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Brussels, 20 January 2020 LEM/Zv Draft Opinion by Sabine Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union Directorate for Structural and Cohesion Policies Secretariat of the Committee on Culture and Education Brussels, 20 January 2020 LEM/zv Draft opinion by Sabine VERHEYEN on the “Discharge 2018: General Budget of the EU – European Commission” (2019/2055(DEC)) Documents: CULT draft opinion PA/ 1192717 PE 643.224 v01-00 CULT amendements: AM/1195024 PE 644.966 v 01-00 (1-20) VOTING LIST Reference AM Tabled by Rapp. Remarks Vote Paragraph 1 1 Andrey Slabakov - Andrey Slabakov Paragraph 1 a (new) 2 + Dace Melbārde Paragraph 2 4 Łukasz Kohut W Withdrawn If adopted, Domènec Ruiz Devesa Am. 3 and Paragraph 2 a (new) 5 + Łukasz Kohut Am. 19 fall ►Go to Am. 6 Paragraph 2 3 Željana Zovko - Paragraph 6 a (new) 19 Romeo Franz - Andrey Slabakov Paragraph 2 a (new) 6 + Dace Melbārde Paragraph 3 7 Andrey Slabakov - VL_Verheyen_Discharge 2018-Commission 1/4 Paragraph 3 a (new) 8 Romeo Franz + Domènec Ruiz Devesa Paragraph 4 9 + Łukasz Kohut Paragraph 4 10 Željana Zovko W Withdrawn Paragraph 5 11 Christine Anderson - Domènec Ruiz Devesa Paragraph 5 a (new) 12 + Łukasz Kohut Laurence Farreng Judith Bunting Paragraph 5 a (new) 13 Irena Joveva + Shaffaq Mohammed Bernard Guetta Laurence Farreng Irena Joveva Paragraph 5 b (new) 14 Judith Bunting + Shaffaq Mohammed Bernard Guetta Laurence Farreng Judith Bunting Paragraph 5 c (new) 15 Irena Joveva + Shaffaq Mohammed Bernard Guetta Andrey Slabakov Paragraph 6 16 - Dace Melbārde VL_Verheyen_Discharge 2018-Commission 2/4 Split vote by RENEW 1st part: The whole Am. + without the words " is alarmed, Petra Kammerevert however... and Paragraph 6 a (new) 17 Lara Wolters evaluation Hannes Heide mechanisms" 2nd part: + those words Or. Am1 Oral amendment Paragraph 6 a (new) Massimiliano Smeriglio + 18 by S&D Laurence Farreng Judith Bunting Paragraph 6 a (new) 20 Irena Joveva + Shaffaq Mohammed Bernard Guetta Final vote on the draft opinion as whole (roll call vote) for against abstentions VL_Verheyen_Discharge 2018-Commission 3/4 ORAL AMENDMENTS Oral amendment 1 by S&D on Am. 18 1. Welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors found no material errors in the final consolidated financial statements of the European Schools for 2018; notes with concern the significant weakness in the internal control systems of the Central Office and selected Schools, in particular in payment systems, control environment, in procurement procedures and in the documentation of the recruitment procedures; expresses growing concern that the European Schools are not acting on problems repeatedly identified by the European Court of Auditors and highlighted by the European Parliament in its discharge reports; urges, therefore, further efforts from the Schools to act on the Court of Auditors’ recommendations laid out in the 2018 Annual Report on the sections of accounting, internal control system, administrative operations, recruitment, procurement and on payments; 2. Draws attention to the challenges that lie ahead of the European Schools during the Brexit process and calls on the European Commission and the European Schools to report to the Committee on UK’s withdrawal and how it intends to continue offer first class English-language teaching within the European Schools after UK withdrawal. SPLIT VOTES Split vote by RENEW on Am. 17 1st part: the whole Amendment without the words " is alarmed, however, by the conclusions of the rapid case review conducted by the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, which highlight the lack of transparency and accountability in the arrangements for the provision by the Commission of financial support to Euronews and the insufficiently robust nature of the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms" 2nd part: those words VL_Verheyen_Discharge 2018-Commission 4/4 .
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