2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council

30.4.2025 A10-0052/1

Amendment 1

Pasquale Tridico

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0052/2025

Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council

2024/2021(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Notes the Council’s tradition of not questioning the appointments of individual Member States for most positions;

20. Regrets the Council’s tradition of not questioning the appointments of individual Member States for most positions which means that the professional qualifications of candidates are not thoroughly checked; insists, therefore, on the need for a review of the Council’s prerogative with a view to guaranteeing and strengthening the participation of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies concerned and increasing the legitimacy of those appointed; suggests that one possibility to ensure that candidates have the necessary qualifications would be to apply the same screening by an external panel used for the nominations of the judges and advocates-general of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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30.4.2025 A10-0052/2

Amendment 2

Pasquale Tridico

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0052/2025

Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council

2024/2021(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Regrets that the Council has so far ignored Parliament’s resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality1a and insists that a dedicated institutional forum would ensure stronger integration of gender equality in Union policies and strategies as well as essential coordination and progress in the main files related to gender equality;

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1a OJ C 445, 29.10.2021, p. 150.

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30.4.2025 A10-0052/3

Amendment 3

Pasquale Tridico

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0052/2025

Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council

2024/2021(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22 a. Expresses its deep concern regarding the increasing role of the European Council in legislative files, despite the fact that it has neither a legislative nor an executive function and that it does not apply the same transparency standards as the Council, meaning that it is not being held accountable;

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30.4.2025 A10-0052/4

Amendment 4

Pasquale Tridico

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0052/2025

Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

2023 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council

2024/2021(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 52

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

52. Regrets the fact that the participation of the Member States’ Permanent Representatives in the mandatory transparency register, set up by the interinstitutional agreement of 20 May 2021 between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, is completely voluntary as the application of the conditionality principle is left to the discretion of each Member State’s Permanent Representation; notes that only eight Member States and the Union institutions abide by the best practice of applying a mandatory broad-scope definition of lobbyist in their regulatory framework and insists that all Permanent Representations should take an active part in the mandatory transparency register before, during and after their Member State’s presidency of the Council; calls for stronger and harmonized ethics rules on conflicts of interest, revolving doors, and lobbying transparency; regrets that the Council does not fully use the mandatory transparency register or accept proposals to improve it; reiterates its call on the Council to refrain from engaging with unregistered lobbyists;

52. Regrets the fact that the participation of the Member States’ Permanent Representatives in the mandatory transparency register, set up by the interinstitutional agreement of 20 May 2021 between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, is completely voluntary as the application of the conditionality principle is left to the discretion of each Member State’s Permanent Representation; notes that only eight Member States and the Union institutions abide by the best practice of applying a mandatory broad-scope definition of lobbyist in their regulatory framework and insists that all Permanent Representations should take an active part in the mandatory transparency register before, during and after their Member State’s presidency of the Council; calls for stronger and harmonized ethics rules on conflicts of interest, revolving doors, and lobbying transparency; recalls the Parliament’s position that Member State representatives who benefit directly from Union subsidies through the businesses they own should not be allowed to participate in policy or budgetary discussions and votes related to those subsidies; regrets that the Council does not fully use the mandatory transparency register or accept proposals to improve it; reiterates its call on the Council to refrain from engaging with unregistered lobbyists;

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