# 2020 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX)

European Parliament procedure 2021/2146(DEC) (['DEC - Discharge procedure', 'See also 2022/2903(RSP)'], 9th term, committee CONT / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 279 committee amendments tabled by 37 Members between 2022-01-19 and 2022-09-07.

## What the amendments focus on

Decision on the 2020 discharge for the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex). The amendments rework the assessment of the Agency's budget increases and staff, the Court of Auditors' findings and special report, an unrecorded EUR 10 million amending budget and an ex-post budgetary commitment, the European Anti-Fraud Office investigation and Ombudsman inquiries, allegations of pushbacks and fundamental rights violations, the fundamental rights officer, and proposals to postpone discharge.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bas EICKHOUT | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96725.md |
| Younous OMARJEE | France | GUE/NGL | 50 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/30482.md |
| Ramona STRUGARIU | Romania | RE | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134605.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Sophia IN 'T VELD | Netherlands | RE | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28266.md |
| Alin MITUȚA | Romania | RE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/212855.md |
| Malin BJÖRK | Sweden | GUE/NGL | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124992.md |
| Caterina CHINNICI | Italy | PPE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124861.md |
| Saskia BRICMONT | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197470.md |
| Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ | Czechia | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124713.md |
| Katalin CSEH | Hungary | RE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197588.md |
| Monika HOHLMEIER | Germany | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96780.md |
| Michal WIEZIK | Slovakia | RE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197769.md |
| Fabienne KELLER | France | RE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/22858.md |
| Jean-Paul GARRAUD | France | PfE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197628.md |

## Official source documents

- PE704.540: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-704540_EN.pdf
- PE704.748: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-704748_EN.pdf
- PE735.754: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-735754_EN.pdf
- PE736.352: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-736352_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2021-2146-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2021-2146-DEC.json

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