18 Amendments of Marco ZANNI related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 6 #
Recital C
C. whereas the MFF quickly proved its inadequacy in responding to a series of crises and new political challenges that were not anticipated at the time of adoption; whereas, for the purpose of securing the necessary funding, the MFF was pushed to its limits including an unprecedented recourse to the flexibility provisions and special instruand the European Union budgetary policy quickly proved their inefficiency in providing concrete answers for the needs of citizens and Member States and for their growing difficulties such as unemployments, after exhausting the available margins; whereas high-priority EU programmes on research and infrastructures were even cut just two years after their adoptioneconomic recession, poverty the migration crisis and security threats;
Amendment 9 #
Recital E
E. whereas the establishment of the new MFF will be a critical moment for the Union of 27, as it will provide for the possibility to endorse a common vision and decide on the future political priorities as well as the ability of the Union to deliver them; whereas the Commission presented on 2 May 2018 a set of legislative proposals on the 2021- 2027 MFF and the EU own resources, followed by legislative proposals for the setting up of new EU programmes and instruments;
Amendment 20 #
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the 2021-2027 MFF must guarantee the Union’s ability and responsibility to meet emerging needs respond to the Europeand challenges and attain its political priorities and objectives; points to the serious problems linked to the underfinancing of the 2014-2020 MFF and declaresitizens’ actual needs; points out the necessity to avoid a repetition of previous mistakes by secensuring from the outset a strong, ambitious and credible EU budget for the benefit of the citizens over the next seven- year periodthe Union Budget to be more efficient, transparent, performance-based and providing concrete reductions of administrative expenditures and waste of money;
Amendment 25 #
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines thaExpresses its disappointment about the Commission proposal regardingto increase the global level of the next MFF set at 1,11 % of the EU-27 GNI (1,08% after deducting the European Development Fund), represents, not taking into account the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU with all the related financial consequences, meaning terms of GNI percentage, a reduction in real that the national taxpayerms compared to the current MFF; considers that this proposal will not allow the Union to deliver on its political commitments and respond to important challenges ahead and, therefore, cannot be accepted as suchwill have to pay more; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds can be better managed at national level in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 64 #
Paragraph 6
6. Is conscious of the serious challenges that the Union is facing and fully assumes its responsibility in securing, in a timely manner, a budget that is commensurate to the needs, expectations and concerns of EU citizens; stands ready to enter immediately into negotiations with the Council, in order to improve the Commission proposals and build a more ambitiouseconomic restrictions experienced in several Members States and assumes its responsibility to enter into negotiations with the Council, in order to build a more efficient, transparent and performance- based MFF;
Amendment 86 #
Paragraph 13
13. Reconfirms its formal positionAsks that the level of the 2021- 2027 MFF should be set at EUR 1 324,1 billion in 2018 prices, representing 1,3 % of the EU-27 GNI, in order to ensure the necessary level of fulower compared to the level of the current MFF, and ing for key EU policies that will enable them to fulfil their mission and objectives any case it should not exceed the 1% of the EU-27 GNI;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 14 – point xv
xv. Reinstate at least the 2020Decrease the level for all agencies;
Amendment 133 #
Paragraph 16
16. Intends to defend the Commission proposal on securing a sufficient level of funding for a strong, efficient and high- quality European public administration at the service of all Europeans; recalls that, during the current MFF, the EU institutions have implemented a 5% reduction in staff and believes that they should not be subject to any further reduction that would jeopardise directly the delivery of Union policiesRegrets the outrageous increase (around 20%) of the EU’s administrative expenditure, which does not take also in account the economic restrictions experienced in several member states either;
Amendment 169 #
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the importance of the new sanction mechanism whereby Member States that do not respect the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) shall be subject to financial consequences; warns, however, that final beneficiaries of the Union budget shall in no way be affected by the disregarding from their government towards fundamental rights and the rule of law; therefore underlines that measures shall not affect the obligation of government entities or of Member States to make payments to final beneficiaries or recipientsRefuses and deplores any attempt to use political or economic conditionality for EU funds, as it will be under the new Heading II; considers it as a further attack against European Nations and their freedom and independence;
Amendment 186 #
Paragraph 31
Amendment 199 #
Paragraph 34
34. RequSuggests the extension ofat, instead of extending the list of potential new own resources, that could include a share of a digital tax, to be presented in the years to come, as well as further consideration of the Financial Transaction Taxe European Union should proceed to rationalize its excessive administrative expenses, to cut all its wastes such as the EEAS and to evaluate if some funds could be managed more efficiently at national level, in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 210 #
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on theRejects the proposed introduction of other revenue of which the allocation to the EU budget cannot be put into question: - fees linkree new EU own resources based on Emissions Trading System, Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base and a national contribution calculated ton the implementation of mechanisms in direct reamount of non-recycled plastion with the EU, such as the ETIAS system; - fines paid by companies for breaching the Union’s rules or fines for late paymentsc packaging waste, which will ultimately lead to further taxation of businesses and increased tax pressure ofn contributions; - financing a new investment stabilisation mechanism;itizens; Seigniorage, for the purpose of
Amendment 217 #
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Recalls that no European authority is entitled to collect taxes in the name of national taxpayers;
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Recalls that Member States are responsible for their fiscal policies, and underlines that the power to levy taxes lies at the heart of Member States’ sovereignty; underlines therefore the fact that no European authority is entitled to collect taxes in the name of national taxpayers.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) RulesMFF should be laid down for other situations that may require the MFF to be adjusted. Those adjustments may be related to the delayed adoption of new rules or programmes under shared management, or to measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States adopted in accordance with the relevant basic actsperiodically be adjusted in order to respond to a real, continuous and effective spending review aimed to prevent wastes of national taxpayers’ money.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Excludes the use of any form of conditionality to turn the financing under the cohesion policy into a political blackmail instrument.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7 – title
Chapter 2 – Article 7 – title
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7
Chapter 2 – Article 7