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150 Amendments of Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK

Amendment 12 #

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the 2020 Union budget is the bridge to the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027 and should contrib; points oute to creating a common, long-term vision on the future political priorities of the Union; expects that, at the time of adoption ofhe need to avoid previous mistakes and emphasises that EU citizens expect the 2020 Union budget, the Council and Parliament will be engaged in fully-fledged MFF negotiations, following a political agreement in the European Council; believes that a strong, responsible and forward-looking 2020 budget will facilitate an agreement and the transition towards the next MFFo be more efficient, transparent, performance-based, with concrete reductions of the administrative expenditures and wastes of money;
2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 19 #

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Considers, therefore, that the EU budget for next year should define clearnew political priorities and enable the Union to further invest in innovation and research capacities for future solutions, boost competitiveness and economic growth, ensure a safe, secure and peaceful Europe, strengthen citizens’ work and living conditions, and bolster the Union in its fight against environmental challenges and climate changetaking into account that the EU budget's funds failed in supplying concrete answers to citizen's needs and to the growing difficulties they are facing, such as unemployment, economic recession, poverty, the migration crisis and the security threats; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to fully respect the principle of subsidiarity;
2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 23 #

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that, 2020 being the last year of the current MFF, the implementation of EU programmes, including those under shared management in cohesion policy, will be further accelerated and reach its closing phase, which will be reflected in a substantial increase in payment requests; anticipates, therefore, a peak in the annual level of payment appropriations for 2020 and is determined to secure the necessary payments in 2020 and to prevent another payment crisis in the first years of the 2021-2027 MFF, as was the case during the current period; asks not to increase the commitment appropriations in the budget of the European Union until a definitive solution on the stabilisation of the backlog of outstanding payment claims is defined;
2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 67 #

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that theMember States should be supported in fighting against youth unemployment requires substantial additional financial efforts to create opportunities for education, training and employment; underlines, in this respect, the positive impact of the Youth Employment Ias well as in building their national policies for education, training and employment; believes that social policy initiative,s supporting approxhould come primaterily 1.7 million young people until the end of 2017, thanks also to additional appropriations that Parliament secured forfrom the Member States since they are best placed to meet citizens expectations and recalls that the solution to thise programme in the EU budget over the yearblems of citizens cannot be found by imposing any additional EU constraints;
2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 105 #

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Regrets the outrageous and steady increase of the EU’s administrative expenditure, which does not take into account the economic restrictions experienced in several Member States either; believes that changes to the approach to administrative expenditure should be considered, starting from a reduction in the highest salaries and pensions of EU staff;
2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 108 #

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Underlines that any funding to Turkey, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy, must be immediately stopped;
2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 2 #

2018/2275(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets that the new proposal, with an increased overall amount for the EU budget, will lead to a further waste of taxpayers’ money to finance programs and instruments which failed in tackling major problems such as unemployment, economic recession, poverty, the migration crisis and security threats, not providing any concrete answer to the needs of our citizens and Member States;
2018/12/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 7 #

2018/2275(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Welcomes the reinforcement to the EEAS budget line on Strategic Communication Capacity, to deliver a stronger coordinated Union response to the challenge of disinformation;deleted
2018/12/07
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 3 #

