2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Public Prosecutor's Office

30.4.2025 A10-0051/7

Amendment 7

Virginie Joron, Julien Sanchez, Nikola Bartůšek

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0051/2025

Tomáš Zdechovský

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Public Prosecutor's Office

2024/2029(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 87 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

87 a. Is concerned that the announcement more than two years ago, on 14 October 2022, of the opening of an investigation into the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines, under the biggest contracts in the history of the Union, involving overordering amounting to 10 doses for every inhabitant plus a considerable waste of public money (EUR 71 billion for over four billion doses), has not been followed by any significant investigative activity or any communication explaining the EPPO's inaction to the public;

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30.4.2025 A10-0051/8

Amendment 8

Virginie Joron, Julien Sanchez

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0051/2025

Tomáš Zdechovský

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Public Prosecutor's Office

2024/2029(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 87 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

87 b. Notes that, in two cases out of three, the EPPO does not open an investigation in response to a report; calls on the EPPO to include elected opposition members of the European Parliament to observe the internal decision process to open or dismiss investigations as well a to monitor unusual delays in investigations;

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30.4.2025 A10-0051/9

Amendment 9

Virginie Joron, Julien Sanchez, Nikola Bartůšek

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0051/2025

Tomáš Zdechovský

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Public Prosecutor's Office

2024/2029(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 87 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

87 c. Points out that the EPPO's role is not to slow down or suppress major investigations into possible fraud against the EU budget, as some observers have noted in the case of the investigation into the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines;

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