3 Amendments of Lara WOLTERS related to 2021/2180(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls its resolution of 8 July 2021 on the creation of guidelines for the application of the Conditionality Regulation; insists that the Commission include in its annual rRule of law reports a section dedicated to cases where rRule of law breaches in a Member State have affected, could affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the Union’s financial interests in a sufficiently direct way; calls on the Commission to present in its future reports a summary of the actions undertaken at national or EU level to address such cases, as well as to what extent they have protected the Union’s budget;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Regrets that the Commission has not implemented the recommendations included in Parliament’s resolution of 24 June 2021 and, as a result, that the 2021 report remains mainly descriptive and does not provide sufficient analysis or foresees remedies, which undermines its preventive role; recalls its request to the Commission to include country-specific recommendations on how to address the concerns identified or remedy Rule of law breaches, including concrete actions and deadlines for implementation, as well as to follow-up on the implementation of its recommendations and the remedial actions; reiterates that the annual reports shall assess the intensity of the Rule of Law breaches, as well as the systemic or isolated nature; believes that the Commission’s recommendations shall be linked to concrete Union tools, such as the Article 7 TEU procedures or the Conditionality Regulation, for cases where Member States fail the implementation;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that corruption prevention policies cover 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 role of national measures in preventing fraud and corruption, as well as in recovering the profit from those cases; welcomes in this regard the information included in the 2021 report about cases of corruption involving high-level officials in Member States and calls on provision of more clarification in future reports with regard to whether EU funds have been affected;