2018/2048(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Regrets the fact that the EGF is often mobilised for cases where large companies either moved their production facilities to cheap labour countries or/and have been badly managed for years;
2018/05/02
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, in the case of the US House of Representatives, the total appropriations dedicated to the representational allowance of Members amounted to 500 million for 435 Representatives8 , whereas for Parliament, those appropriations amounted to 458 million for 751 MEPs9 ; __________________ 8CRS report on Legislative Branch: FY2016 Appropriations, 1 February 2016. 9 Report of the Secretary General to the Bureau on the Preliminary Draft Estimates of the European Parliament for the Financial Year 2019;deleted
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 12 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the share of Parliament’s budget in 2019 should be maintained under 20 % of heading V; notes that the level of estimates for 2019 corresponds to 18,79%, which is lower than that achieved in 2018 (18,85 %) and the lowest part of heading V in more than fifteen yearsRegrets the increase proposed by the Secretary-General for Parliament’s preliminary draft estimates reaching the outrageous amount of more than EUR 2 billion for 2019;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 15 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. EmphasisNotes that the largest part of Parliament's budget is fixed by statutory or contractual obligations and is subject to annual indexation; asks therefore for a revision of the Statute for Members and the Staff Regulations in order to abolish unacceptable benefits;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 16 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights Parliament's role in building European political awareness and promoting the Union values;deleted
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 18 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that savings compared to the proposal of the Secretary-General are required, but the priority is the efficient use of the budget, without undermining the core competences of the European Parliament;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 21 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the response to the request from the Committee on Budgets expressed in various budget resolutions on additional information on medium- and long-term planning, investments, statutory obligations, operational expenditure and a methodology on the basis of the current needs rather than of coefficients; notes that lump sums are a useful and recognised tool to add flexibility and transparency;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 24 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that, as was the case for budgets for previous years, it is proposed to set aside an amount for ‘extraordinary’ investment and expenditure, i.e. investment and expenditure that is unusual or atypical for Parliament and arises infrequently; notes that in 2019, those underlinvestments and that expenditure amount to EUR 71,6 million, including EUR 37,3 million for the changes related to European Elections 2019 should not be considered as "extraordinary", since the length of pa Parliamentary term and EUR 34,3 million for other extraordinary expendituris known in advance;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 29 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs confirmed with the vote in plenary in February 2018 an own- initiative report on Parliament’s composition, and notably the reduction to 705 Members after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union; notes that in the event that the United Kingdom is still a Member State at the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, the number of Members shall be 751, until the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union becomes legally effective; points out, however, that the procedure requires a unanimous decision by the European Council after having obtained the consent of Parliament; underlines that Parliament’s estimates, for the moment, reflect a status- quo situation with a Parliament composed of 751 Members from 28 Member States; recalls that any decrease of the number of Members should be reflected in a due reduction the Parliament’s estimates;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 30 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomDeplores the communication campaign as a helpful effort to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; underlines that this campaign should aim, among other things, at explaining the role of the Union, the power of the Parliament, its functions, including the election of the President of the Commission, and its impact on the lives of citizepropaganda tool to the exclusive benefit of the EU policies and institutions;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 35 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recallsthat, as approved in the 2018 budget procedure,grets that the total budget of the campaign amounts to EUR 33,3 million for the two years, of which EUR 25 million for 2018 (due to the time needed to run procurement procedures and conclude the contracts) and EUR 8.33 million for 2019; notes that the strategy for the campaign based on an analysis of the lessons learnt at the last elections was approved at the Bureau in November 2017and EUR 8.33 million for 2019;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 38 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the communication processes for the European elections are characterised by three tiers: the most visible tier is for national and European political parties and their candidates, the second tier is the leading candidate process (Spitzenkandidaten), introduced for the first time in 2014, and the third tier is the institutional campaign as in reminding what the Parliament is, what it does, how it affects citizens’ lives and why engaging in the elections is important;deleted
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 39 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that Parliament alone lacks the resources necessary to reach out to 400 million eligible voters and must therefore make the best use of its own multiplier networks to do that; points out that at European level, a series of citizens and stakeholders conferences will be organised in 2018 and that at national level, the role of the Liaison Offices will be crucial; considers that as in the final run-up to the elections, the European political parties and the national parties will play an essential role alongside, in particular in the framework of the “Spitzenkandidaten” process; proposes, therefore, to enable them to carry out this mission with funding specifically increased for 2019;deleted
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 53 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Takes note of the updated mission statement forQuestions the added value of the Information Offices, which are now to be known as “Liaison Offices”, in accordance with the the Bureau Decision of November 2017; notes that the main function of the Liaison Offices is to inform and communicate locally on behalf of Parliament, in order to provide information about the Union and its policies through the activities of external stakeholder; regrets the excessive expenditures for the new installations oin local, regional and national levelBerlin and Paris;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 115 #

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Notes with regrets the extremely late forwarding of the documents from the Secretary-General and the Bureau to the Budgets Committee Members that did not allow a proper work on the file;
2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 6 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 9 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 20 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 25 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 64 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 86 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 112 #

2018/0166R(APP)


Paragraph 14 – point xv
xv. Reinstate at least the 2020Decrease the level for all agencies;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 133 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 169 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 186 #

2018/0166R(APP)


Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes, in this context, as an important step towards a more ambitious reform, the Commission’s set of proposals adopted on 2 May 2018 on a new system of own resources;deleted
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 199 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 210 #

2018/0166R(APP)


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
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 217 #

2018/0166R(APP)


Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Recalls that no European authority is entitled to collect taxes in the name of national taxpayers;
2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 221 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 223 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 228 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
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.
2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 244 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7 – title
Adjustments related 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 Statesdeleted
2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 247 #

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7
In the case of the lifting, in accordance with the relevant basic acts, of a suspension of budgetary commitments concerning Union funds in the context of 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, the amounts corresponding to the suspended commitments shall be transferred to the following years and the corresponding ceilings of the MFF shall be adjusted accordingly. Suspended commitments of year n may not be entered in the budget beyond year n+2.deleted
2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 50 #

