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Report (2025/2145(DEC)) 2026-04-23
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
23.4.2026 A100085/47
Amendment 47
Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Cristian Terheş
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A100085/2026
Daniel Freund
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
(2025/2145(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point vi
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| (vi) ensure that all Commissioners and senior officials exercise their functions in full compliance with Union rules on integrity, conflicts of interest and sound administration; | (vi) ensure that all Commissioners and senior officials exercise their functions in full compliance with Union rules on integrity, conflicts of interest and sound administration and to recall that the former Commissioner that attacked the leading free speech platform X and its owner Elon Musk is a former chief executive officer of a French technology firm and France's leading telecom operator; |
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23.4.2026 A100085/48
Amendment 48
Dick Erixon, Kristoffer Storm, BertJan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Charlie Weimers, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Cristian Terheş
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A100085/2026
Daniel Freund
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
(2025/2145(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point vii
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| (vii) adequately apply the control framework for the Union expenditure related to climate and biodiversity objectives, including a proportionate verification mechanism, timely reporting of project-level climate data and transparent communication on environmentally impacts, in line with the Court’s recommendations and with due regard for operational feasibility and economic competitiveness; improve the monitoring and reporting of results, beyond mere spending targets, with a view to maximising the impact of Union climate and biodiversity funding; | (vii) forcefully deregulate in order to restore Europe's competitiveness and calls on the Commission to double down on efforts to reduce red tape, simplify and abolish unnecessary legislation and deliver on all outlined goals relating to simplification and deregulation resulting in a substantial reduction of the scope of the aquis and a corresponding revitalisation of European industry; |
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23.4.2026 A100085/49
Amendment 49
Dick Erixon, Kristoffer Storm, Charlie Weimers, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Cristian Terheş, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A100085/2026
Daniel Freund
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
(2025/2145(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point x
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| (x) continue the efforts made in gender budgeting and in tracking the impact of the Union budget in fostering gender equality; | (x) focus on policies that reduce the cost of living including fuel and energy prices instead of wasting time and resources on gender budgeting and tracking the impact of the Union budget in fostering gender equality; |
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23.4.2026 A100085/50
Amendment 50
Dick Erixon, Cristian Terheş
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A100085/2026
Daniel Freund
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
(2025/2145(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 117
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 117. Notes that the Commission allocated EUR 8 million in 2024 and EUR 20,9 million in 2025 for calls for proposals for the production of content on Union affairs by consortia of news media organisations, and that three media consortia currently receive Union funding; recalls that a free, independent and pluralistic press is a cornerstone of democratic accountability; considers that Union support for media can contribute to strengthening media pluralism and informed public debate across the Union, provided that strict safeguards are in place to ensure full editorial independence and transparency; underlines the importance of transparency regarding all financial support, including grants, contracts and indirect funding provided to media organisations, and that such information should be easily accessible and clearly presented; | 117. Notes with concern that the Commission allocated EUR 8 million in 2024 and EUR 20,9 million in 2025, representing an increase of 160 %, for calls for proposals for the production of content on Union affairs by consortia of news media organisations, and that three media consortia currently receive Union funding; recalls that a free, independent and pluralistic press is a cornerstone of democratic accountability; stresses, however, that such funding risks creating structural financial dependency between media organisations that should serve as independent watchdogs and the institutions they cover; underlines that public trust in both media and EU institutions is undermined when journalists reporting on EU affairs receive direct or indirect funding from those institutions; calls on all EU institutions to cease direct funding of media production about EU affairs; further calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Parliament and the Council, to establish a unified inter-institutional media transparency portal, easily accessible to the public, disclosing all media outlets receiving Union funds, including detailed data on sub-grants within consortia, so that citizens can identify the ultimate beneficiaries of Union media funding and verify that journalistic watchdogs remain transparent about their financial backing; |
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23.4.2026 A100085/51
Amendment 51
Dick Erixon, Kristoffer Storm, BertJan Ruissen, Nicolas Bay, Sebastian Tynkkynen
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A100085/2026
Daniel Freund
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
(2025/2145(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 171
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 171. Stresses that managing the Union’s external borders is a pillar of the Pact on Migration and Asylum and an essential precondition for a functioning Schengen area of free movement; recognises that EU-funded projects that support the protection of the external border serve to ease the pressure on internal border protection, as stated by the Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration in his hearing in the Committee on Budgetary Control on 8 December 2025; acknowledges that while the overall number of migrants arriving irregularly in the Union decreased by 38 percent in 2024, patterns shifted across the continent with certain routes seeing significant increases, notably the Eastern Borders route, where a threefold increase in crossings was reported in 2024; observes that the BMVI can support frontline Member States to ensure they have the resources for infrastructure, facilities and installations necessary to secure the external borders of the Union, including electronic border security enhancements and other tools for border surveillance as provided for in annex III of the BMVI regulation; | 171. Stresses that managing the Union’s external borders is a pillar of the Pact on Migration and Asylum and an essential precondition for a functioning Schengen area of free movement; recognises that EU-funded projects that support the protection of the external border serve to ease the pressure on internal border protection, as stated by the Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration in his hearing in the Committee on Budgetary Control on 8 December 2025; acknowledges that while the overall number of migrants arriving irregularly in the Union decreased by 38 percent in 2024, patterns shifted across the continent with certain routes seeing significant increases, notably the Eastern Borders route, where a threefold increase in crossings was reported in 2024; observes that the BMVI can support frontline Member States to ensure they have the resources for physical border barriers, infrastructure, facilities and installations necessary to secure the external borders of the Union, including electronic border security enhancements and other tools for border surveillance as provided for in annex III of the BMVI regulation; |
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23.4.2026 A100085/52
Amendment 52
Dick Erixon, Kristoffer Storm, Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A100085/2026
Daniel Freund
Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Commission
(2025/2145(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 172 a (new)
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| 172a. Honours the memory of Mateusz Sitek, a Polish border guard who was killed on 6 June 2024 while defending the Union's external border against a hybrid attack orchestrated by the Belarusian regime; stresses that the protection of the external borders of the Union is not an abstract policy objective but a matter of life and death for the men and women serving on the frontline; calls on the Commission to ensure that adequate financial and operational support is provided to frontline Member States facing hybrid threats at the Union's external borders; |
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