Activities of Lara WOLTERS related to 2018/2168(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2017: EU general budget - European Council and Council (debate)
Amendments (1)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Expresses its concerns about the information reported by the European media regarding the corporate sponsorship of Member States hosting the Union Presidency and echoes the concerns expressed by European citizens and Members of the Parliament; acknowledges that the Member States are expected to finance their own Presidencies and that resorting to corporate sponsorship to cover some of its expenses has become common practice in recent years; is highly concerned about the possible reputational damage and the risk of loss of trust that this practice may incur on the Union, its institutions and especially to Council in the eyes of the European citizenship; suggests that Council adopt guidelines in order to promote the financial transparency and independency of the Presidencies; strongly recommends Council to envisage budgetisation of the Presidencies; will closely monitor the conclusions of the enquiry of the European Ombudsman related to this matter; requests Council to forward this concern to the Member States, in particular to the current trio Presidency;