8 Amendments of Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the work of the High Level Group on Own Resources, and in particular the measures aimed at reducing the share of the GNI-based contribution, which is residual in nature; argues that this reduction should be compensated for by the use of genuine own resources;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that preference should be given to genuine European own resources, such as a tax based on the cthe right to tax people in Europe should be retained solely and exclusively by the Member States, and that any additional revenue from possible harmonisation of taxation, such as from a Common cConsolidated cCorporate tTax bBase (CCCTB) and a contribution based on a definitive VAT system, thereby delivering a fairer system for European citizens with respec, should be credited only to the budgets of the Member States concerned, not to the EU budget;.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates the establishment of a budgetary capacity for the Eurozone that would perform functions of macroeconomic Rejects the proposal to estabilisation and bring about economic and social convergence; considers, moreover, that this capacity should be financed through own resources specific toh a budgetary capacity for the eEuro area, such as a tax on financial transactions, a bank levy and a share of the ECB’s profitszone;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsiderEmphasizes that the EU should be able to issue zero-risk debt assets in order to offset the volatility in own resources’ revenues;must not issue any type of public debt, since Article 310 (1) TFEU requires revenue and expenditure in the annual budget to be in balance.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses, with a view to achieving common EU and Eurozone economic governance objectives, the need for adequate financial support, which should bimportance of the no-bailout principle financed by genuine own resources in order to ensure democratic legitim Article 125 TFEU and strict adherence to the Stability and Growth Pacyt;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8