# 2017 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament

European Parliament procedure 2018/2167(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 196 committee amendments tabled by 38 Members between 2019-02-12 and 2019-02-12.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the 2017 discharge for the EU general budget, section European Parliament. The amendments alternate between postponing, refusing and granting the President's discharge, and address Parliament's appropriations, Members' salaries and allowances, budget transfers and buildings policy, Court of Auditors findings on procurement, staff reductions and rotation, the United Kingdom's withdrawal, sponsored visitor groups, trainees employed by Members, and the costs of Parliament's geographic dispersion and Strasbourg seat.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 51 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Dennis de JONG | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96748.md |
| Gilles PARGNEAUX | France | S&D | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96948.md |
| Indrek TARAND | Estonia | Verts/ALE | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97136.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Laura AGEA | Italy | EFDD | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124811.md |
| Fabio Massimo CASTALDO | Italy | RE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124812.md |
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Claudia SCHMIDT | Austria | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125016.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Petri SARVAMAA | Finland | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112611.md |
| Ingeborg GRÄSSLE | Germany | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28220.md |
| Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY | Netherlands | RE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96940.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.md |
| Notis MARIAS | Greece | ECR | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125069.md |

## Official source documents

- PE634.457: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-634457_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2018-2167-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2018-2167-DEC.json

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