2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

30.04.2025 A10-0074/1

Amendment 1

Olivier Chastel

on behalf of the Renew Group

Report A10-0074/2025

Niclas Herbst

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

2024/2019(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17a. Emphasises the importance of maintaining institutional integrity and preventing potential foreign interference; condemns any improper attempt to influence the legislative activities of the European Parliament; insists on the responsibility of OLAF to conduct all necessary in-depth investigations; stresses the importance of the work carried out by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in protecting the European Union's financial interests; insists to provide to the EPPO adequate financial and human resources; recalls the Agreement establishing an interinstitutional body for ethical standards for members of institutions and advisory bodies referred to in Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union, and insist on its swift implementation in all EU institutions;

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30.04.2025 A10-0074/2

Amendment 2

Olivier Chastel

on behalf of the Renew Group

Report A10-0074/2025

Niclas Herbst

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

2024/2019(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	18a. Recalls the importance of civil society for the balance of power and the necessity to guarantee them a safe, supportive and enabling environment; deplores restrictions on civil society activity: insists on the necessity for the EU institutions to maintain and promote an open, transparent and structured dialogue with civil society organisations; recalls the commitment of the Commission in its political guidelines to step up its engagement with civil society organisations that have expertise and an important role to play in defending specific societal issues and upholding human rights;

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30.04.2025 A10-0074/3

Amendment 3

Olivier Chastel

on behalf of the Renew Group

Report A10-0074/2025

Niclas Herbst

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

2024/2019(DEC)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	20 a. Recalls that EU funding requires stringent accountability and transparency standards; in line with the ECA recommendations in the Special Report 05/2024* and the recent special Report 11/2025**, urges the Commission to ensure that the information disclosed in the Financial Transparency System is frequently updated, reliable, comparable and useful; stresses the need to allocate additional resources to the EUTR Secretariat to enable a systematic and thorough monitoring of the Transparency Register; this should include allocating resources towards AI implementation to develop an AI based search mechanism; recalls the need to proactively check that all entities beneficiaries of EU funds respect EU values;
	*Special report 05/2024: EU Transparency Register – provides useful but limited information on lobbying activities
	** Special Report 11/2025 Transparency of EU funding granted to NGOs Despite progress, the overview is still not reliable

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