Activities of Marco VALLI related to 2014/2248(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on possible evolutions and adjustments of the current institutional set up of the European Union
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that for the Union to meet the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and to address current and new challenges effectively, it needs to be granted a budget that is commensurate with the mission ifocus on a number of priorities with clear added value for European citizens, in line with the resources at its called on to accomplishdisposal; considers that the current level of the EU budget, which corresponds to 1 % of the EU-28 GDP, is not sufficientmust be used as effectively as possible to achieve these goals;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the current level of unused appropriations (RAL), which is a de facto breach of the spirit of Article 310 TFEU, while recognising the endemic nature of this problem;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that each of the institutions, as defined in Article 2(b) of the Financial Regulation, has the autonomy to implement its own section of the budget pursuant to Article 55 of the Financial Regulation; points out that such autonomy also entails a substantial level of responsibility regarding use of the funding allocated;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that effective supervision of the institutions’ and bodies’ implementation of the EU budget requires cooperation with Parliament and full transparency regarding the use of funding, as well as an annual follow-up document from all the institutions on the discharge recommendations of Parliament; regrets that the Council has not adhered to this procedure;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. In order to enable Parliament to take an informed decision on granting discharge, requires the institutions to provide Parliament directly with their annual activity reports and to give Parliament sufficient answers to its questions during the discharge process;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Requests that the Financial Regulation be updated in order to clarify the objectives of the discharge procedure and to clearly define the sanctions to be imposed for not respecting this procedure and in the event of discharge not being granted; highlights that this should be done in order to hold the EU institutions accountable with the aim of protecting the financial interests of EU citizens; stresses that there shouldwill be no exceptions;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to safeguard the principle of unity of the budget, and is concerned about the recent shift from the Community method to intergovernmental decision-making as observed int the setting-up of ad hoc satellite instruments outside the EU budget such as the Trust Funds; stresses the need to ensure effective parliamentary oversight over all EU expenditure.