Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1 · Motion for a resolutionRejected

   Paragraph 33

   Tabled by Ondřej Knotek · PfE

   … anti-corruption fight and to strengthen democracy and human rights in various countries; Added: stresses, however, that cooperation by third countries on migration, including on preventing irregular migration, effective border management, and the readmission of their own nationals, must be a core objective of the Union’s external action; underlines that this cooperation should be an important element in the development and implementation of partnerships, political dialogue and the allocation of EU funding and incentives; welcomes the fact that the EEAS and Union delegations continue to engage …

2. Amendment 8 · Motion for a resolutionRejected

   Paragraph 26 c (new)

   Tabled by Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Cristian Terheş · ECR

   Added: 26 c. Welcomes the Czech ammunition initiative as a concrete example of effective, swift and practical European support for Ukraine's defence; stresses that such Member State-led initiatives demonstrate that targeted, results-oriented cooperation can deliver critical military materiel faster and more efficiently than centralised Union procurement mechanisms;

3. Amendment 9 · Motion for a resolutionRejected

   Paragraph 27 a (new)

   Tabled by Dick Erixon, Charlie Weimers, Sebastian Tynkkynen +1 · ECR

   Added: 27 a. Stresses that Union development and cooperation funding from the EU budget must be conditional on effective cooperation by partner countries on migration management, including the conclusion and implementation of readmission agreements; considers that Union external action funding should serve as leverage for the Union's strategic interests, including the return and readmission of illegally staying third-country nationals;

4. Amendment 10 · Motion for a resolutionRejected

   Paragraph 27 b (new)

   Tabled by Dick Erixon, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Cristian Terheş · ECR

   Added: 27 b. Stresses that the Union external action funding must be matched by a rigorous, results-oriented evaluation framework; calls on the EEAS, in cooperation with the Commission, the Court of Auditors, EPPO and OLAF, to commission systematic, independent ex-post impact evaluations of every external action programme, comparing intended objectives with measurable outcomes and reporting publicly on cost-effectiveness; insists that any future increase in external action funding be conditional on the demonstration that existing programmes deliver verifiable impact for taxpayers and for partner-country populations, in line with the principle that every euro spent from the Union budget represents a contribution from taxpayers in the Member States and must be treated accordingly;