Activities of Bernd KÖLMEL related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 PDF (379 KB) DOC (361 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Common statement by eight Member States on the mobilisation of the contingency margin;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the complementary nature of the EU budget to national budgets and the impetus it creates to promote growth and jobs and underlines that given its very nature and limited size it should not be checked and curbed by arbitrary reductions but on the contrary targeted areas need to be reinforcedthe principle of EU added value must represent the cornerstone of all EU Budgets;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Believes that European public spending cannot be exempt from the considerable efforts made by Member States to bring their public spending under control, stresses that the action taken in recent years to curb annual growth in European payment appropriations should therefore be stepped up;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Draft Budget 2015 (DB) proposed by the Commission amounts to (including special instruments) EUR 145 599,3 million in commitment appropriations (CA) and EUR 142 137,3 million in payment appropriations (PA); highlights that the overall volume of the payment appropriations in the DB represents a moderate 1,4% increase over the 2014 Budget (taking into account AB 1 and DAB 2-4/2014), and is still EUR 2 billion lower than the implemented 2013 budget (taking into account AB 1 - 9); notes that the Commission proposed to leave a total margin of EUR 1 478,9 million in commitment appropriations under the ceilings in its DB;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that in any sound budgetary process a margin between the agreed budget and the annual ceiling must be large enough to deal with unforeseen pressures that will inevitably emerge;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. DeplorNotes that the Council, in its reading, reduced commitment appropriations by EUR 522 million and payment appropriations by EUR 2,1 billion, thus setting the Union budget for 2015 at EUR 145 077,4 million in commitments and EUR 139 996,9 million in payments; points out that the EUR 2,1 billion cut in payments would represent a reduction of - 0,18 % as compared to 2014 Budget (including AB 1/2014 and DAB 2-4/2014);
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Disapproves ofNotes the Council’s reading on the 2015 Budget which disregards the multiannual character of the Union's policies, and which would instead of tackling the issue further aggravate payments shortages and slowdown further the implementation of Union programmesrecognises that the front- loading into the first few years of the MFF would impose pressure on later years of the deal;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the arbitraryNotes the cuts proposed by the Council to the administrative and support lines financing the implementation of key Union programmes which could be detriwhich demonstrates their commitmental to the successful start of new programmes as a lack of administrative capacity entails a serious risk of hampering the implementation of Union policiesreal budgetary restraint and discipline;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. SupportNotes the Commission’s proposal to make full use of resources available under the 2015 payment ceiling thereby leaving no margin under the 2015 payment ceiling; restores all of the Council's cuts in payments on the basis of current and expected implementation patterns;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights however, that even the full use of the payment ceiling is not sufficient to adequately address the Union’s ongoing payment problems that have erupted since the 2010 Union budget; hence, decides to go beyond the Commission's proposals in payments for a number of budget lines, where the situation in payments is the most critical;