EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Budget

European Parliament refuses to grant discharge to EESC and Council of EU for 2018 expenditure

20/10/2020 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 20 October, the European Parliament endorsed, each time by a large majority, the position of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) on the refusal to grant discharge to both the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Council of the EU for their 2018 expenditure (see EUROPE B12573A14). We cannot grant discharge “if we see no improvement“, said Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP, Czech Republic), rapporteur on this matter, in a statement. A...