DEUXIÈME RAPPORT concernant la décharge sur l’exécution du budget général de l’Union européenne pour l’exercice 2024, section II – Conseil européen et Conseil

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1. Amendement 1 · Proposition de résolutionRejeté

   Paragraph 21

   Déposé par Ondřej Knotek · PfE

   … Stresses that, while unanimity voting remains a core principle of the Treaties, Supprimé: its application in certain circumstances and in critical policy areas can affect the Union's timelines and effectiveness, including by paralysing the Union’s decision-making process and thereby leaving it vulnerable to being blocked or prone to blackmail by individual Member States, particularly those that fail to respect the rule of law; calls for targeted Treaty reforms or, alternatively, practical improvements within the existing Treaty framework, in order to strengthen transparency, democratic decision-making, accountability and the efficiency of the Council's work; calls on the Council to follow up on previous Parliament resolutions calling for such reforms; Ajouté: and its recourse to it constitutes a legitimate expression of democratic accountability by Member States’ governments; underlines that any debate on decision-making efficiency must fully respect the Treaties and cannot undermine the principle of conferral between the Union and its Member States;

2. Amendement 2 · Proposition de résolutionRejeté

   Paragraph 17

   Déposé par Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

   17. Stresses that the current situation must be Supprimé: improved through better Ajouté: resolved through improved interinstitutional cooperation within the existing Supprimé: framework of the Treaties; considers it necessary, as part of future revision of the Treaties, to clarify the discharge procedure and explicitly empower Parliament to grant discharge individually to all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and urges Ajouté: treaty framework; rejects any amendment to the Treaties or any expansion of Parliament’s powers on the grounds of the discharge procedure; calls on the Council to Supprimé: actively engage with Parliament to address the current situation; Ajouté: provide Parliament, in full and in a timely manner, with the information necessary for effective budgetary oversight;

3. Amendement 3 · Proposition de résolutionRejeté

   Paragraph 21

   Déposé par Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

   21. Stresses Supprimé: that, while unanimity voting remains a core principle of the Treaties, its application in certain circumstances and in critical policy areas can affect the Union's timelines and effectiveness, including by paralysing the Union’s decision-making process and thereby leaving it vulnerable to being blocked or prone to blackmail by individual Member States, particularly those that fail to respect the rule of law; calls for targeted Treaty reforms or, alternatively, practical improvements within the existing Treaty framework, in order to strengthen transparency, democratic decision-making, accountability and the efficiency of the Council's work; calls on the Council to follow up on previous Parliament resolutions calling for such reforms; Ajouté: that the unanimity requirement laid down in the Treaties in the relevant policy areas protects the sovereignty and fundamental interests of the Member States; rejects attempts to undermine the principle of unanimity through Treaty amendments or alternative practical arrangements; stresses that issues relating to decision-making in the Council are not subject to the discharge procedure;