ZWEITER BERICHT über die Entlastung für die Ausführung des Gesamthaushaltsplans der Europäischen Union für das Haushaltsjahr 2024, Einzelplan II – Europäischer Rat und Rat

Eingereicht von Ondřej Knotek

… Stresses that, while unanimity voting remains a core principle of the Treaties, Entfernt: its application in certain circumstances and in critical policy areas can affect the Union's timelines and effectiveness, including by paralysing the Union’s decision-making process and thereby leaving it vulnerable to being blocked or prone to blackmail by individual Member States, particularly those that fail to respect the rule of law; calls for targeted Treaty reforms or, alternatively, practical improvements within the existing Treaty framework, in order to strengthen transparency, democratic decision-making, accountability and the efficiency of the Council's work; calls on the Council to follow up on previous Parliament resolutions calling for such reforms; Hinzugefügt: and its recourse to it constitutes a legitimate expression of democratic accountability by Member States’ governments; underlines that any debate on decision-making efficiency must fully respect the Treaties and cannot undermine the principle of conferral between the Union and its Member States;

Wortlaut wie vom EP veröffentlicht, auf Englisch. PE788.346