Statement: Vice-President Georgieva welcomes European Parliament approval of 2014 EU Budget implementation

On 28 April 2016, Vice-President of the European Commission Kristalina Georgieva made a statement in which she welcomed the European Parliament approval of 2014 EU Budget implementation.

The European Parliament granted it a 'discharge' approval as it considered the Commission to have managed its budget funds for 2014 according to the rules.

The parliament's own management of EU funds for 2014 also approved. However, it postponed approving spending by three joint private sector-EU partnerships in technology field, the Council of the European Union and the European Council.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Press Release: EU budget management: Commission and Parliament spending for 2014 approved http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-budget-management-commission-and-parliament-spending-for-2014-approved/

European Parliament: Newsroom: Press Release, 28.04.16: EU budget management: Commission spending for 2014 approved http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160426IPR24775/

EurActiv, 28.04.16: National Front tries to block tighter checks on assistants’ pay http://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/national-front-tries-to-block-tighter-checks-on-assistants-pay/

EurActiv, 29.04.16: Parliament refuses to allocate more EU aid money to migration crisis http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/parliament-refuses-to-allocate-more-eu-aid-money-to-migration-crisis/

EUObserver, 28.04.16: MEPs vote to keep second jobs, protect Schulz https://euobserver.com/institutional/133260

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