Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1ESNMotion for a resolution · Recital C
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   C. whereas the CJEU helps preserving the values of the Union and, through its case-law, works towards the building of Europe while remaining accountable to citizens through legal certainty, consistency of jurisprudence and respect for the limits of judicial interpretation;

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   C. Whereas the CJEU helps preserving the values of the Union while strictly adhering to the powers conferred upon it by the Treaties, and whereas, through its case law, it must ensure legal certainty and the predictability of the law without expanding the Union’s powers through judicial interpretation, while remaining accountable to citizens through the consistency of jurisprudence and respect for the limits of judicial interpretation;

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2. Amendment 2ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 5
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   5. Notes that personnel expenditure accounts for almost 80 % of the CJEU budget and that salary updates exceeded initial forecasts in 2024; stresses that, while these increases were absorbed without additional budgetary reinforcements, their recurrent nature raises questions as regards medium-term budgetary sustainability under current MFF constraints; calls for enhanced multiannual workforce and expenditure planning, without undermining judicial independence;

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   5. Notes that personnel expenditure accounts for almost 80 % of the CJEU budget and that salary updates exceeded initial forecasts in 2024; stresses that, while these increases were absorbed without additional budgetary reinforcements, their recurrent nature raises questions as regards medium-term budgetary sustainability under current MFF constraints; calls for enhanced multiannual workforce and expenditure planning, calls, in this regard, for the establishment of specific targets for workforce management and the optimisation of support functions, in order to curb the rise in spending, without undermining judicial independence;

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3. Amendment 3ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 41
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   41. Welcomes the CJEU’s engagement to enhance transparency, access to justice and public openness, thus contributing to foster public trust in the Union institutions, while balancing in other fundamental concerns such as judicial serenity, confidentiality of proceedings and protection of personal data; emphasises that increased transparency must also serve to strengthen public trust in the CJEU’s jurisprudence; encourages the CJEU to continue efforts to improve the clarity, accessibility and predictability of its case-law, particularly in cases with significant constitutional or societal impact; notes that, in 2024, the CJEU consolidated the streaming service for hearings of the Court of Jus…

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   41. Welcomes the CJEU’s engagement to enhance transparency, access to justice and public openness, thus contributing to foster public trust in the Union institutions, while balancing in other fundamental concerns such as judicial serenity, confidentiality of proceedings and protection of personal data; emphasises, in this regard, the need for clear, understandable, and strictly legal reasoning in court rulings, particularly in cases with significant constitutional or societal implications, in order to avoid any politicised decisions; notes that, in 2024, the CJEU consolidated the streaming service for hearings of the Court of Justice and of the General Court on the Curia website, thus facili…

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4. Amendment 4ECRMotion for a resolution · Recital C
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   C. whereas the CJEU helps preserving the values of the Union and, through its case-law, works towards the building of Europe while remaining accountable to citizens through legal certainty, consistency of jurisprudence and respect for the limits of judicial interpretation;

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   C. whereas the CJEU helps preserving the values of the Union and, through its case-law, works towards the building of Europe while remaining accountable to citizens through legal certainty, consistency of jurisprudence and respect for the limits of judicial interpretation, national constitutions and legal traditions;

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5. Amendment 5ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 60 a (new)
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   60 a. Highlights that national constitutions are the primary expression of the direct democratic will of the peoples of the Member States and that democratic legitimacy within the Union ultimately derives from those constitutional frameworks; underlines that any transfer or exercise of competences at Union level must remain subject to the limits and conditions set by those constitutions; affirms that the sovereignty of Member States is rooted in their constitutional orders and cannot be diminished by the interpretation or application of Union law, and insists that, in the event of conflict, national constitutional provisions shall prevail as the ultimate source of legal authority within Memb…

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6. Amendment 6PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 55 a (new)
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   55 a. Stresses that environmental initiatives within Union institutions must remain cost-effective and technology-neutral; calls on the Court to provide a transparent cost–benefit analysis of its green investments and procurement practices and to ensure that environmental considerations do not override efficiency or budgetary discipline;

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