Budgetary Control Committee

🗳️CONT MEPs endorsed their annual report on protection of the European Union’s financial interests/combating fraud with 15 votes to 12 today, see the press release for more details ⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT has just voted on the first batch of 2024 discharge decisions, see al the results here⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT has a new Chair - @aschwab.bsky.social has just been elected by acclamation. More ⬇️
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In a draft report by @monika-hohlmeier.bsky.social endorsed today, CONT MEPs voice concern about plans to expand the use of performance-based funding - where payments are not linked to actual costs incurred - in the next MFF. More in the press release ⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

MEPs call for simpler and more reliable performance indicators to monitor and audit spending aimed at improving Europe’s future competitiveness in a report by Olivier Chastel (BE, Renew). Press release ⤵️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT meets on Monday and Thursday this week, kicking off at 14.00 with a discharge debate with Oliver Várhelyi, Commissioner for health and animal welfare.

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🔹Also on the agenda this week:
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The plenary has just adopted a report by
@jmgermain.bsky.social and @monika-hohlmeier.bsky.social calling to improve the efficiency of the EU's rule of law conditionality mechanism. More in the press release 🔽
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT just endorsed a draft report calling for a more efficient evaluation of EU spending, more in the press release⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT meets at 14.30 today with discharge debates, presentation of an @euauditors.bsky.social special report and vote on a report on performance indicators on the agenda⬇️
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🔹Agenda:
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CONT meeting starting at 15.30 with the presentation of a study on parliamentary budgetary control and a discharge hearing with agencies⬇️

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🔹Other topics on agenda this week: europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT scrutiny working group on advocacy activities meets for the first meeting at 14.30 ⤵️
🔹Live streaming: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🔹More info & composition of the group:
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Court of Auditors: EP committee backs candidate from Germany | News | European Parliament The EP Budgetary Control Committee endorsed Daniel Caspary as Member of the European Court of Auditors representing Germany.

CONT has just backed @danielcaspary.bsky.social as @euauditors.bsky.social candidate from Germany. Plenary vote next week, more in the press release ⤵️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Committees MEPs urge upgrades to the rule of law conditionality mechanism | News | European Parliament MEPs from two committees call for improvements to the EU’s rule of law conditionality mechanism to better protect EU funds from misuse in member states with rule of law breaches.

CONT and @budg.europarl.europa.eu MEPs have just approved a draft report by @monika-hohlmeier.bsky.social (EPP) and Jean-Marc Germain (S&D) calling for a stronger rule of law conditionality mechanism to protect EU budget. More in the press release ⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT meets on Monday and Thursday this week with
@ec.europa.eu and @eudiplomacy.bsky.social discharge hearings on the agenda today.

🔹Live streaming from 14.30: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🔹Highlights of the agenda:
europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Court of Auditors: EP committee backs candidates from Greece and France | News | European Parliament The Budgetary Control Committee has endorsed Nikolaos Milionis and Pierre Moscovici as members of the European Court of Auditors, representing Greece and France respectively.

CONT has just backed Pierre Moscovici as @euauditors.bsky.social candidate from France and endorsed
Nikolaos Milionis from Greece for another term. Plenary vote next week, more in the press release⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🔴CONT meeting starting at 10:00, on the agenda today:
- votes on @EUauditors members for Greece and France
- @ec.europa.eu discharge debate with Raffaele Fitto and @vdombrovskis.bsky.social

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Parliament grants discharge to the EU Asylum Agency but not Council | News | European Parliament Revisiting postponed decisions, MEPs approved the EU’s asylum agency’s 2023 budget management but refused to grant discharge to the Council.

The European Parliament wrapped up the 2023 discharge exercise today by greenlighting the EU budget management by the European Union Agency for Asylum but denying discharge to @consilium.europa.eu. More in the press release⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Committee MEPs call on the Commission to fine-tune its gender budgeting toolbox | News | European Parliament The next long-term budget should feature clear objectives for narrowing the gender pay and pension gaps, Budgetary Control MEPs urge the Commission in a report endorsed on Thursday.

More details in the press release⤵️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

CONT has just endorsed a report by
@maritmaij.bsky.social
assessing the implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget, press release to follow.

European Parliament to begin its scrutiny of the EU’s 2024 accounts | News | European Parliament The Budgetary Control committee will review the European Court of Auditor's (ECA) Annual Report 2024 for the first time, and meet EU Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin, on Thursday.

Budgetary control MEPs will review @euauditors.bsky.social Annual Report 2024 for the first time and meet @piotrserafin.bsky.social tomorrow, kicking off the annual discharge cycle. More⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Budgetary control MEPs propose discharge for EU Asylum Agency but not Council | News | European Parliament Revisiting postponed decisions, budgetary control MEPs propose to approve the Asylum Agency’s 2023 EU budget management, but to refuse discharge to the Council.

💶Following up on postponed discharge decisions, CONT MEPs today voted to grant discharge to @euasylumagency.bsky.social and refuse it to @consilium.europa.eu; final decisions to follow in plenary. More in the press release⬇️
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Starting now - watch it live here: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

This week in the Committee on Budgetary Control: highlights | News | European Parliament Wednesday 10.00 -12.45 and 15.00 - 18.00 and Thursday 9.00 - 12.45 and 15.00 - 18.00 at SPINELLI 3E-2, Brussels

📺CONT meeting is starting now with two votes and follow-up on 2023 discharge and first debates on 2024 discharge:
*️⃣Highlights: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
*️⃣Live-stream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

💶What's ahead for parliamentary scrutiny and budgetary control during the next MFF and beyond?
➡️Follow the conference on Wednesday to find out: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

👉 Wrapping up with a press conference in Tirana, budgetary control MEPs ended their mission to Montenegro and Albania on Thursday. More in the press release: www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

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