Activities of Gérard DEPREZ related to 2016/2120(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going migration, refugee and security crisis PDF (364 KB) DOC (60 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going migration, refugee and security crisis
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
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1. NotWelcomes the use of the FlexiCommission's proposal for an additional EUR 1,8 billity 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;on to tackle the humanitarian and migratory challenges in the Union, above the amount initially been programmed for 2017; stresses, however, that the Commission proposes to finance this reinforcement through the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument under heading 3 for EUR 530 million, thereby fully exhausting the funding available for 2016; reiterates that budgetary flexibility has its limits and can only be a short-term solution.
Amendment 6 #
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1. Notes the useproposed mobilisation 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 withtranslates to the full amount available for this instrument within 2017 under the current MFF rules;
Amendment 10 #
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2. