Activities of Marco VALLI related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for 2017 - all sections (A8-0287/2016 - Jens Geier, Indrek Tarand) IT
Shadow reports (1)
Report on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017 PDF (809 KB) DOC (162 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017
Amendments (15)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2017 draft budget to reflect and support thecertain priorities outlined in the European Semesterf clear European added value, specifically relaunching public investment, pursuing structural reforms to modernise European economies, conducting responsibleromoting the growth and competitiveness of SMEs, and leaving Member States broad scope for action in the field of economic and fiscal policies;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses concern at the payments situation, given that RAL levels remain extremely high and are at odds with the spirit of the Treaties, which calls for a balanced budget; calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring rigour to bear on the selection of priorities to finance and to abandon those projects which have no obvious added value;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it regrettable that during its first year in operation the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) did not guarantee any additionality in the criteria for the selection of projects, with these mainly having involved the refinancing of existing projects of dubious environmental, social and economic worth;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Simplification and transparency
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that complete transparency ensures that funds are used entirely in accordance with the rules; expresses disquiet about transparency as regards major EU-funded works, especially where data on subcontractors are concerned; calls on the Commission to set up systems affording greater transparency, extending also to funds widened to encompass countries outside the EU;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that after five years, entities benefitting from funding of the civil- society capacity building in the area of financial services are still disproportionately depending on EU funding with EU grants consistently representing more than 50 % of their respective budgets; emphasises that such entities should strive to achieve a higher degree of self-fundingepending significantly on EU funding; emphasises that such entities should strive to achieve a higher degree of self-funding, without this entailing any reduction in the required support from the EU budget, in order to ensure the independence of their analyses;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Expresses doubts about the effectiveness of the new financial instruments, a point that has also been made by the European Court of Auditors, and calls on the Commission to consider whether the resources earmarked for financing of this type might be scaled down in order to allow scope for more substantial public investment in support of Member States.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Notes that the projects selected for the EFSI do not represent new investment in the real economy but the refinancing of existing projects of questionable sustainability in economic, social and environmental terms; reiterates its conviction that the EFSI is not the right instrument to guarantee growth and development; believes therefore that the appropriations for the provisioning of the EFSI guarantee fund could be better used to respond to other urgencies and priorities;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Reiterates its disagreement for the Commission's and the Council's approach to agencies' staffing, and therefore modifies a substantial number of establishment plans; underlines once more that each agency should cut 5 % of posts over 5 years as agreed in the IIA, but that new posts that are needed to fulfil additional tasks due to new policy developments and new legislation since 2013 have to be accompanied by additional resources and need to be counted outside the IIA staff reduction target; emphasises therefore again its opposition to the concept of a redeployment pool amongst agencies, butWelcomes the concept of a redeployment pool amongst agencies and encourages its use whenever possible; underlines once more that each agency should cut 5 % of posts over 5 years as agreed in the IIA; reaffirms its openness to freduce posts by means of achieving efficiency gains between agencies through increased administrative cooperation or even analyse the possibilities of mergers where appropriate and through pooling certain functions with either the Commission or another agency;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 52 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Regrets the proposal of internalisation of chauffeur service which will correspond to other additional expenses; believes that, in order to reduce the expenditures, the transport service should eventually only be provided to/from the airport/railway station and the places of work and the preference should be given to the use of minivans and buses, at scheduled times; underlines the great advantage in economic, social and environmental terms offered by the new train connection from Brussels Airport to Brussels-Gare du Luxembourg; considers that any other travel should be privately arranged by MEPs;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. ApprovDeplores the changes in its establishment plan and corresponding budgetary appropriations to respoincrease of the expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance and tohe additional needs ofrequests from the political groups; fully compensates these reinforcements by reducing the appropriations in the contingency reserve and fitting out of premises budget linebelieves that the support to Members for the accomplishment of their parliamentary activities is already adequate; asks moreover for a reduction of MEPs' salaries, allowances and travel expenses;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Recalls its political decision to exempt the political groups fromBelieves that the total level of staff in political groups should be included in the 5 % staff reduction target, as underlined it its resolutions on the budgets 20148 , 20159 and 201610 ; __________________ 8 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0437 9 Text adopted, P8_TA(2014)0036 10 Text adopted, P8_TA(2015)0376;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 54 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Deplores the increase of public funding for European political parties (from EUR 10 339 866 in 2008 to EUR 31 905 000 in 2017) and for European political foundations (from EUR 4 268 630 in 2008 to EUR 19 000 000 in 2017);
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Reinstates the 12 posts and related appropriations cut by the Commission in the DB in accordance with the abovementioned cooperation agreement , thus reflecting the actual number of posts transferred from the European Economic and Social Committee to ParliamentAsks for a radical revision of the role of the European Economic and Social Committee and for a consequent reduction of its appropriations;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Reinstates the eight posts and related appropriations cut by the Commission in the DB in accordance with the abovementioned cooperation agreement, thus reflecting the actual number of posts transferred from the Committee of the Regions to ParliamentAsks for a radical revision of the role of the Committee of the Regions and for a consequent reduction of its appropriations;