# 2013 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament

European Parliament procedure 2014/2078(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 110 committee amendments tabled by 70 Members between 2015-03-09 and 2015-03-09.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier is the 2013 discharge for the European Parliament section of the EU general budget. Amendments address postponing the President's discharge, budget appropriations, carry-overs, parliamentary assistants, the catering service deficit, property policy, the institutional election campaign and 2014 election turnout, the new Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research, gender and geographical balance in staffing, and transparency over members' allowances and side activities.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Markus PIEPER | Germany | PPE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28224.md |
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Dennis de JONG | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96748.md |
| Anders VISTISEN | Denmark | ID | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124875.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Marco ZANNI | Italy | ID | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124780.md |
| Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96765.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Richard ASHWORTH | United Kingdom | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28132.md |
| Beata GOSIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124900.md |
| Rina Ronja KARI | Denmark | GUE/NGL | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/122885.md |

## Official source documents

- PE549.348: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-549348_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2014-2078-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2014-2078-DEC.json

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