7 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2019/2214(BUD)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. regrets that the 2021 preliminary draft estimates have therefore been set at EUR 2.110.467.628, a 3,52% increase over the 2020 budget; deplores the fact that Parliament's budget has increased steadily year on year during the last parliamentary term and calls, therefore, for Parliament to set as the main objective for its own budget that of curbing its own costs as much as possible and seeking significant savings, in order to send out a message of solidarity with EU citizens;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Takes note of the ongoing practice of the year-end ‘mopping-up transfer’ to contribute to current building projects; highlights that this ‘mopping-up transfer’ takes place systematically on the same chapters, titles and, often, exactly on the same budgetary lines; considers that such a legal practice risks being perceived as a programmed over- evaluation of these, in order to generate funds for the financing of Parliament’s building policy; disapproves the practice of using the year-end 'mopping up transfer' to contribute to current building projects considering that it exists contradiction between the transparency of building projects within the Parliament's budget and incentivises over-budgeting in certain areas; calls for a reflection on the financing of key investments in the building policy;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the need to find a solution for a single seat for the Parliament in order to optimise parliamentary and institutional work and reduce significant political and financial costs and the carbon footprint; emphasises the annual environmental impact of the geographic dispersion is estimated to be between 11 000 to 19 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions; underlines the negative public perception caused by this dispersion and calls, therefore, for practical steps to be taken quickly to establish a single seat for Parliament, in order to prevent any further waste of public money; deplores the fact that over a single parliamentary term the costs generated by Parliament's geographic dispersion can amount to as much as EUR 1 billion;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Emphasizes that Parliament's Drivers' Service should be used by Members exclusively for journeys to Parliament's premises from the airport/station or vice versa (primary journeys) and that Parliament minivans and minibuses should be used only for this purpose; recalls that in Belgium Members can use trains free of charge; regrets that the Parliament's cars are moving monthly to Strasbourg and back with no passengers and invites the General Secretariat to evaluate a way to give the opportunity to share these cars during the monthly transfers;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Calls for a reduction of at least 20% in Members' monthly salaries, daily allowances and emoluments, including the general expenditure allowance, with a view to sending out a message of solidarity with EU citizens;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Recalls Article 27(1) and (2) of the Statute for Members which states that “the voluntary pension fund set up by Parliament shall be maintained after the entry into force of this Statute for Members or former Members who have already acquired rights or future entitlements in that fund” and that “acquired rights and future entitlements shall be maintained in full”; calls upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau to fully respect the Statute for Members; and to establish with the pension fund a clear plan for Parliament assuming and taking over its obligations and responsibilities for its Members’ voluntary pension scheme, evaluating savings where possible; supports the request from the Bureau to instruct the Secretary-General to investigate ways to ensure a sustainable financing of the Voluntary Pension Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Statute for Members while ensuring full transparency; stresses the importance to find a solution which does not impose a further financial burden on European taxpayers; stresses the need of a revision on the Statute for Members, in order to bring the pension entitlements of Members into line with the social security systems for ordinary citizens of individual Member States, as regards both the calculation of the amount and the age- and contribution-related requirements which entitle them to a pension;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. regrets the proposed increase of 5,3 % of the expenditure of the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations and the Committee of Independent Eminent Persons; calls for all expenditure relating to European political parties and political foundations to be discontinued and stresses the fact that they should become totally reliant on own resources, ceasing to be financially dependent on Parliament's budget;