On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section I – European Parliament
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs · Rapporteur: Sven Simon
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The Committee on Constitutional Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to incorporate its opinion into the resolution on Parliament's 2023 budget discharge. It welcomes anti-disinformation actions, notes concerns about the Authority's resources, and stresses conditions for the ethics body.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Constitutional Affairs proposes that the Committee on Budgetary Control incorporate these points into its motion for a resolution on discharge.¶
Key points
- Welcomes actions against disinformation and information manipulation by Parliament structures, including EPLOs, and commends high use of committed appropriations.¶
- Acknowledges initiatives by the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations for the 2024 elections, like the European Campaign Action Plan.¶
- Notes with concern the Authority's constrained human resources, expected to worsen before the 2024 elections and due to new tasks from the recast of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014.¶
- Takes note of Parliament's transparency and integrity reform and EP 2024 reform; calls for evaluation of effectiveness and proportionality; recognises need for budget reinforcement for the Transparency Register IT overhaul.¶
- Expresses concerns about the interinstitutional ethics body agreement, including Council's exclusion, secretariat placement, and definition risks; considers no work or funding should occur until provisions are in Parliament's Rules of Procedure.¶