Activities of Ivana MALETIĆ related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2016 Budget - Mandate for the trilogue (A8-0217/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes) HR
Amendments (5)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Commission to prepare and implement, together with the Member States, an action plan for acceleration of implementation of the ESI funds, which have a significant investment and growth potential for the EU, and to propose measures in order to avoid the decommitments of funds in 2017 because of late start of implementation in the period 2014-2020; asks in addition to the Commission to analyse the impact of the measures on the EU budget in 2016 and 2017 and to propose adjustments accordingly with the aim to significantly decrease the backlog;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is seriously concerned about the recurrent problem of the backlog of payments, especially under the cohesion policy, which creates a de facto debt in the EU budgea phenomenon which is not sustainable in terms of sound financial management, and stresses that there is a danger of perpetuating the ‘snow ball' effect of accumulating unpaid invoices at year's end unless a tangible and sustainable solution is found, as fast as possible, by the budgetary authority together with the Commission;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is seriously concerned about the recurrent problem of the backlog of payments, especially under the cohesion policy, which creates a de facto debt in the EU budget, and stresses that there is a danger of perpetuating the ‘snow ball' effect of accumulating unpaid invoices at year's end unless a tangible and sustainable solution is found, as fast as possible, by the budgetary authority together with the Commission; highlights the correlation between good economic governance, absorption capacity as well as timely implementation and payments; underlines that delays in payments seriously and negatively affect implementation and good economic governance, decreasing the absorption capacity and putting in danger the effectiveness and efficiency of the whole cohesion policy and EU budget;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of the outlook for 2015 and 2016 presented by the Commission to reduce the year-end backlog of outstanding payment claims for 2007- 2013 to a sustainable level by the end of 2016;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that the three main pillars for EU economic recovery and growth – boosting investment, accelerating structural reforms and implementing growth-friendly fiscal consolidation –, which the European Commission defined in the Annual Growth Survey 2015, should be strengthened and, in that respect, welcomes the link of the ESI Funds to the European Semester; calls on the Commission to encourage and speed up the use of the ESI Funds for structural reforms and investments.