European Parliament
Luís Paulo Alves  (S&D ),
in writing.
(PT)
I am voting for this report, which is particularly focused on discharge for 2010, specifically, for the implementation of that year’s budget. Considerable details have been added on finance for Parliament’s prizes over three years. It is important to block the scheme of closing EuroparlTV and return to the rapporteur’s original call for a cost-benefit analysis in the first instance. Finally, it is important to welcome the initiative of examining possible cost reductions in Parliament, as requested in the resolution on the 2013 budget. As the European institution directly representing the European public, Parliament has a duty to economise at a time when Europeans are experiencing severe economic and financial constraints.

