Activities of Alda SOUSA related to 2013/2018(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2014 - Section I - Parliament (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, in the a context of continuingheavy social, economic and financial difficulties, as reflected in the austerity measures taken by many Member States in response to the debt crisis, Parliament should continue to exercise a constraints, and even recession in several Member States, Parliament should strongly enhance investment to boost synergies whigch degree of budgetary responsibility, control and self-restraint; whereas Parliament, at the same time must strike a delicate balance between budgetary rigour and structural savings on one hand, and a concerted drive for efficiency on the other handensure efficiency and excellence through decent job creation and maintenance, increase the quality of working conditions, promote and implement organisational and infrastructural innovation within the highest degree of budgetary responsibility, assessment and liability;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesDeeply regrets several of the proposed decreases compared with the 2013 budget in the areas; recalls that some of these decreases were made at the cost of jeopardising working conditions, such as the reduction of translation (-56%) and interpreting costs (-23%), without endangeringation expenditure; reiterates the need to ensure that the principlrease of multi- lingualism, lease payments (-60%), web TV (-38%) and fitting-out of premises (- 31%)competences of the institutions should be accompanied by the due and adequate reinforcement of human resources;