Activities of Pascal DURAND related to 2022/2172(INI)
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Amendments (6)
Amendment 8 #
C a. whereas legislative proposals to introduce Financial Transaction Taxes (FTT) were the first attempt within the Union to establish enhanced cooperation in the area of taxation but have been hindered by national vetoes.
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas according to the European Commission 26% of anthropogenic methane emissions come from organic wastes.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that more genuine own resources should not lead to a reduction of national contribution of the Member States to the Union’s budget; calls for an immediate and permanent increase of the Own Resources ceiling; reiterates its position in favour of the abolition of all rebates and corrections, the simplification of the VAT-based own resource, the unity of the European Budget and the use of fines and fees as extra revenue for the EU budget;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Is ready to consider maintaining Member States’ GNI contributions at current nominal levels in exchange for the establishment of new own resources that would not only pay the interest and principal repayments of the insurances but would also finance a more ambitious and efficient EU budget;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the establishment of a biowaste-based own resource; underlines that, under this mechanism, a share of GNI-based contributions would be replaced by a new distribution key requiring Member States recyclusing less biowaste to contribute more than Member States that recycluse more biowaste, in a proportionate way for electricity and heat production, in a proportionate way that also respects the Do No Significant Harm Principle (DNSH); considers that this own resource would incentivise Member States to resort less to landfills;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Concludes that the current financing of the EU budget is in breach of the intention of the founding fathers and the spirit of the Treaties; calls, therefore, for negotiations with the Council in a bid to redefine the Union's budgetary balance by limiting the percentage of resources from national contributions in favour of new own resources.