets that the Commission still has not responded to Parliament's call for a comprehensive review of the budget line for multimedia measures, particularly with regard to the framework contract with Euronews; decides to put its budgetary allocation in reserve until the Commission has answered the concerns raised by the Court of Auditors; notes however that the Court of Auditors does not point to any shortcomings on Euronews’s part in its contractual reporting duties under the current framework; regrets that such a reserve of 18 million euros endangers the financial viability of Euronews, and consequently its staff, while it is highly important that the EU supports independent and high-quality journalism on EU affairs;
2020/10/20
Committee: BUDG