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2018/11/09
Committee: BUDGCONT
Amendment 3 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the two arms of the budgetary authority must endeavour to avoid taking any decision on the 2019 budget that could hinder the setup of an ambitiousthe future MFF;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 4 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas following the December 2017 agreement to launch its second phase of negotiations, the Brexit process should not have a direct impact on the 2019 budget; whereas Brexit, set for March 2019, would nevertheless impactBrexit should be not used as a trigger for reinforcing the revenue side onf the positions of different actorsEU budget;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas support for populist and extremists movements in all Member States has been rising and has often led to misleading information about the EU and its budget;deleted
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 18 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas years of austerity policies imposed by the EU Institutions have reinforced the mistrust of citizens towards the EU, which has been unable to solve their problems;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 26 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the slow recovery from the consequences of the financial, economic and social crisis, combined with the wrong policies imposed by the EU, hasve fallen short of influencing positively the day-to-day lives of EU citizens, while social inequalities keep on growing;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 31 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that, contrary to populist narrative, EU citizens expect the Union to do more, and to protect them from the consequences of global competition, climate change and international security threats; believes that in order to fulfil these expectations, the EU must, within the remit of its competences, perform better, so as to narrow the gap in living standards between EU citizens, to prepare the European economy and EU citizens to face up to the challenge of digitalisation, to manage migration flows, and to put an end to various kinds of discrimination, such as discrimination against women or LGBTI people, while fully adhering to the EU 2020 strategy and UN Sustainable Development Goalsbudget to be more efficient, transparent, performance-based and with concrete reductions of the administrative expenditures and wastes of money;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 38 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to guarantee the full respecting of the subsidiarity principle;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 56 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that, at the strong request of Parliament, the result of the conciliation on the 2018 EU budget was toRegrets the increase of the originally proposed specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) by EUR 116.7 million of fresh appropriations, bringing its total amount to EUR 350 million in 2018; expects the 2019 budget to demonstrate great, which failed the ambition to fight youth unemployment;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 78 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls thatDeplores the prolongation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) guarantee fund has been financed partly at the expense of Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); reiterates Parliament’s long-standing position that any new initiatives should be financed by new appropriations, which failed to accomplish the promises to guarantee growth and to tackle unemployment, leading to a useless waste of taxpayers' money;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 89 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Member States’ recent commitment to a renewed EU defence agenda, which seeks to enhance both hard and soft power, and considers it to be in line with the concerns of citizens, in the light of rising global instability that is exacerbated by new types of threats; supports the recent Commission initiative to launch the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, as a first stage of the European Defence FundRefuses any attempt to use the EU budget for defence or military related expenditures;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 99 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Expects the negotiatAsks for a complete revisions onf the 2019 budget to lead to realistic operational and administrative fundrole of the European agencies questioning oif the EU agencies, enabling them to accomplish their growing tasks of fighting organised crime, terrorism and border managementir tasks and objectives could not be better accomplished by existing Directorates-General of the European Commission or by Member States in order to prevent duplication of roles and costs and also improving transparency;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 139 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that both the EU and the Member States should demonstrate solidarity towards migrants arriving in Europe in facing up to this challeUnderlines the failure of European policies on preventing migration flows and human traffickinge; believes that EU agencies and policies involved in or relating to the management of migration flows should be adequately financed to meet this challenge and that the EU, in order to mitigate the cost in the long term and by acting in a manner befitting its values, should also demonstrate solidarity in creating conditions for peace and prosperity in the countries of origin by placing greater emphasis on development policies; recalls that the redeployment of funding from development to securitrecognizes that, in spite of the mobilization of significant budgetary means in the last financial years to address the migration and refugee crisis, a solution still has not been found; reiterates its concerns about the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) in the management of the effects of the migratory and drefence objectives must be avoidedugee crisis;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 154 #

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Asks not to increase the commitment appropriations in the Budget of the European Union until a definitive solution on the stabilisation of the backlog of outstanding payment claims is defined;
2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 1 #

2017/2217(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses serious concerns overTakes note of the payment surplus of EUR 7 719,7 million; is particularly astonished by the situation of European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds in subheading 1b, where the Member States, in their July submission, revised downward, meaning that "Union support" is not considered as a priority by Member States; asks their reforecasts for payment claims by EUR 5,9 billion due to continued delays in the implementation of the programmes, thereby preventing many potential projects and beneficiaries from Union support; also deplores that the Member States failed to launch their national programmes for the Asylum and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) at the expected pace and to properly implement the schemes for the relocation of refugees, resulting in a EUR 287,6 million cut in heading 3 for a reduction of the Union budget, taking into account the low level of implementation of several Union programmes;
2017/11/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 2 #

2017/2217(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the delays in the disbursement of Union funds in the pre- accession and neighbouring countries, which result in a significant reduction in payments (EUR -702,2 million) at a time when they would be most needed; acknowledges the unpredictable environment in which the Union is sometimes called on to operate; invites the Commission to take the necessary measures, including via increased policy dialogue and technical assistance, in order to prevent such delays;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 3 #

