Activities of Jean ARTHUIS related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2016 Budget - Mandate for the trilogue (A8-0217/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes) FR
Amendments (5)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Commission Draft General Budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 reinforces those priorities and proposes to step up EU support for investment, knowledge, jobs and growth-orientated programmes, and in particular for an emblematic mobility programme such as Erasmus+; will pay particular attention to reducing inequalities between apprenticeships and higher education in Europe, notably through ensuring equal access to mobility; is satisfied that, in addition to duly expected increases throughout Heading 3 (Security and Citizenship) and Heading 4 (Global Europe), the Commission is taking up the challenge of responding to new developments such as the crises in Ukraine, Syria and the Mediterranean by responding to the EU's and Member States' needs in the area of security and migration and by demonstrating strong political will in the field of external action and budgetary commitment towards countries of origin and transit;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the EU Draft Budget for 2016 amounts to EUR 153.5 billion in commitment appropriations (including EUR 4.5 billion reprogrammed from 2014) and EUR 143.5 billion in payment appropriations; points out that, disregarding the effect of the reprogramming in 2015 and 2016, this corresponds to an increase of +2.4% in commitments and +1.6% in payments as compared to the 2015 budget; stresses that these are overall moderate increases following the path set by the MFF, accounting for inflation represent almost no increase in real terms, which stresses on the importance of the efficiency and effectiveness of the spending;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that the EU Draft Budget reflects the joint statement on a payment plan 2015-2016 agreed between Parliament, the Council and the Commission following the shared diagnosis and commitment entered into by the three institutions to reduce this backlog; recalls that, according to the Commission's estimations, the payment appropriations requested in the Draft Budget would bring the total backlog of unpaid bills down to a sustainable level of approximately EUR 2 billion for the cohesion programmes 2007-2013, and would also reduce the abnormal backlog in other headings; consequently undertakes to fully support the Commission proposal and expects the Council to respect its commitments in this regard;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that Parliament and, the Council and the Commission have committed to avoiding the future build-up of an unsustainable backlog of outstanding payment claims at year's end, while fully respecting and implementing the agreements reached as part of the multiannual financial framework and of the annual budgetary procedures; invites the CommissionReiterates the need, in this regard, to closely and actively monitor the development of this backlog; In this vein, recalls to the Commission its agreement, in the joint statement on a payment plan, to develop its medium- and long-term forecasting tools and to set up an early warning system by early 2016, with the aim to present these first payment forecasts in July, so that the budgetary authority can take duly informed decisions in the future;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Recalls that, with programmes expected to reach full swing, with the integration of new major initiatives in the areas of investment and migration, with the opportunity to settle issues of the past such as payments and special instruments, and with the first activation of new MFF provisions such as the global margin for commitments, the 2016 budgetary procedure will be a test case for the assessment of the current MFF, which will culminate in the process of review/revision to be launched next year; reminds the Commission of its legal obligation to present a review of the functioning of the MFF by the end of 2016 and reiterates its call on the Commission to accompany this budgetary review by a legislative proposal for the revision of regulation No 1311/2013 laying down the MFF 2014- 2020;