Activities of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections (debate) FR
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that Heads of States and Governments agreed once more in June 2014 (reiterated at the special meeting of the European Council in August 2014) on the need to invest and prepare Member States’ economies for the future by addressing overdue investment needs in transport, energy and telecom infrastructure (including the completion of the digital single market by 2015) of Union significance as well as in energy efficiency, innovation and research, and skills; recalls the unquestionable role of the European Union budget in achieving these political objectives;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Disapproves of the Council’s reading on the 2015 Budget which disregards the multiannual character of the Union's policies, and which would instead of tackling the issue further aggravate payments shortages and slowdown further the implementation of Union programmes; Underlines once more that the Council's approach to fix the level of payments in accordance with the inflation rate totally disregards the nature and function of the multiannual character of EU polices and renders the MFF totally irrelevant;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasizes that besides implementing the political agreement reached in the negotiations of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020 as regards frontloading of appropriations for specified policy objectives, the Commission did not propose additional efforts to accommodate priorities outlined by the Parliament; decides therefore to reinforce financial resources for the Union political objectives and strategic priorities, in a number of areas in Headings 1a, 1b, 3 and 4 by exhausting margins in commitment appropriations;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Decides to concentrate its reinforcements on the programmes which are at the core of the Europe 2020 strategy aimed at fostering growth, competitiveness and employment, namely Horizon 2020, COSME, Erasmus +, the digital agenda, Progress, EURES, the Microfinance Facility and the social agenda, Progress and the social agenda (including EURES and the Microfinance Facility);
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Supports the Commission’s proposal to make full use of resources available under the 2015 payment ceiling thereby leaving no margin under the 2015 payment ceiling; restores all of the Council's cuts in payments on the basis of current and expected implementation patterns; that have been made on the basis of current and expected implementation patterns; underlines that the Council did not provide any tangible and concrete evidence, nor specific figures in respect of implementation pattern to justify the cuts it proposed;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that in order to ensure adequate resources for the Union wide investment plans (agre as mentioned byin the June 2014 European Council followingand highlighted as a major political priority of President- elect Juncker´s in its political guidelines9 a ), continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative, notably the European Youth Guarantee as of budget 2016, and in order to address the persistent problem of payment appropriations, the post electoral review/revision of the MFF 2014-2020, as provided for in Article 2 of the MFF Regulation, should be launched as soon as possible by the new Commission, due to enter into office on 1st November 2014; __________________ 9 http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker- commission/docs/pg_en.pdf 9ahttp://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker- commission/docs/pg_en.pdf