2017/2217(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores againUnderlines that amounts recovered from the under-implementation of Union programmes and from fines under the Union’s competition policy are destined to reduce Member States’ GNI contributions instead of being used for the funding of Union priorities; highlights that DAB 6/2017 generates a reflow of GNI contributions of EUR 9 829,6 to Member States on top of the reflow of EUR 6 405 million already approved in Amending Budget 2/2017; draws attention to the fact that the disagreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority as regards spending of the 2018 Union budget, after Parliament’s reading and at the beginning of the conciliation period, amounts to merely EUR 3 619,8 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 2 182,4 million in payment appropriations;
2017/11/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 10 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Suggests that, instead of raising its revenues, the European Union should proceed to rationalising its excessive administrative expenses, to cutting all its wastes such as the EEAS and to evaluating if some funds could be managed more efficiently at national level, in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. 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; recalls therefore the fact that no European authority is entitled to collect taxes in the name of national taxpayers;
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 27 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the national contributions to the EU budget are clearly identified on the expenditure side of national budgets and are often perceived as a financial burden, outweighing the benefits triggered by areas of EU expenditure that are often less visible; stresses, in this regard, the need to address the lack of public awareness on the benefits of the EU budgetpresent a clear financial burden;
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 42 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Expects that, without prejudice to the financial settlement, the consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU will represent an important challenge also for the next MFF and all related budgetary decisions; considers that, ahead of a decisin any case, refuses and deplores any manipulation onf the post-2020 MFF, options will need to be examined for bridging the ‘Brexit gap’ while excluding a decrease in EU United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) as a trigger for reinforcing the revenue side of the budget, since this will ultimately lead to further taxation of businesses and increased tax presosurce on citizens;
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 46 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the proposal made byReject the Presidenta of the Commission, Jean- Claude Juncker, for the creation ofa specific budget for the Eurozone, which would mean a specignific 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;11 _________________ 11ant breakup between the countries that adopt the single currency and those who kept their national currency, leading to further cuts in national democratic sovereignty over technocratic architecture; COM(2017)0822
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 95 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Is in favour of setting a uniform levy rate (1 % to 2 %) on the revenue from the reformed VAT collected entirely by Member State administrations as a Union own resource; believes that such a system could provide significant and stable receipts for the EU at limited administrative cost;deleted
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 110 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Calls therefore for the creation of a new own resource for the Union budget, to be calculated on the basis of Member States’ revenue from tax levied on companies subject to the CCCTB;deleted
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 140 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
50. Reiterates its conviction that only common energy or environmental taxes at EU level can ensure fair competition among businesses and the proper functioning of the single market;deleted
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 167 #

