# 2015 discharge: EU general budget, European Economic and Social Committee

European Parliament procedure 2016/2156(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 16 committee amendments tabled by 11 Members between 2017-03-07 and 2017-03-07.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier is the 2015 discharge for the EU general budget concerning the European Economic and Social Committee. Amendments postpone the discharge decision, question the usefulness and integration of the Committee's opinions, address its cooperation agreement with the Committee of the Regions, members' travel expenses, gender and geographic imbalances in management, staff reduction targets, declarations of interest, a transparency register and a harassment case.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Laura AGEA | Italy | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124811.md |
| Dennis de JONG | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96748.md |
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Barbara KAPPEL | Austria | ENF | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125024.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |
| Raffaele FITTO | Italy | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4465.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.md |
| Beata GOSIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124900.md |
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |

## Official source documents

- PE600.915: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-600915_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2156-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-2156-DEC.json

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