Parliamentary scrutiny of the annual budget
Review of the legislation for budget management, annual budget bills, annual financial statements and the annual SAI reports.
For each of the following five criteria, 1 point is awarded (total of 5 points).
Criteria fulfilled: 1/5
Yes
No
No data available / not assessed
| The parliament discusses the MTBF or a pre-budget report or similar, at least at the level of budget and finance committee, before it receives the annual budget proposal (1 point) | |
| The sector committees of the parliament provide written inputs to the budget and finance committee before the debate is initiated in the plenary (1 point) | |
| The parliament has two months or more to debate and vote the annual budget bill (1 point) | |
| The parliament has three months or more to debate and vote the annual budget bill (1 point) | |
| Before the vote on the annual budget bill, the parliament receives a report on the budget proposal from a professional body independent from the government (fiscal council or similar) (1 point) |