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OPINION (2025/2145(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section III – Commission

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · Rapporteur: Evin Incir

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The committee opinion on the 2024 EU budget discharge calls on the Commission to prioritize implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum, ensure sufficient staffing, and avoid revisions before its mid-2026 application. It demands transparency in home affairs funds, rule of law monitoring, and action on spyware, while regretting the Commission's decision on Hungary's Charter conditionality.

Key points

  1. Calls on the Commission to ensure sufficient staff for implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum, focusing solely on it and not wasting resources on revisions before its mid-2026 application.
  2. Notes the absence of impact assessments for several legislative proposals on migration and asylum, and that EUAA Factsheets on safe countries of origin were not made public.
  3. Calls on the Commission to grant Parliament full access to national implementation plans, contingency plans, and strategies, and to share relevant documents with Parliament.
  4. Calls for a single EU-level online transparency portal for home affairs funds, citing lack of detailed public data on national spending.
  5. Stresses the need for adequate and timely Union funding for Member States and agencies to implement the Pact by Summer 2026, with Commission monitoring and assistance.
  6. Urges careful oversight of funds for migration management outside the EU, calls for a human rights monitoring mechanism, and renews calls to support search-and-rescue in the Mediterranean.
  7. Urges the Commission to improve rule of law assessments, implement Parliament's recommendations for an EU mechanism, and establish a European Rule of Law Semester with clear milestones.
  8. Regrets the Commission's decision on Hungary's Charter conditionality, reiterates its illegality, and calls for rigorous conditionality to prevent releasing funds where rule of law breaches persist.
  9. Concerned over delays in access to documents procedures and calls on the Commission to address these deficiencies promptly.
  10. Calls on the Commission to present an action plan to prevent spyware abuse, respecting sincere cooperation and Treaty obligations.

Who is affected

  • The Commission, which must ensure staffing, transparency, and rule of law conditionality.
  • Member States, which receive funding and must implement the Pact by mid-2026.
  • Third countries receiving EU home affairs funds, subject to oversight and human rights monitoring.
  • Hungary, affected by the Commission's decision on Charter conditionality and potential fund releases.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 10,2 billion in Union funds that Hungarian authorities could claim following the Commission's decision.