Report on the follow-up to the discharge for the financial year 2016 (Summary)

Summary:

This report provides a summary of the Commission's follow up on the key requests made by the European Parliament and the Council in the 2016 discharge and is part of the Integrated Financial Reporting Package for the financial year 2017. It focusses in particular on: 1) Political priorities, 2) Budgetary and financial management, 3) Performance, 4) Revenue, 5) The inclusion of the European Development Fund in the general budget and 6) Speeding up the discharge procedure.