Council discharge by the European Parliament - Finding solutions
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 the deadlock are put forward, assessing their respective advantages and shortcomings.
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Dr Maria-Luisa Sanchez-Barrueco (Senior Lecturer in EU Law, University of Deusto) ; Dr Paul Stephenson (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University)
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- administrative expenditure (EU)
- budget
- budgetary discharge
- budgetary procedure
- BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
- conflict of jurisdiction
- cooperation policy
- Council of the European Union
- EU budget
- EU finance
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Parliament
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- financial management
- interinstitutional cooperation (EU)
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- management
- organisation of the legal system
- technical cooperation