SECONDA RELAZIONE sul discarico per l'esecuzione del bilancio generale dell'Unione europea per l'esercizio 2024, sezione II – Consiglio europeo e Consiglio

Presentato da Ondřej Knotek

… Stresses that, while unanimity voting remains a core principle of the Treaties, Rimosso: 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; Aggiunto: 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;

Testo come pubblicato dal PE, in inglese. PE788.346