Activities of Bernd KÖLMEL related to 2017/2053(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020 - Reform of the European Union’s system of own resources (debate) DE
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on reform of the European Union’s system of own resources PDF (658 KB) DOC (110 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the report of the High Level Group on Own Resources (HLGOR) focuses on what can be reformed under the current institutional setup, taking into account that fiscal competences remain at the national level, and within the overall constraint of budget neutrality so that the reforms of own resources envisaged do not create additional tax burdens on EU citizens; urges the Commission therefore not to increase the overall fiscal burden for the EU taxpayer through its proposals to revise the Own Resources Decision;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the proposal made by the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, for the creation of a specific line dedicated to the euro area within the EU budget, included in his ‘state of the union’ speech to the European Parliament and further developed in the Commission communication of 6 December 2017 on new budgetary instruments for a stable euro area within the Union framework;11recalls that European fiscal governance does not release Member States from their national responsibilities and cannot substitute for needed structural reforms; notes that new budgetary instruments could involve protracted net transfers and trigger pervasive problems of moral hazard; believes that with fiscal policy responsibility remaining with the Member States, a credible no-bailout clause lies at the heart of every solution; _________________ 11 COM(2017)0822
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Favours the establishment of a transparent, simpler and fairer system, building on elements of the current system where they have proved effective; considers that the reform of the system of own resources should be based on a series of guiding principles; recalls that tax neutrality is one of the agreed principles for a reform of own resources;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recognizes that the costs and benefits of Union membership cannot be measured solely in budgetary terms; acknowledges the possible existence of budgetary imbalances and the need to correct them for Member States sustaining a budgetary burden which is excessive in relation to their relative prosperity; calls for a simplification of the current rebate system;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Believes that the creation of a basket of new own resources with the gradual introduction of some additional resources combined with the suppression of all rebates and corrections would render the system of own resources opaque and would fuel the budgetary logic of ‘fair return' due to the unequal spread of the financial burden per citizen;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges that the GNI-based contribution provides a reliable and, stable and fair source of revenue for the EU budget, and benefits from very strong support from a large majority of Member States; believes, therefore, that it should be preserved as a balancing and residual resource for the EU budget, which would put an end to the budgetary logic of ‘fair return’; stresses the need, in this context, to ensure tha that the term genuine own resource is used to frame the debate in favour of new own resources and against the GNI-based contribution is classified in the same manner in all national budgets, namely as revenue attributed to the EU and not as expenditure of national government; recalls that the report of the HLGOR is not unanimous in its view that the majority of EU expenditure should be financed by own resources other than GNI resources;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls that the report of the High Level Group on Own Resources (HLGOR) proposes the following criteria to identify potential new own resources: equity/fairness; efficiency; sufficiency and stability; transparency and simplicity; democratic accountability and budgetary discipline; focus on European added value; subsidiarity principle and fiscal sovereignty of Member States; and limiting political transaction costs; recalls that the report assumes the overall constraint of budget neutrality so that the reforms of own resources envisaged do not create an additional tax burden on EU citizens;