Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget

Tabled by Markus Pieper, Monika Hohlmeier, Jan Olbrycht, Eleni Stavrou, Niclas Herbst, Andrey Novakov, Daniel Buda, Franc Bogovič, Angelika Niebler, Daniel Caspary, Andreas Schwab, Peter Jahr, Christian Ehler, Sven Simon, Norbert Lins, Peter Liese, Axel Voss, Jens Gieseke, Wolfram Pirchner, Angelika Winzig, Lukas Mandl, Hildegard Bentele, Christian Doleschal, Lena Düpont, Christine Schneider, Markus Ferber, Sabine Verheyen, Michael Gahler, Christian Sagartz, Siegfried Mureşan, Petri Sarvamaa, Arnaud Danjean, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Herbert Dorfmann, Alexander Alexandrov Yordanov, Andrius Kubilius, Asim Ademov, Romana Tomc, Ljudmila Novak, Karlo Ressler, Milan Zver, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Iuliu Winkler, Loránt Vincze, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Štefanec, Anne Sander, Salvatore De Meo, Michaela Šojdrová, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, François-Xavier Bellamy, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Rainer Wieland, Gabriel Mato, Seán Kelly, Tomas Tobé, Laurence Sailliet, Marlene Mortler, Ralf Seekatz, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský, Sara Skyttedal, Barbara Thaler, Rasa Juknevičienė, Brice Hortefeux, Dolors Montserrat, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Ana Collado Jiménez, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Javier Zarzalejos, Pernille Weiss, Stefan Berger, Geoffroy Didier, David McAllister, Miriam Lexmann, Jörgen Warborn, Henna Virkkunen, Arba Kokalari

Added: 26a. Is concerned by those situations in which substantial co-funding is awarded from the EU budget to beneficiaries, including NGOs, which are clearly and predominantly financed by non-European Economic Area states, networks or foundations, and which deliver research that impacts the European economy in a manner contrary to the EU’s interests (e.g. the whistleblower case in the European transport industry); urges the Commission to trace the flow of funds from the first donor in order to prevent damage to the EU’s interests; rejects any funding of organisations that have demonstrably spread false information and whose goals are directed against the fundamental values and recognised principles of the EU’s social market economy;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE756.728