What changed

PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

– having regard to Rule 133 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A100000/2025),(A10-0039/2025),

A. whereas, by letter of 12 February 2025, the Council consulted Parliament on the nomination of Lucian Romașcanu as a Member of the Court of Auditors;

C. whereas the committee subsequently held a hearing with Lucian Romașcanu on 18 March 2025, at which he made an opening statement and then answered questions put by the members of the committee;

1. Delivers a favourable / an unfavourable opinion on the Council’s nomination of Lucian Romașcanu as a Member of the Court of Auditors;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and, for information, the Court of Auditors, the other institutions of the European Union and the audit institutions of the Member States.

ANNEX 1: CURRICULUM VITÆ OF LUCIAN ROMAȘCANU

ANNEX 2: ANSWERS BY LUCIAN ROMAȘCANU TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE

Nevertheless, since I was nominated by the Romanian Government and the procedure under the TFEU states that the Council has the final decision, I consider that following the full procedure is the correct way to act that respects all the institutions involved.

ANNEX: ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not receive input from any entity or person to be mentioned in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted

18.3.2025

Result of final vote

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22

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5

Members present for the final vote

Georgios Aftias, Gilles Boyer, Caterina Chinnici, Tamás Deutsch, Dick Erixon, Daniel Freund, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Virginie Joron, Kinga Kollár, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Claudiu Manda, Csaba Molnár, Fidias Panayiotou, Jacek Protas, Julien Sanchez, Jonas Sjöstedt, Carla Tavares, Tomáš Zdechovský

Substitutes present for the final vote

Maria Grapini, Erik Marquardt, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Annamária Vicsek

Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote

Andrzej Halicki, Valentina Palmisano, Georgiana Teodorescu