Activities of Nikos CHRYSOGELOS related to 2013/2042(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Budgetary constraints for regional and local authorities regarding the EU's Structural Funds (short presentation)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with great concern the clear pattern of rising regional inequality in the EU today, with relatively poor regions in the New Member States and Southern Europe and rich regions in Central and Northern Europe, as well as rising inequalities within Member States and regions;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance of Cohesion Policy as the main investment instrument, playing a central role in fighting the crisis and engaging the EU and its regions on a path of sustainable growth; hence underlines the importance of securing sufficient budgetary provisions in the context of the MFF negotiations to the Structural and Investment Funds, noting in particular their key share of investment in a range of areas such as employment, innovation, sustainable development, eco- innovation, the promotion of renewable energies and support to SMEs;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that Cohesion Policy proved resilient to the crisis, adapting its programmes and funding instruments and thus providing greater flexibility and making a crucial contribution in areas where investment is needed for economic modernisation and improved competitiveness and for reducing disparities due to geographic handicaps;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the role played by several sub- national authorities in rebalancing the budget by keeping up the level of public investment and co-financing new projects and providing a leverage effect, especially when private investment is low; underlines the fact that at a time of recession and weak growth, sustainable public procurement and the capacity to finance/co- finance and incur commitments for investment isare crucial in order to maintain growth potential;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to restore and improve financial capacity at sub-national level to secure public investment for programmes and projects aimed at boosting growthsustainable growth, combating social exclusion and restoring the social fabric, providing adequate health and social services and securing jobs, especially at regional and local level;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the need for greater synergies between national, sub-national and European public spending budgets through clear establishment of the roles and responsibilities of the different budgetary authorities at EU, Member State and sub- state level, including being clear about the role and rationale for EU policy and funding intervention, respecting the periods for payment fixed in the Late Payment Directive 2011/7/EU, respecting subsidiarity and the budgetary rights of local and regional authorities (their role in decision making and scrutiny), i.e. their democratic accountability to the communities that elect them, and ensuring the autonomy of each level of governance in determining priorities and spendresult and performance orientated spending as well as green accounting;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly supports increased transparency inand simplification of budgetary processes at all levels of governance (including identifying sources of EU funding explicitly within national and sub-state budgets), as well as ensuring the availability of data at EU level on the spending profiles of EU funding programmes at regional level (where this is possible) but also clarifying how priorities and funding are aligned at EU, Member State and sub-state level towards agreed EU-level priorities;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the role that local and regional authorities could play in enhancing sustainable growth and job creation, restoring the social fabric and promoting renewable energy sources, smart grids and sustainable mobility;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Commission and the Member States to exploit all margins of flexibility to exploit the possibilities inherent in the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact (SPG) to balance productive and sustainable public investment needs with fiscal discipline objectives;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take into consideration in the context of the current negotiations on the future Economic and Monetary Union, all margins of flexibility in the macro- economic governance framework in order to allow for productive and sustainable investment, in particular by rethinking the relationship between the Stability and Growth Pact and productive and sustainable public investment and excluding public expenditure related to the implementation of programmes co- financed by the Structural and Investment Funds in the framework of growth-friendly policies from the budgetary surveillance rules under the Stability and Growth Pact;