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22.4.2026 A10-0087/43
Amendment 43
Dick Erixon, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Cristian Terheş
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0087/2026
Monika Hohlmeier
Discharge 2024: Agencies
(2025/2156(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 1 a. Considers that the current practice of adopting a single discharge resolution covering almost all decentralised agencies and other bodies, whose combined budget exceeds EUR 4,1 billion and whose staff exceeds 11 491 persons, structurally limits Parliament's ability to exercise meaningful scrutiny over individual agencies; stresses that each agency and body has a distinct mandate, budget and performance record that warrants a dedicated political assessment; calls, therefore, for future discharge procedures to provide for individual resolutions per agency, enabling targeted political accountability and more informed budgetary decisions; |
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22.4.2026 A10-0087/44
Amendment 44
Dick Erixon, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Cristian Terheş
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0087/2026
Monika Hohlmeier
Discharge 2024: Agencies
(2025/2156(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 24. Notes that the budget of 33 EU agencies rose from EUR 3,6 billion in 2023 to 4,1 billion in 2024; calls on the Commission to analyse five-year cumulative costs, distinguishing mandate-driven growth from administrative expansion, and to justify further increases with demonstrable added value; emphasises that budget growth must be matched by stronger governance, internal controls, staffing and absorption planning to avoid irregularities, carryovers, and ineffective spending; | 24. Notes that the budget of 33 EU agencies rose from EUR 3,6 billion in 2023 to 4,1 billion in 2024; calls on the Commission to analyse five-year cumulative costs, distinguishing mandate-driven growth from administrative expansion, and to justify further increases with demonstrable added value; emphasises that budget growth must be matched by stronger governance, internal controls, staffing and absorption planning to avoid irregularities, carryovers, and ineffective spending; stresses that any additional resources for agencies must be accompanied by measurable performance targets and regular reporting on the concrete outcomes achieved, so that the discharge authority can assess value for money; insists that before additional funding is approved, agencies must first demonstrate that existing resources are being deployed efficiently; |
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22.4.2026 A10-0087/45
Amendment 45
Dick Erixon, Kristoffer Storm, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers, Cristian Terheş, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0087/2026
Monika Hohlmeier
Discharge 2024: Agencies
(2025/2156(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33. Notes the progressive expansion of Europol’s mandate, including recently adopted and proposed measures conferring enhanced capacities to combat serious and organised crime, such as migrant smuggling, trafficking of human beings, cybercrime and terrorism; recalls that these developments encompass, inter alia, strengthened cooperation with private actors through direct data exchanges, reinforced large-scale data analysis capabilities, and upgraded operational assistance to Member States via specialised support teams; emphasises that the effective implementation of those additional tasks requires a corresponding increase in Europol’s human resources, but also robust internal safeguards, sufficient compliance capacity and strengthened supervisory mechanisms; observes, that Europol’s budget increased by 5,78 % in 2024 compared to 2023; urges that Europol’s budget be further reinforced in order to address persistent staffing shortages and to ensure that its financial resources are commensurate with its expanding responsibilities; stresses Europol’s key role in combating migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings, cross-border crime and terrorism; underlines that Frontex should focus on core operations; and welcomes Frontex’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its Fundamental Rights Officer; | 33. Notes the progressive expansion of Europol's mandate, including recently adopted and proposed measures conferring enhanced capacities to combat serious and organised crime, such as migrant smuggling, trafficking of human beings, cybercrime and terrorism; recalls that these developments encompass, inter alia, strengthened cooperation with private actors through direct data exchanges, reinforced large-scale data analysis capabilities, and upgraded operational assistance to Member States via specialised support teams; emphasises that the effective implementation of those additional tasks requires a corresponding increase in Europol's human resources, but also robust internal safeguards, sufficient compliance capacity and strengthened supervisory mechanisms; observes, that Europol's budget increased by 5,78 % in 2024 compared to 2023; urges that Europol's budget be further reinforced in order to address persistent staffing shortages and to ensure that its financial resources are commensurate with its expanding responsibilities; stresses that Europol's key role in combating migrant smuggling, trafficking cross-border organised crime and terrorism is of the highest priority and these core tasks should take precedence over less urgent priorities elsewhere; underlines that Frontex must concentrate its resources on its core operational tasks, namely supporting Member States in protecting the external border of the Schengen area, combating cross-border crime and terrorism; underlines that Frontex should focus on its core tasks; |
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22.4.2026 A10-0087/46
Amendment 46
Dick Erixon, Kristoffer Storm, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Cristian Terheş
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0087/2026
Monika Hohlmeier
Discharge 2024: Agencies
(2025/2156(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33 a. Stresses that the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) must concentrate its resources on its core operational tasks, namely border surveillance of the Schengen area, combating cross-border crime and supporting effective return operations, which are essential to maintaining a credible migration management framework for the Union; calls for the continued prioritisation of frontline recruitment at the Union's external borders and for a corresponding streamlining of administrative posts; notes that the overall Union return rate remains insufficient in relation to the scale of illegal migration flows; urges Frontex to further strengthen its return operations and to intensify cooperation with Member States and third countries to improve the effectiveness of return programmes; |
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22.4.2026 A10-0087/47
Amendment 47
Dick Erixon, Nicolas Bay, Charlie Weimers, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Cristian Terheş
on behalf of the ECR Group
Report A10-0087/2026
Monika Hohlmeier
Discharge 2024: Agencies
(2025/2156(DEC))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 33 b. Notes with grave concern the public statement by the Executive Director of Frontex Hans Leijtens that 'To put it bluntly, nothing can stop people from crossing a border, no wall, no fence, no sea, no river'1a; expresses grave concern that these types of statements dilute Frontex's core mandate, which is to protect the Union's external borders and to prevent illegal border crossings; recalls that, under the former Executive Director, Frontex adopted a more operationally assertive approach to border protection, which was systematically undermined by institutional pressure from the Commission and NGO-driven advocacy; stresses that Frontex's budget, financed by Union taxpayers, must be directed towards effective border protection, combating migrant smuggling and supporting return operations, not towards an expanded mandate in migration management or fundamental rights that blurs the line between border protection and facilitation of illegal entries; | |
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| 1a https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/01/head-of-frontex-nothing-can-stop-people-from-crossing-a-border/ |
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