Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2022/2046(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the sudden emergence of severe European-wide crises, such as the pandemic and Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and their detrimental economic spillover, have tested the multiannual financial framework (MFF) and underlined the need for the MFF to be strengthened and managed in a more flexible, yet sustainable, manner; therefore sees a need for thea structural revision of the MFF and calls on the Commission to conduct an in-depth review of the functioning of the current MFF and to proceed with a legislative proposal for comprehensive MFF revision as soon as possible, and no later than the first quarter of 2023;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that under the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 20201 , where a proposal for a new MFF or for a substantial revision has been presented, the institutions have committed to seeking to determine specific arrangements for cooperation and dialogue between them throughout the procedure leading to its adoption; reaffirms its commitment to this Agreement and expresses its readiness to engage with the other institutions to devise and implement ambitious and future-proof budget solutions; _________________ 1 Point 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources (OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 28)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the vital role played by the European Parliament in the preparation, review and scrutiny of the MFF; reiterates its view that any future decisions on the budgetary architecture of the Union should safeguard the community method and ensure that the Parliament is fully involved in the decision-making process; recalls that all elements of the MFF package must be implemented in accordance with the principle of mutual sincere cooperation, as laid down in Article 13(2) of the Treaty on European Union; regrets the use of instruments to advance legislation without European Parliament’s consent or influence;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission to propose new own resources ahead of the timeline envisaged in the legally binding roadmap for the current MFF by the end of 2023; points out that these new resources should generate sufficient income to ensure that the common debt can be effectively repaid;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the Conference on the Future of Europe has proposed strengthening the Union budget through new own resources2 and that the European Parliament should decide on the Union budget as it is the right of parliaments at national level3 ; calls in that regard for the European Parliament to be more closely associated with the Commission and the Council in the process of adopting new own resources; stresses that the Conference provided additional momentum for a revision of the current MFF; _________________ 2 Conference on the Future of Europe proposal 16. 3 Conference on the Future of Europe proposal 39.4, third bullet.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomesTakes the view that the Recovery and Resilience Facility has been an effective and critical tool in times of crisis, supporting economic convergence between Member States and enabling the financing of strategic cross-border projects with European added value; takes note of the application by the Commission of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation5 laying down the rules necessary for the protection of the Union budget in the case of breaches of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States which affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; regrets the delay in the enforcement of the Rule of Law Conditionality mechanism and calls on the Commission to strengthen its oversight of the milestones and targets to be met by the Member States; underlines that funds cannot be disbursed if Member States do not uphold the rule of law and comply with all relevant ECJ rulings; _________________ 5 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its call for the activation of the passerelle clause provided for in Article 312(2) TFEU so as to allow the Council to adoption the MFF Regulation by qualified majority; recalls its proposals that the ordinary legislative procedure be applied for the adoption of the MFF Regulation; calls for Article 311(3) TFEU to be amended so as to allow the European Parliament to give its consent in the process of adopting new own resources.