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
59. Reiterates its long-standing position that any revenue resulting from fines imposed on companies for breaching EU competition law or linked to late payments of national contributions to the EU budget should constitute extra revenue for the EU budget without entailing a corresponding reduction in GNI contributions;deleted
2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 14 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the MFF 2014-2020 quickly proved its inadequacy in meeting actual needs and political ambitions, as, from the outset, it was called upon to address a series of crises and new challenges in the areas of investment, migration and refugees, youth employment, security, agriculture and the environment, which had not been anticipated at the time of its adoption; whereas, as a result, the current MFF had already been pushed to its limits after only two years of implementation as available margins had been exhausted, flexibility provisions and special instruments had been mobilised to a substantial extent, existing policies and programmes had been put under pressure or even reduced, and some off-budget mechanisms had been created as a way of compensating for the insufficient level of the EU budgeand the European Union budgetary policy proved their inefficiency in meeting actual needs in the areas of investment, migration and refugees, youth employment, security, agriculture and the environment;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 38 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesTakes note of the discussion about the next MFF as an opportunity to prepare the ground for a stronger Europe through one of its most tangible instruments, the Union budget; believes that the next MFF should be embedded in a broader strategy and narrative for the future of Europeimplement a severe and concrete rationalization of the EU budgetary policy to cut all the wastes and privileges linked to the EU’s administrative expenditure, taking into account all the economic restrictions imposed and experienced in several Member States;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 84 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the next MFF provides an opportunity for the Union to demonstrate that it stands together and is able to address political developments such as Brexit, the rise of nationalist movements and changes in global leadership; underlines that divisions and self-centredness are not an answer to global iRefuses and deplores any attempt of exploitation of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) in order to reinforce the revenue side of the budget which will ultimately lead to further taxation of businessues and to citizens’ concerns; considers that the Brexit negotiations, in particular, show that the benefits of being a Union member greatly outweigh the cost of contributing to its budgetan increase of the tax pressure on the citizens;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 117 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Union to assume its role in two emerging policy areas with internal and external dimensions, which have appeared in the course of the current MFF: on the one hand, by developing a comprehensive asylum, migration and integration policy and addressing the root causes of migration and displacement in third countries and on the other hand, by providing security to European citizens and promoting stability abroad, notably by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defencReiterates its concern regarding funding under the EU budget and its role in supplying concrete answers for the needs of citizens and the growing difficulties they are facing, such as unemployment, economic recession, poverty, the migration crisis and security threats; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 131 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that the future framework is expected to integrate two new types of financial support featuringUnderlines that EFSI failed both in re-launching investments and in supporting SMEs, promvinently on the Union’s economic agenda, namely the continuation of the investment support schemes, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investment, and the development of a fiscal capacity for the euro area and of financial stabilisation functions, possibly through the proposed Europeg itself a waste of public funds; believes that the only way to support growth and fight unemployment is to give back to Member States all their fiscal and monetary powers, overcoming the disastrous effects caused by the Economic and Monetary FundUnion;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 142 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that a stronger and a more ambitious Europe can only be achieved if it is provided with reinforced financial means; calls, in the light of the above-mentioned challenges and priorities, and taking into account the UK’s withdrawal from the Union, for a significant increase of the Union’s budget; estimates the required MFF expenditure ceilings at 1.3 % of the GNI of the EU-27, notwithstanding the range of instruments to be counted over and above the ceilings;deleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 153 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Is convinced that, unless the Council agrees to significantly increase the level of its national contributions to the EU budget, the introduction of new EU own resources remains the only option for adequately financing the next MFF;deleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 206 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Calls, in particular, for a substantial increase in the financial envelope of the Flexibility Instrument of up to an annual allocation of at least EUR 2 billion; rRecalls that the Flexibility Instrument is not linked to any specific policy field and can thus be mobilised for any purpose that is deemed necessary; considers, therefore, that this instrument can be mobilised to cover any new financial needs as they occur during the MFF;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 209 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Points to the role of the Emergency Aid Reserve in providing a rapid response to specific aid requirements for third countries for unforeseen events, and stresses its particular importance in the current context; calls for a substantial increase in its financial envelope of up to an annual allocation of EUR 1 billion;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 224 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Considers that the Contingency Margin should be maintained as an instrument of last resort; stresses that this is a special instrument that can also be mobilised for payment appropriations only, and that its mobilisation was instrumental in responding to the 2014 payment crisis; calls, therefore, for an upward adjustment of its maximum annual allocation to 0.05 % of EU GNI; considers, however, that no compulsory offsetting for it being mobilised should apply;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 231 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9
Revenue – special reservedeleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 234 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Reiterates its long-standing position that any revenue resulting from fines imposed on companies for breaching EU competition law or linked to late payments of national contributions to the EU budget should constitute an extra item of revenue for the EU budget without a corresponding decrease of the GNI contributions;deleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 235 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Calls, to this end, for a special reserve to be established on the revenue side of the EU budget, which will be progressively filled up by all types of unforeseen other revenue; considers that this reserve should be deployed in order to cover additional payment needs, especially those linked to the mobilisation of the Global Margin for Commitments or the MFF special instruments;deleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 246 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
44. Agrees that the search for European added valuesubsidiarity should be one of the main principles guiding the EU institutions when deciding about the type of spending in the next MFF; points out, however, the existence of multiple interpretations of the concept and calls for a clear definition of the criteria thereof that should take territorial specificities into account;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 252 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Considers that better spending, i.e. and the efficient use of every single euro of the EU budget, can be achieved not only by directing EU resources towards actions with the highest European added value and the greatest increase in the performance of the EU’s policies and programmes, but also by achieving greater synergies between the EU budget and the national budgets, and by ensuring the tangible improvement of the spending architec should be the main priorities for the next MFF; rejects any further waste of public funds and calls for complete transparency for EU citizens when it comes to EU expenditure;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 280 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Reiterates, therefore, its long- standing position that the European Development Fund, alongside other instruments outside the MFF, should be integrated into the Union budget; underlines, however, that their respective financial envelopes should be added on top of the agreed MFF ceilings so that the budgetisation of these instruments has no detrimental impact either on their financing, or on other EU policies and programmes; welcomes, in principle, the proposal to incorporate the European Stability Mechanism in the Union’s finances in the form of a European Monetary Fund, without prejudice to its future design;deleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 370 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
72. Reiterates its strong commitment to EFSI that aims at mobilising EUR 500 billion in new investment in the real economy under the current MFF; believes that EFSI has already delivered a powerful and targeted boost to economic sectors that are conducive to sustainable growth and jobs; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to put forward a legislative proposal for the continuation and improvement of this investment scheme under the new MFF; stresses that any legislative proposal should be based on the conclusions of a Commission review and independent evaluation;deleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 544 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
84. Emphasises in particular the continuous need to fight unemployment, especially among young people, and calls, therefore, for a doubling of the Youth Employment Initiative envelope in the next programming period; considers that investment to boost education and training, especially the development of digital skills, remains one of the top priorities of the EU;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 578 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
86. Expects that in the post-2020 period, the European Union will move from crisis-management mode to a permanent, European policy in the field of asylum and migration; stresses that the actions in this field should be covered by a dedicated instrument, i.e. the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; emphasises that the future fund, as well as the relevant Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies, must be equipped with an adequate level of funding for the whole of the next MFF to address the comprehensive challenges in this area; believes, furthermore, that the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) should be complemented by additional components tackling this issue under other policies, in particular by the cohesion funds and the instruments financing external actions, as no single tool could hope to address the magnitude and complexity of needs in this field; recognises, moreover, the importance of cultural, educational and sports programmes in integrating refugees and migrants into European societyreiterates its concerns about the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) in the management of the effects of the migratory and refugee crisis;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 650 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93
93. Believes that the next MFF must support the establishment of a European Defence Union; awaits, following the Commission’s announcements in this area, the relevant legislative proposals, including a dedicated EU defence research programme and an industrial development programme complemented by Member States’ investment in collaborative equipment; recalls that increased defence cooperation, the pooling of research and equipment and the elimination of duplications could lead to considerable efficiency gains, often estimated at around EUR 26 billion per year;deleted
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 671 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 a (new)
95a. Calls for a severe and concrete reduction in the EU’s administrative expenditure, taking into account the economic restrictions experienced in several Member States;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 675 #

