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Often isolated, and with generally poorer access to public services, the EU's border regions face a unique set of challenges. This has been recognised under Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which states that particular attention should be paid to cross border regions when developing action to strengthen the EU's economic, social and territorial cohesion. Yet while the EU has provided significant support for these regions over the years, particularly within the framework ...

A 2018 proposal on a European cross-border mechanism addressed challenges specific to EU border regions, but progress stalled owing to disagreements within the Council. The European Parliament now seeks to revive the file with a legislative-initiative report. Parliament is scheduled to debate the revised proposed mechanism, based on a report by the Committee on Regional Development, during the September 2023 plenary session.

During the May I plenary session, the European Parliament is scheduled to vote on the discharge for the execution of the 2021 EU budget. Concerning administrative expenditure, the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) recommends granting discharge for the implementation of eight administrative sections of the EU budget and for the European Public Prosecutor's Office. For the European Council and Council, it recommends postponing the decision on granting discharge.

The 2024 EU budget will be the fourth under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021 to 2027. The European Parliament contributes to the preparation of proposals for the forthcoming year's European Union budget through the adoption of its 'guidelines'. The draft guidelines, as adopted by the Committee on Budgets on 28 March 2023, outline Parliament's goals for the Union's 2024 budget. Parliament is expected to adopt its guidelines during the April plenary session, ahead of the Commission's ...

The European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) recommends granting discharge for the administrative sections of the EU budget for 2019, with the exception of the European Council and Council for which it recommends postponing the decision on granting discharge. The votes on the discharge reports are expected to take place during the April plenary session.

In May 2018, the European Commission published its proposal for the EU's long-term budget for 2021-2027, known as the multiannual financial framework (MFF). The proposed next MFF is structured in 7 headings, encompassing 17 policy clusters. The Commission has proposed a total budget of €1 134 583 million in current prices. The vast majority of these funds – over 93 % – is dedicated to a variety of EU programmes, and is invested primarily in Member States, as well as partially in partner countries ...

This Briefing, published by the European Parliamentary Research Service, is designed to provide key facts and figures about the European Parliament, both in the 2014 to 2019 parliamentary term now drawing to a close - and in the seven previous terms since direct elections were introduced in June 1979. On the following pages you will find graphics of various kinds which: • detail the composition of the European Parliament now and in the past; • trace the increase in the number of parties represented ...

On 18 November, European Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the 2018 EU budget. The joint text, which provides for total commitments of €160.11 billion and total payments of €144.68 billion, is expected to be adopted by the Council and then voted on by the Parliament during the November II plenary session.

During the October II plenary session, the European Parliament is 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 has refused to grant discharge to the Council and the European Council.

This study synthesises the main arguments behind the disagreement between the Parliament and the Council over the issue of whether the discharge procedure allows the Parliament to hold the Council to account concerning the management of its own administrative budget. It then examines the discharge procedure as an accountability mechanism and its impact on the EU legitimacy. It concludes that significant improvement is needed, regardless of which exit to the conflict is chosen. Four scenarios to break ...