Activities of Marco VALLI related to 2015/2008(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Guidelines for the 2016 budget - Section III (A8-0027/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes) IT
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU budget is predominantly an investment budget with a strongpotential leverage effect and should be a catalyst for growth, competitiveness and jobs across the Union; whereas it should facilitates the implementation of programmes and projects that would otherwise be difficult or impossible and should ensures strategic investment in actions with European added value by pooling resources and allowing for economies of scale; whereas the EU budget hasshould have a tangible positive impact on citizens’ lives;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, as a consequence of the economic and financial crisis and the austerity policies that have been imposed, the level of investment in the EU has significantly dropped; whereas, given the persistent economic and budgetary constraints at national level, the EU budget should plays a key role in fostering competitiveness and increasing economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the indisputable potential and added value of the EU budget in the creation of employment and the development of enterprises and entrepreneurship across the Union; acknowledges that a wide range of EU programmes, including Horizon 2020, COSME and Erasmus+, contribute directly to the attainment of the objectives; expects that the Commission will place such programmes and instruments at the heart of the Draft Budget 2016, in order to ensure that they are endowed with the necessary resources;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the Investment Plan presented by the Commission, which can creat, according to the projections, should have the potential to mobilise EUR 315 billion of investments in infrastructures, education and research, as well as SMEs and mid-cap companies; notes that the EU budget is expected to provide the backbone ofwill play an important role in this investment plan by making available the EUR 8 billion required in commitments and payments for the provisioning of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); considers it essential to check that the EU budget contribution as an opportunity tocan deliver a significant return on the objectives of the programmes concerned (Horizon 2020, Connecting Europe Facility) withrough a higher leverage effectt running the risk of already limited resources being diverted away from those programmes;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the complementary nature of the proposed Investment Plan and the EU budget and their joint commitment to kick- start the economy and boost job creation; stresses that the EU budget is in itself a major investment tool with a distinctive role and mission, that hasshould provided tangible results with a clear European added value; is convinced that every effort needs to be deployed in order to create synergies not only between the Investment Plan and the EU budget but also with national budgets, in order to bridge the investment gap and maximise the effect of public spending on the real economy;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Attaches the utmost importance to the establishment and implementation of a sound and binding payment plan with the objective of reducing the level of unpaid bills at year- end to its structural level in the course of the current MFF; considers that the interinstitutional meeting in March 2015 should provide the opportunity for the three institutions to agree on such a plan, in due time before the presentation of the Draft Budget 2016;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to take due account of the above-mentioned political priorities when establishing its Draft Budget for 2016 so that the relevant EU programmes and actions are provided with the necessary means to accomplish these objectives; anticipates, in this context, a positive response from the Commission to the further requests and positions expressed in this resolution so as to settle recurrent problems and facilitate this year’s budgetary procedure; also expects the Commission to propose an adequate level of payment appropriations in its Draft Budget, based on real forecasts and needs; calls, furthermore, for care to be taken not to widen the gap between commitments and payments any further, and for efforts to be made to balance the two up;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Undertakes, within the MFF ceilings and with due consideration to the acute shortage of payments, to play its role as one arm of the budgetary authority with dedication and responsibility by promoting well-targeted increases in those budgetary areas with high absorption capacity that correspond to its political priorities and guarantee successful delivery; in this light, intends to examine, with the support of its specialised committees, the specific programmes and budget lines that can better achieve this objective; undertakes also to identify non-priority measures in respect of which targeted cuts may be made in order to balance the EU budget;