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 a (new)
96a. Asks for a complete revision of the role of the European agencies questioning if their tasks and objectives could not be better accomplished by existing Directorates-General of the European Commission or by Member States in order to prevent duplication of roles and costs and also improving transparency;
2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 16 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. NoteRegrets that the amount set aside for extraordinary investment and expenditure in 2018 is EUR 47,6 million, the same level as in 2017; considers that the 2019 communication campaign ought to not be considered as extraordinary expenditureextraordinary expenditure should be used only as a last resort for exceptional occurrences;
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 18 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. ObserveCondemns the request for 75% ofto include in the 2018 preliminary draft estimates the appropriations for the communication campaign in preparation for the 2019 elections have been included in the 2018 preliminary draft estimates because most of the contracts will be signed in 2018; deplores the waste of taxpayers' money in a propaganda campaign for the exclusive benefit of the Union system;
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 68 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Communication campaign for the 2019 European electionsdeleted
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 69 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the communication campaign as a helpful effort to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; underlines, however, that this campaign should be limited to explaining the role of the European Union and the Parliament;deleted
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 76 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that in advance of the forthcoming 2019 European elections, preparatory work on the communication campaign is already due to begin this year; welcomes a shorter two year pre- election period for the communication campaign compared to the three year pre- election period for the 2014 European elections;deleted
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 80 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers the total amount proposed for the communication campaign for the 2019 elections to be too high, with EUR 25 million of expenditure in 2018 and EUR 8,33 million in 2019; notes that a higher amount of financial commitments are required in 2018, nevertheless considers that the distribution of appropriations could be adjusted by lowering spending in 2018;deleted
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 87 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) should act on the recommendations from the evaluation of the 2014 European election campaign11 , and prioritise the collection of data for campaign projects, per unit, based on predefined key indicators in order to measure their impact; __________________ 11 Deloitte, December 2015 study.deleted
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 143 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes, in light of these reduction measures,Regrets the proposal to convert 50 permanent AST posts into 50 permanent AD posts, which has a negligent budgetary impact; notes in addition,; condemns moreover the proposal to convert three temporary AST posts into three temporary AD posts in the President’s cabinet;
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 162 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Notes thatCondemns the 2018 augmentation of the approposed expenditure relating to political parties amounts to EUR 32,4 million and the proposed expenditure relating toriations for the funding of European political parties and European political foundations, reaching a global amounts to of EUR 19,3 million, totalling EUR 51,8 million or 2,6% of the Parliament’s budget for51 770 000, which represents an increase of more than 250 % as compared to 20108;
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 191 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42 a. Questions the added value of the Parliament's information offices, taking into account, in particular, the huge increase in related expenditure as compared to budget 2017;
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 197 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Sees no added value in financially supporting the European Parliamentary Association;
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 201 #

