Activities of Alda SOUSA related to 2013/2010(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Guidelines for the 2014 budget - Section III (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 (new)
Citation 7 (new)
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 29th of June 2012 and 19th October on the Compact for Growth and Jobs;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Treaty of Lisbon confers significant new prerogatives on the European Union in fields such as external action, sport, space, climate change, energy, tourism and civil protection, external action, sport, space;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that in a period of deep economic crisis and increased divergence in the EU it is necessary to provide a significant increase in the Community budget to ensure the adequate level of resources in next year's budget to secure the EU political priorities with particular emphasis on the programs and projects aimed at boosting growth and decent employment, eradicating poverty, investing in smart, sustainable, green development; reiterates that it is extremely important to increase support to Member States, especially those already facing economic recession, for investment in infrastructure, social facilities, research, innovation and development;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists ofn the opinion that budgeting a realisticneed to budget the adequate level of payments at the beginning of the budgetary cycle wouldto avoid unnecessary complications during the implementation of the budget, as witnessed in particular with the 2012 budsituations such as the one witnessed in particular in 2012 , during the implementation of the budget; emphasises that the EU Budget can have a crucial role to help some of its member states to recover from the crisis and come out stronger, through smart, sustainable and inclusive growth based on the five EU headline targets, namely promoting employment, improving the conditions for innovation, research and development, meeting our climate change and energy objectives, promoting high education standards and social policies, in particular social inclusion and poverty reduction; recalls that the Member States themselves have fully endorsed these five targets;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Attaches the greatestTakes note of the political importance tof the joint statements signed by Parliament, the Council and the Commission at their highest political level in December 2012, which are an integral part of the agreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority on the 2013 budget and according to which the necessary additional resources will be provided by Member States next year in order for the Union to be able to pay its bills and preserve its institutional credibility and solvability;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that, in line with the provisions of the joint statement on payments 2012, the Commission shall present at an early stage in 2013 a draft amending budget devoted to the sole purpose of covering the suspended claims from 2012, amounting to at least EUR 2.9 billion, and other pending legal obligations, without prejudice to the proper implementation of the 2013 budget; recalls that in November and December 2012 additional payment requests under shared management for an overall amount of around EUR 16 billion were submitted to the Commission, which will need tomust be paid out in 2013; therefore urges the Commission to submit this draft amending budget already during the first trimester of 2013, in order to avoid any interference with the budget 2014 procedure;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is deeply concerned about the high level of unused appropriations (RALs) accumulated at the end of the year 2012; proposes to organise once again this year inter- institutional meetings on the difference between commitment and payment appropriations, to establish a dialogue with the Commission in order to fully clarify the composition of RAL; insists that the Council refrain from deciding a priori the level of payments, without taking account of actual needs and legal obligations; notes further that accruing RAL actually undermines a transparent EU budget in which the relation between commitments and payments in any specific budgetary year is clearly visible;
Amendment 60 #
13. Is of the opinionnsists that the 2013 budget negotiations have demonstrated once more that the system of financing the EU budget – with national contributions amounting to more than 75 % of EU revenue – is today on its last legsclearly insufficient; urges that the structure of Union revenue be reformed by introducing new and genuine own resources, namely the Financial Transaction Tax and recalls its support to the Commission proposal for reforming the own resources system;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. RecallInsists that all the macroeconomic financial stabilisation measures taken since 2008 have not yet brought an end to the economic and financial crisis; believes, therefore,insists, therefore, that the austerity measures taken both at EU and Member States level, comprised within the "Economic Governance", The Pact for the Euro and the Fiscal Compact, led to the deepening and aggravation of the economic and social crises, particularly in countries which already had a difficult economic and social situation; reiterates that in order to return to growth and generate employment in Europe, Member States should continue their efforts to unlock their potential for sustainable growth and that a well-targeted, robust and sufficient EU budget is needed to further help coordinate and enhance the national efforts;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls, therefore, on the Member States to consider synergies between the national consolidation effortMember States and the added value of a well- prioritised EU budget, allowing the implementation of the political commitments already made at the highest level; recallinsists that implementation of political commitments and priorities is much more effective when there is a synergy between national and EU budgets and underlines the importance of inter- parliamentary debatthe EU budget should give priority to policies of real convergence, social and territorial cohes ion the common economic and budgetary orientations of the Member States and of the Union, within the framework of European Parliamentary Week on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination, focused on job creation, social progress, solidarity, the sustainable use of natural resources and protection of the environment;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls, in this regard, that the EU 2020 strategy should be at the heart of the next MFF (2014-2020) and invites the Commission to clearly prioritise it already in 2014 and to place emphasis on spending for SMEson job creation, to eradication of poverty, the promotion of cooperation and solidarity towards a social and sustainable development, research, SMEs, development and innovation, renewable energy, sustainable development, and skills;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Reiterates that a budgetary shift away from military action and security- oriented policies to civil conflict prevention is a necessary alternative in order to reduce military expenditure;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes note of the letter dated 7 January 2013 from the Commissioner for Budgets and Financial Programming confirming that 2014 will be the second year in which the Commission will reduce its staffing levels by another 1 %, meaning that any new tasks will be met through available (and decreasing)rejects the proposed reduction of human ressources and by counting on the simplification of delivery modes, as proposed in the new generation programmes; takes note of the Commission’s call on all other institutions to introduce a nominal freeze at 2013 level of all non-salary related expenditure; intends to continue a close examination of the Commission’s intention of reducing by 2018 the staffing level in EU institutions and bodies by 5 % as compared with 2013, and recalls that this is to be seen as an overall goal; recalls that any change to the establishment plan has a direct impact on the budget and should in no way compromise the budgetary prerogatives of the Committee on Budgets and of the European Parliament; considers that any short-term or long-term reduction in staff should be based on a prior impact assessment and should take full account of, inter alia, the Union’s legal obliginsists in strongly enhancing efficiency and excellence through decent job creation and maintenance, increase the quality of working conditions, promote and implement organisationsal and the institutions’ new competences and increased tasks arising from the Treinfrastructural innovatieson;