2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Commission

Tabled by Virginie Joron, Julien Sanchez

Added: 1 a. Recalls that the Ombudsman had criticized the European Commission and its procedure for dealing with the “pantouflage” movements of its staff (OI/1/2021/KR); the Commission had prohibited only 2 of the 100 cases studied during its strategic inquiry; notes that the Ombudsman had concluded that “The Commission should adopt a more rigorous approach to the movement of its senior executives to private sector jobs shortly after they leave”; however, the Commission has authorized former European Commissioner and former French Finance Minister Thierry Breton (2019-2024) to (re)join Bank of America's International Advisory Board ; an activity that will keep him busy for 3 days a year, and for which he has stated that he will be neither salaried nor employed, which raises questions about his motives and status; he is returning to functions previously held (2013-2019); regrets that the procedure does not provide for transparency on elements of remuneration or compensation; thus, calls on the Commission to prohibit the pantouflage of a Commissioner or Director General in a non-European company or organization of systemic size at the end of his term of office;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE772.532