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Believes that the activities of the Association of former Members should be financed by current or former members taking in interest in that association;
2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 20 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
– having regard to the Five Presidents’ Report ‘Completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union’ of 22 June 2015,deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 23 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union2, __________________ 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0469.deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 87 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas progress has been achieved in addressing the flaws of EMU through legislation such as the Six-Pack and the Two-Pack regulations, as well as through the introduction of the European Semester and the creation of new instruments such as the ESM;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 120 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the ECJ ruled in the Pringle case that the ESM is consistent with the TFEU and opened the door to a possible integration of that mechanism into the acquis communautaire within the current limits of the Treaties;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 143 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls with regret that the Werner Report in 1970 highlighted the fact that a monetary union would require all the essential features of national public budgets to be decidcentrally planned at Community level;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 160 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. CRightly considers, against this background, that shortcomings have existed in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) since its inception under the Maastricht Treaty with the attribution of monetary policy to the European level, while budgetary policy remains within the competencies of the Member States and is only framed by provisions on light coordination of national policies;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 164 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the introduction of the euro as a common currency has eliminated tried and tested policy options for counterbalancing asymmetric shocks such as exchange rate fluctuation; reiterates that the relinquishing of autonomy over monetary policy therefore requires alternative adjustment mechanisms to cope with asymmetric macroeconomic shocks in order to make the euro zone an optimal currency area able, inter alia, to implement a proper policy mix;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 188 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that EMU exposed its vulnerability in the context of the global financial and economic crisis when unsustainable imbalances, triggered by capital flows from core euro area nations to the periphery and a rising public spending ratio in some Member States, aggravated and led to a sovereign debt crisis, in which government borrowing costs dramatically increased in some Member States, jeopardising, in the absence of a proper fiscal backstop, the mere existence of the euro area;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 201 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the crisis has proved that a common monetary policy without a common fiscal policy cannot address asymmetric shocks to the euro area; reiterates that mere coordination of national fiscal policies without credible enforcement mechanisms has not prevented an investment gap, has proved insufficient to trigger growth-enhancing, sustainable and socially balanced structural reforms and has not enhanced the national capacity to absorb economic shocks;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 213 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Observes that the stabilisation of the economic cycle since the beginning of the crisis has relied almost exclusively on the ECB, and that the reduced options available for monetary policy in a context of zero lower bound rates have led the ECB to implement unconventional monetary policy measures; recalls that the President of the ECB has called for integrated institutions, for a stronger and proactive fiscal policy on the euro area scale and for euro area Member States to deliver on structural reform;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 227 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the poor results achieved since the crisis broke in terms of risk reduction and better coordination; points in particular to the many measures taken by the EU institutions to address the shortcomings revealed by the crisis by strengthening coordination of national fiscal policies, in particular via the adoption of the Six-Pack and the Two- Pack Regulations; welcomes further the fact that the EU institutions have set up frameworks for action in current and future crises, namely by creating the European Financial Stability Mechanism (EFSM), the temporary European Financial Stabilisation Facility (EFSF) and its permanent successor, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM); underlines, however, that these mechanisms dramatically lack democratic oversight and parliamentary control, and hence ownership;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 240 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that in 2012 the Commission introduced in its ‘Blueprint for a deep and genuine EMU’ the idea of a Convergence and Competitiveness instrument for euro area Member States, whereby euro area Member States could get financial support for ‘reform packages that are agreed and important both for the Member States and for the good functioning of the euro area’, and that this financial support ‘could be set up in principle as part of the EU budget’ and be established by secondary law on the basis of Article 352 TFEU and financed by either a commitment on the part of the euro area Member States or a legal obligation to that effect enshrined in the EU’s own resources legislation as ‘assigned revenues’; considers the review by the Commission of the European Semester, including the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP), as a follow-up to this approach;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 255 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Makes it clear that rapid action is needed to ensure the sustainability of the euro; stresses that this requires strong joint efforts on the part of the EU and its Member States to complete the EMU and to restore the trust of citizens and markets;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 299 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that incentives for sound fiscal policymaking and for addressing structural weaknesses at national level, taking into account the aggregate euro area fiscal stance, are core elements for the functioning of the euro area; considers that a fiscal capacity should, moreover, address specific concerns for the euro area in the case of absorbing shocks;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 312 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that a fiscal capacity must be created on top of existing EU funding instruments, within its legal framework, in order to ensure consistent development between euro and non-euro Member States;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 327 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that effective stabilisation of large euro area Member States or a group of closely economically intertwined countries requires sufficient resources;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 347 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that three different functions have to be fulfilled; argues, first, that in order to foster economic and social convergence within the euro area and to improve the economic competitiveness and resilience of the euro area, Member States’ structural reforms should be incentivised in good economic times; argues, secondly, that differences in the business cycles of euro area Member States stemming from structural differences create the need for an instrument to address asymmetric shocks; considers, thirdly, that symmetric shocks should be addressed so as to increase the resilience of the euro area as a whole;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 386 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Demands that the ESM be integrated into the Union’s legal framework and evolve towards a Community mechanism, as provided for in the ESM Treaty and as constantly requested by the European Parliament and foreseen in the Five Presidents’ report; underlines that the ECJ Pringle case-law and jurisprudence open up the possibility of bringing the ESM within the Union’s framework, within the existing Treaties, on the basis of Article 352 TFEU; calls, therefore, on the Commission to bring forward as a matter of urgency a legislative proposal to that end; demands that the ESM be made fully accountable to the European Parliament;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 401 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the ESM, whilst fulfilling its ongoing tasks, to be further developed and turned into a European Monetary Fund (EMF) with adequate lending and borrowing capacities and a clearly defined mandate, including its contribution to a euro area fiscal capacity; stresses that an EMF should be managed by the Commission and held democratically accountable by the European Parliament; emphasises that national parliaments would be involved in the process, given that their constitutional prerogatives regarding financial resources could be affected;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 423 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Insists that once it is integrated into Community law, the fiscal capacity for the euro area should be integrated into the EU budget, but over and above the ceilings of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF);deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 444 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that the EFSM and the balance of payment facility should be integrated into the same budgetary chapter as the ESM once the latter is integrated into Community law, thereby providing resources for financial assistance to countries outside the euro area but committed to joining on the basis of the agreed rules;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 455 