# 2016 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament

European Parliament procedure 2017/2137(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 213 committee amendments tabled by 28 Members between 2018-03-02 and 2018-03-02.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the 2016 discharge for the EU general budget, European Parliament section. The amendments postpone the discharge decision and address oversight of Parliament's budgetary and financial management, the internal auditor and the Court of Auditors, appropriations and transfers, the buildings policy, funding and checks on political groups, performance-based budgeting, the geographic dispersion across three places of work, the Bureau and Secretary-General, the Brexit Steering Group and security projects.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis de JONG | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 54 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96748.md |
| Claudia SCHMIDT | Austria | PPE | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125016.md |
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Jean-François JALKH | France | ID | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124770.md |
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Laura AGEA | Italy | EFDD | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124811.md |
| Raffaele FITTO | Italy | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4465.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |
| Beata GOSIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124900.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.md |
| Derek VAUGHAN | United Kingdom | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96918.md |

## Official source documents

- PE618.231: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-618231_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-2137-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-2137-DEC.json

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