Activities of Notis MARIAS related to 2016/2120(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the ongoing migration, refugee and security crisis (A8-0351/2016 - Jens Geier) EL
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes the use of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the Draft Budget 2017 for an amount of EUR 530 million and recalls that this amount is the maximum one that can be mobilised in 2017 with this instrument with the current MFF rules; stresses, however, that this amount is insufficient to meet the growing challenges;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. AcknowledgesPoints out that the financial impact of the current refugee, migration and internal security crises was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 2014; stresses that the Flexibility Instrument has to be used according to the purpose for which it was created, for clearly identified expenses which cannot be covered by other Union budgetary resources;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes that, even with the systematic mobilisation of the totality of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 in the coming years, the financial resources available will not be sufficient to tackle the increased needs; therefore considers as essential a fair distribution of funding according to prioritiestaking into account the burden that the migrant and refugee influx is placing on countries of first entry such as Greece or Italy, full transparency, accountabilitystate supervision and wise spending;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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4. WelcomNotes, the proposal of the Commission to create a new European Union crisis reserve to be financed from de-committed appropriations, as part of the MFF mid-term review; with regard to the doubling of the annual amounts, which can be mobilised with the Flexibility Instrument and the emergency aid reserve, requests the Commission to clarify the source of the financing in the interests of budgetary stability and predictability.