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Believes that compliance with a convergence code should be the condition for access to funding from the ESM/EMF; reiterates its call on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal to this end;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 463 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Pillar 1: A convergence code to promote convergence and incentivise the implementation of structural reformsdeleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 475 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that significant progress in convergence and sustainable structural reforms is needed in order to reconcile fiscal consolidation, growth, jobs, productivity, competitiveness and the European social model so as to effectively prevent asymmetric shock; considers that financial support from the European level for the implementation of agreed structural reforms in the Member States, while keeping the responsibility for implementation at the national level, is therefore indispensable and competitiveness;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 500 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its call forConsiders unnecessary the adoption of a ‘convergence code’, as a legal act resulting from the ordinary legislative procedure, to streamfurther centralinse the existing coordination of economic policies into a more effective convergence of economic policies within the European Semester;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 508 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – introductory part
26. Suggests that the convergence code define criteria to be reached within five years, building on the merits of the Maastricht criteria and focusing for the first period on convergence requirements regarding:be abandoned;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 515 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
– taxation: base and rate of corporate tax,deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 533 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
– labour market, including minimum wages,deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 548 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 1
– investment, notably in research and development;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 561 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 – paragraph 2
This five-year period should in exchange allow for a phasing-in of the new tasks attributed to the ESM/EMF;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 571 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that a financial instrument is needed to work as an incentive-based mechanism for convergence and sustainable structural reforms with clear conditionality; believes that the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP), which is designed to provide technical support to national authorities for measures aimed at reforming institutions, governance, administration, and economic and social sectors with a view to enhancing growth and jobs, can be further developed as a contribution to this function of the fiscal capacity;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 588 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Pillar 2: Absorption of asymmetric shocksdeleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 603 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Is convinced that increased convergence within the euro area will significantly increase the capacity of its Member States to absorb asymmetric shocks; believes, however, that no matter how great the efforts regarding convergence and sustainable structural reforms, asymmetric shocks with an impact on the stability of the euro area as a whole cannot be ruled out completely, given the strong integrbudget centralisation of the euro area Member States; stress; believes, therefore, theat there is no need to have an instrument available for this emergency which provides an immediate stabilisation effect;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 607 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the two models for the shock absorption function are featured most prominently in the academic literature: a Rainy Day Fund and a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 636 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Points outTakes the view that the Rainy Day Fund should not be funded by all the Member States on the basis of a cyclically sensitive economic indicator and used for payments to all Member States suffering from economic downturns;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 639 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Acknowledges that the model of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme would foster convergence of labour markets in the medium term;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 658 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that the EMF should provide the financial resources for either of these models, which could require increasing the amount of capital; points out that the fund should avoid long-term redistribution effects by ensuring Member States’ contributions are balanced over the cycle;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 674 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Pillar 3: Absorption of symmetric shocksdeleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 685 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. WarnNotes that future symmetric shocks could destabilise the euro area as a whole since the currency area is not endowed with the instruments to cope with another crisis of the extent of the previous one; is convinced that the right instrument to deal with symmetric shocks depends on the nature of the shock; recalls that the EMF should be used as an appropriate financial resource;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 697 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Considers that in the case of symmetric shocks brought about by a lack of internal demand, monetary policy alone cannot reignite the economy, particularly in a context of zero lower bounds; is therefore convinced that public and private investment must be increased, the administrative burden reduced and a proper regulatory framework developed, with a view to stimulating potential growth;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 715 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that symmetric shocks that are caused by a lack of supply must be diminished by improving the competitiveness of the euro area via appropriate financial incentives, including via the financing of professional training or financial incentives for R&D spendingelimination of national taxes and levies;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 720 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Considers that instability in the financial sector could also pose severe challenges for the euro area as a whole; urges completion of the Banking Union in order to lessen these challenges; calls for the fiscal capacity to operate as a fiscal backstop for the Banking Union, as agreed in the SRM;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 734 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Points out that the fiscal capacity has to be of significant size in order to be able to address these euro-area-wide shocks and to finance its functions; insists that in order to provide sufficient financial resources, the euro area fiscal capacity, including the EMF, should be able to increase the issuance of equities via a rise in guarantees; considers that these common issued equities should have the highest credit rate;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 754 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses that the Community method should not prevail in the development of economic governance for the euro area; urges that no reinforcement of intergovernmental structures should take place in parallel with existing structures;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 764 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Calls urgently for the European Parliament and national parliamentsnot to be given a strengthened role in the renewed economic governance framework in order to reinforce democratic accentrally countability; calls for increased national ownership in the European Semester in order to improve compliance with the CSRsrolled governance framework;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 773 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Argues that national ownership could be improved by including national parliaments in the procedures; insists, however, that the competences of the EP and the national parliaments conferred upon these institutions by the Treaties should be respected and that mixing of these competences be avoided;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 789 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Considers that in order to provide for a genuine EMU, a euro area treasury should be created for collective decision- making, supervision and management of the budgetary capacity for the euro area; calls for the inclusion of this treasury within the European Commission with full macroeconomic, fiscal and financial competences; calls for a vice-president of the European Commission to head the treasury and simultaneously to act as president of the Eurogroup; urges full accountability of this treasury to the European Parliamentno new fiscal bodies or institutions should be created, and that it is sufficient to provide economic freedom and to eliminate the obligation to pay tax;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 806 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Considers that those non-euro countries that do not have an opt-out will eventually become part of the EMU and therefore may join the governance framework on a voluntary basis with a special status;deleted
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 814 #

2015/2344(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Acknowledges that the current political climate characterised by deep inequality, mistrust and uncertainty is not conducive to proper reforms to achieve and complete EMU; believes, therefore, that a comprehensive roadmap, including clear milestones within an agreed timetable and taking into account the political situation, should be urgently adopted with a clear commitment by euro area Heads of State and Government to achieving a genuine and complete EMU;
2016/06/09
Committee: BUDGECON