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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the joint CONT/LIBE mission item, outlining the fact‑finding objectives on EUAA operations and EU funds oversight in Malta and formally mandating head of delegation Zdechovský to present the mission’s findings and conclusions.
Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The OLAF Supervisory Committee presents its annual report, resource constraints and proposals to revise the OLAF Regulation, then answers MEPs’ questions on investigation length, EPPO cooperation, AI and case selection, before the OLAF Controller explains her complaints mandate, statistics and procedural safeguards until the Chair closes the OLAF item.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The Chair introduces the OLAF 2025 annual report, OLAF presents its mandate, methods and key 2025 results, followed by rapporteur and political group questions on data sources, AI use, customs fraud, sanctions enforcement, RRF spending and cooperation with other EU bodies.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the CONT meeting, adopts the agenda and coordinators’ decisions, and conducts detailed voting on several budget‑related opinions and programme reports, including Agora EU, civil protection, health preparedness, Single Market, customs and Erasmus+/NDICI.
Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting CONT Committee meeting
Rapporteur Erixon introduces his control-oriented opinion on the Single Market and Customs Programme, focusing on protection of the Union’s financial interests, OLAF/ECA/EPPO cooperation, interoperable customs data and value-for-money indicators, with EPP and S&D demanding stronger digital traceability, anti-fraud enforcement, transparency to final beneficiaries and respect of CONT’s mandate before deadlines and the June vote are announced and the meeting is adjourned.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting CONT Committee meeting
The draft opinion on the Agora EU programme is presented with emphasis on auditability, anti-fraud and rule-of-law conditionality for beneficiaries and third countries, while EPP and ECR members call for result-based funding, strong controls, transparency on recipients and warn against financing political activism, ahead of an accelerated amendment and vote schedule.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting CONT Committee meeting
Rapporteur Sjöstedt presents amendments to strengthen financial controls and Parliament’s budgetary role in the revised Civil Protection Mechanism and health support, with EPP, S&D, ECR and Greens stressing safeguards against double funding, clear indicators, audit rights including in third countries, and value-for-money requirements, before the acting Chair confirms amendment deadlines and the June vote.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting CONT Committee meeting
Rapporteur Heinäluoma outlines his control-focused draft opinion on the NRPB-based cohesion fund for 2028–2034, followed by EPP, ECR, Renew, Greens and Left interventions raising issues of centralisation, flexibility, rule-of-law and fundamental-rights conditionalities, corruption risks, reliance on national audit structures, and OLAF/EPPO roles, before he closes the debate and the Chair sets the amendment and vote timetable.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting CONT Committee meeting
The Chair opens the CONT meeting, confirms procedural arrangements and moves to the electronic vote on the opinion amending Regulation 904/2010 on EPPO/OLAF access to VAT information, which is conducted and adopted after verification of quorum and test voting.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Final exchange on EDES’ treatment of natural persons and affiliates, use of AI and screening tools, interaction with other EU and international bodies, handling of EU values breaches and exclusion durations, followed by procedural closure of the CONT meeting.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Panel chair and Commission/OLAF present the origins, functioning and track record of EDES, then detail the 2024 Financial Regulation changes, new exclusion grounds, expedited procedures, and the planned extension to shared-management funds from 2028, including implications for OLAF/EPPO cooperation and administrative practice.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Co‑rapporteur Gotink reports on the Working Group’s inquiries into Commission use of external experts, NGO funding and major consultancy contracts, triggering a polarised debate between groups over duplication of discharge, transparency, alleged political misuse against NGOs and the need for enforceable safeguards, with both rapporteurs outlining next steps and integration into regular CONT oversight.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
ECA Member Kasasová presents the Court’s audit of the EESC and CoR on opinion quality, timeliness and impact, after which both committees’ Secretaries‑General detail ongoing and planned reforms, and MEPs scrutinise whether these advisory bodies deliver timely, visible and politically relevant input to EU law‑making.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Draftsperson Boyer presents his opinion on amending Regulation 904/2010 to improve EPPO/OLAF access to VAT and customs data against large‑scale fraud, followed by initial reactions from MEPs, the Commission and OLAF on the scope, data flows, safeguards and proportionality of reinforced EU‑level anti‑fraud cooperation.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the CONT meeting, adopts the agenda and swiftly proceeds to the legislative file on the European Competitiveness Fund, where rapporteur Knotek introduces seven compromise amendments and the committee votes to adopt them and the final report before moving to VAT‑related items.
Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Political groups and members debate flexibility versus predictability, reporting and control burdens for partner countries, Ukraine funding, humanitarian envelopes, development focus and geopolitical reliability, after which the rapporteur reiterates demands on transparency, ring‑fencing and long‑term predictability before the Chair closes the meeting.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The Chair and rapporteur Maij introduce the Global Europe external action instrument, emphasising traceability, audit access and democratic oversight, while the Commission argues for relying on horizontal performance and financial regulations, avoiding parallel control systems, and explains governance via the Investment Board and performance‑based plans for partner countries.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
MEPs, led by the Chair, Deutsch and Heinäluoma, question the realism, transparency, flexibility mechanisms, debt implications and auditability of the MFF package, prompting Commission clarifications on envelopes and NGEU repayment and an ECA rebuttal stressing weak national systems, inadequate performance metrics and structural debt and headroom risks before Item 11 is closed.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
President Murphy presents the Court of Auditors’ horizontal opinion on the next MFF, detailing the Commission’s plans for new own resources, the European Fund and CAP integration, and thematic findings on EU added value, priorities, financing, simplification, performance indicators and control gaps, followed by the Commission’s defence of its assurance and performance framework.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The committee hears the study on management and control structures for RDF programmes in post‑2004 Member States, covering scope, methodology, governance models, performance–compliance trade‑offs, case‑study evidence on administrative capacity and digitalisation, and concluding on the need for stable, simplified rules before closing Item 10.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Committee stage voting sequence covering 2023 discharge decisions for EU agencies, adoption of the own-initiative report on EIB Group financial activities control, and final votes on the Horizon Europe regulation report, setting Parliament’s positions on budget implementation, financial oversight and research funding framework.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
After technical preparations for electronic voting and a brief introduction by Freund, the committee conducts a long sequence of votes on granting discharge to the Commission for the 2024 EU budget and its resolution text, including compromises on political priorities, MFF and RRF, and adopts the final discharge by 21 votes to 7.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Shadows and MEPs set out group positions on Erasmus+ governance, funding priorities, anti-fraud controls and committee competences, including sharp disagreement over the suspension of Hungarian entities and rule-of-law conditionality, before Freund responds to criticisms and the Chair announces deadlines for amendments and the vote schedule.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the CONT meeting, adopts the agenda and previous minutes, and introduces the Erasmus+ 2028–2034 regulation file, after which Rapporteur Freund presents his draft opinion, outlining priorities on funding stability, mobility focus, Hungarian beneficiaries, and reduced bureaucracy within a strong control framework.
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DG Budget defends LIFE evaluation criteria as compliant with the Regulation, explains implementation of the 2024 guidance on lobbying‑related activities, addresses questions on targeted lobbying, errors and possible financial or contractual consequences, and concludes with clarifications on the ‘don’t write it vs don’t do it’ distinction, requested written follow‑up and adjournment of the meeting.
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MEPs press for project‑level identification of experts for democratic scrutiny, confronting CINEA and DG Budget on GDPR‑based anonymisation and Parliament’s discharge powers, and then query the outsourcing of expert management, publication of expert names and overall numbers under the external framework contract.
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MEP Fidanza challenges CINEA on large‑scale funding of advocacy NGOs, alleged political influence and non‑implementation of 2024 guidelines, while CINEA defends the objectivity of its expert‑based system and explains how and when the new guidance has been applied to grants.
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CINEA presents the legal framework, evaluation process and use of independent experts for LIFE calls, followed by MEP questions on conflicts of interest, expert networks, incentives and rotation, and CINEA’s description of safeguards and sanctions.
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The chair opens the scrutiny working group, adopts the agenda, recalls confidentiality and webstreaming rules, and co‑rapporteurs define the scope, rationale and expectations of the inquiry into CINEA’s management of LIFE and related programmes.
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Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting
Rapporteur Knotek defends the committee’s role in strengthening control and transparency within the ECF and invites amendments; the Chair then formally closes the debate, announces the amendment deadline (9 March, 14:00) and the committee vote date (15 April), and reminds members of the upcoming joint budget committee meeting.
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