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DRAFT 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

LIBE-PA-778333

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

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This draft opinion on the 2024 EU budget discharge for the Commission focuses on migration, asylum, rule of law, and transparency. It calls for sufficient staffing for the Pact on Migration and Asylum, full Parliament access to implementation plans, and adequate funding for Member States and agencies. It also urges the Commission to improve rule of law monitoring, regrets a decision on Hungary's Charter compliance, and calls for action on spyware and access to documents.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that the Committee on Budgetary Control incorporate these points into its motion for a resolution on the 2024 discharge.

Key points

  1. Calls on the Commission to ensure sufficient staff for implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum, focusing solely on this and not on revisions.
  2. Requests full Parliament access to national implementation plans, contingency plans, and strategies, and sharing of relevant documents with Parliament.
  3. Welcomes the spending of AMIF and ISF funds by June 2024 but is concerned about data availability; welcomes increased 2025 budget for border management and Pact implementation.
  4. Stresses the need for adequate and timely Union funding for Member States and agencies to implement asylum and migration law by Summer 2026.
  5. Notes a decrease in irregular arrivals in 2024; urges transparency in home affairs funds in third countries and support for search-and-rescue in the Mediterranean.
  6. Urges the Commission to improve rule of law assessments, drawing on independent evidence, and to implement Parliament's recommendations for an EU mechanism.
  7. Regrets the Commission's decision on Hungary's Charter condition, calling it illegal, and reiterates Parliament's pending action in Case C-225/24.
  8. Concerned about delays in access to documents; calls for prompt action in line with Parliament's 2023 resolution.
  9. Calls for an action plan to prevent spyware abuse, respecting sincere cooperation and Treaty obligations.

Who is affected

  • The Commission, which must provide staffing, funding, and transparency for migration and rule of law.
  • Member States, which must implement the Pact and provide plans; Hungary, affected by the Charter decision.
  • Union agencies, which need funding and support for operations.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 10,2 billion in reimbursements from Union funds that Hungary could claim.