Activities of Antonio TAJANI related to 2020/2142(DEC)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section II – European Council and Council
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the procedure of giving discharge separately to the individual Union institutions and bodies is a long- standing practice to guarantee transparency and democratic accountability towards Union citizens and is accepted by all institutions and bodies except the Council;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CRemains convinced that an agreement on this matter is possible and therefore, calls on the Council to resume those negotiations without undue delay; reiterates its previous position that, if those negotiations with the Council do not succeed, the negotiations should be extended to the Commission, so as to ensure that Parliament is provided with the necessary information on how the Council is implementing its budget, either directly or via the Commission;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the Conference on the future of Europe provides an opportunity to discuss proposals to enhance transparency and democratic accountability with regard to the protection of the Union’s financial interests, such as the possibility of a Treaty change giving the Parliament the explicit competence to grant discharge to all institutions and bodies individually; underlines that the impact of such changes on the inter-institutional balance as provided for in the Treaties should be thoroughly examined by Parliament's competent committee.