# 2017 discharge: EU general budget, European External Action Service (EEAS)

European Parliament procedure 2018/2176(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 8th term, committee AFET / CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 45 committee amendments tabled by 20 Members between 2018-12-11 and 2019-02-05.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier is the 2017 discharge for the EU general budget, European External Action Service (EEAS). The amendments address public diplomacy and strategic communications against disinformation, sound financial management and budgeting, gender and geographical balance in staff, procurement procedures and tools, delegations' buildings policy and co-location projects, the EEAS's total budget and error rate, and whether to grant, postpone or refuse discharge.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raffaele FITTO | Italy | ECR | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4465.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Richard SULÍK | Slovakia | ECR | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124928.md |
| Beata GOSIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124900.md |
| José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2002.md |
| Cristian Dan PREDA | Romania | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96838.md |
| Anders VISTISEN | Denmark | ID | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124875.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Laura AGEA | Italy | EFDD | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124811.md |
| Fabio Massimo CASTALDO | Italy | RE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124812.md |
| Geoffrey VAN ORDEN | United Kingdom | ECR | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4513.md |
| Urmas PAET | Estonia | RE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/129073.md |
| Jordi SOLÉ | Spain | Verts/ALE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/185974.md |
| Wolf KLINZ | Germany | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28244.md |
| Dennis de JONG | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96748.md |

## Official source documents

- PE632.011: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-632011_EN.pdf
- PE634.539: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-634539_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2018-2176-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2018-2176-DEC.json

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