5 Amendments of Johan VAN OVERTVELDT related to 2019/2214(BUD)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the need to find a solution for a single seat for the Parliament at a vast majority of Parliament expressed in various resolutions support for a single seat to ensure efficient spending order to optimise parliamentary and institutional work and reduce significant political and financial costs and the carbon footprif Union taxpayers money and to assume its institutional responsibility to reduce its carbon footprint; notes that the Court of Auditors estimated that moving from Strasbourg to Brussels could generate annual savings of EUR 114 million plus a one-off saving of EUR 616 million if the Strasbourg buildings are successfully divested, or a one-off cost of EUR 40 million if they are not; therefore recalls the need to find a solution for a single seat for the Parliament;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Notes that the voluntary pension scheme has an estimated actuarial deficit of EUR 286,1 million at the end of 2018; further notes that at the end of 2018, the amount of net assets to be taken into account and the actuarial commitment amount to EUR 112,3 million and EUR 398,4 million respectively; as such notes that the assets barely cover 28% of the commitments of the pension scheme; recalls that the projected future liabilities are spread over several decades but notes that the total amount paid by the voluntary pension fund in 2018 amounts to EUR 17,8 million;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Strongly supports the results of a meeting of 10 December 2018, where the Bureau decided to modify the rules applicable to the pension scheme by increasing the retirement age from 63 to 65 years and introducing a levy of 5% to pension payments for future pensioners with a view to improve its sustainability; notes that it is estimated these rule changes adopted by the Bureau reduced the actuarial deficit by EUR 13,3 million, endorses the Bureau’s decision as a positive step;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. RecallsPoints out that this raises concerns about the possible exhaustion of the Voluntary Pension Fund; notes that Article 27(1) and (2) of the Statute for Members which states that “the voluntary pension fund set up by Parliament shall be maintained after the entry into force of this Statute for Members or former Members who have already acquired rights or future entitlements in that fund” and that “acquired rights and future entitlements shall be maintained in full”; calls upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau to fully respect the Statute for Members; and to establish with the pension fund a clear plan for Parliament assuming and taking overexhaust all possible avenues to find a fair solution to the problem while keeping Parliament’s liability to a minimum, as taxpayers’ money its obligations and responsibilities for its Members’ voluntary pension scheme; supports the request from the Bureau to instruct the Secretary-General to investigate ways to ensure a sustainable financing of the Voluntary Pension Fund in accordance with the provisions of the Statute foinvolved; appeals on the ethical and economic conscience and the common sense of the board of directors, the Bureau and the members of the fund; explicitly invites all members of the fund to cancel their Mmembers while ensuring full transparencyhip and have their individual contributions refunded;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Recalls that the fund was set up in 1990 to provide Members with an additional pension scheme on a voluntary basis; recalls that before the Members statute, which was introduced in 2009, Members were already eligible for a pension equivalent to those of their colleagues in the national parliaments, with the exception of Italian, French and Luxemburgish Members, who could therefore contribute to a special pension scheme of the European Parliament, which was created in 1981 solely for the needs of the aforementioned three nationalities; recalls therefore that the Voluntary Pension Fund has always constituted a purely supplementary pension;