Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Parliament

Tabled by Julien Sanchez

82. Removed: Welcomes that, in 2024, Added: Deplores the fact that the administration implemented Parliament’s ‘Building Strategy Beyond 2019’, Removed: and achieved its main objectives; notes with satisfaction that DG INLO, after years of expansion brought on by the growth of Parliament’s institutional powers, now concentrates on the consolidation of Parliament’s building stock and renovation of existing premises, welcomes DG INLO’s commitment to further developing Parliament’s role in the cities of Strasbourg, Brussels, and Luxembourg, fostering projects of common interest, and connecting the sites to the surrounding areas; Added: which consists of increasingly relying on long-term usufruct contracts—binding Parliament for several decades” —and expanding construction, renovation, and building acquisition projects across the three places of work, notably HAVEL, ADENAUER, CAMPOAMOR, MARTENS, TRÈVES II, VEIL, as well as the renovation project for the SPAAK building, the cost of which exceeds 450 million euro; regrets the lack of a comprehensive, long-term, and fully transparent overview of cumulative costs, including indirect costs related to maintenance, security, operations, and temporary relocations; emphasises that the credibility of Parliament depends on exemplary property management and therefore calls for greater transparency regarding the governance of real estate projects: a systematic presentation of detailed comparative analyses between purchase, lease, usufruct, and optimization of the existing portfolio in order to make informed decisions on major investment decisions, as well as enhanced budgetary monitoring, including regular reports on cost overruns, delays, and financial risks in a context of persistent financial constraints;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.024