| Author (Corporate) | European Parliament |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | 27.04.17 |
| Publication Date | October 2017 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Parliament's plenary session approved on 27 April 2017 a resolution granting 'discharge' approval for the European Commission's spending of the funds provided by the 2015 annual budget. Parliament's management of its own budget in 2015 was also approved. However, the Parliament decided to postpone approving spending by the Council of the European Union and the European Council. This happened for the seventh consecutive year, following a recommendation by the Parliament's budgetary control committee due to the Councils' failure to cooperate by supplying the figures it needed to assess spending. The European Commission put forward its accounts for 2015 in July 2016. The Council of the European Union adopted a recommendation on the Commission's discharge procedure in February 2017. [During the October II 2017 plenary session, the European Parliament was due to bring to a close the discharge procedure for the Council's financial accounts for the year 2015, by voting on the second report of the Committee on Budgetary Control. For several years in a row now, the Parliament had refused to grant discharge to the Council and the European Council]. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20170424IPR72040/ |
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| Subject Categories | Economic and Financial Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
