The European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) was inviting Members of five national Parliaments of the EU Member States bordering the Western Balkans region - namely Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary and Romania - to attend an interparliamentary committee meeting in Brussels.
The outcome of the exchange of views was reflected in the report on the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017. The rapporteur was Mrs Inés Ayala Sender.
"Towards better spending in shared management: a more cooperative model of parliamentary scrutiny" In view of the last annual reports issued by the European Commission and the European Court of Auditors about the administrative weaknesses in the so-called first level checks in Member States, the Committee on Budgetary Control organised a focused exchange of views with national parliaments on specific issues relating to the management of EU funds by national management authorities.