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6 Amendments of Enrico GASBARRA related to 2014/2248(INI)

Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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 it is called on to accomplish; considers that the current level of the EU budget, which corresponds to 1 % of the EU-28 GDP, is not sufficient to achieve these goals; considers that this reform - together with assignment to Parliament of full powers of legislative initiative - is essential for the substantial enhancement of the democratic effectiveness of the EU;
2016/09/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls the numerous pronouncements in favour of a single seat for the European Parliament, given the symbolic value of such a move and the actual savings this would represent;
2016/09/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Takes the view that the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome at the beginning of 2017 is the ideal occasion on which to relaunch a debate at the highest institutional level, focusing in particular on the more efficient use of funding and of democratic EU budget control mechanisms;
2016/09/13
Committee: CONT
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need for the EU budget to be simple, clear and easily understood by EU citizens, and to be based on a structure that allows it to be compared and coordinated with national budgets; considers that these should be underpinning principles for both the expenditure and revenue sides of the EU budget; believes it important — in the spirit of the Lisbon Treaty — to involve national parliaments in strategic EU budget discussions through joint meetings with their respective parliamentary committees on presentation of the budget by the Commission;
2016/09/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the numerous pronouncements in favour of a single seat for the European Parliament, given the symbolic value of such a move and the actual savings it would achieve;
2016/09/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome at the beginning of 2017 is the ideal occasion on which to relaunch a debate at the highest institutional level, focusing in particular on ways of increasing funding and enhancing growth mechanisms;
2016/09/07
Committee: BUDG