Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Commission

Tabled by Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Virginie Joron

… in their current functions and in their previous roles; notes with concern Removed: that several senior management positions remained vacant in DG NEAR Added: the ongoing judicial investigation in Spain into alleged corruption linked to Forestalia Renovables S.L. and renewable energy authorisations involving senior officials from the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge during the period in which the current Removed: Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare was responsible for this Directorate-General in his capacity as Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, and notes that the information provided by the Commission in this regard during the exchange of views with the discharge authority was inaccurate; stresses that the Commission must ensure that all Members of the College meet the standards of integrity, independence and professional conduct required in order to exercise their responsibilities, particularly where those responsibilities involve the management of politically sensitive portfolios and significant Union funds; Added: Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition served as Minister responsable for that portfolio; regrets the absence of full and transparent explanations regarding the responsibility arising from those events; considers that, taken together, the Removed: past serious and prolonged management failures in DG NEAR, the provision of inaccurate information to Parliament in the context of the discharge procedure, and the additional concerns relating to conduct and independence outlined above Added: political responsibility exercised over that area, the institutional links with senior officials currently under investigation and the lack of public explanations demonstrate a pattern that is incompatible with the standards of accountability, reliability …

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.213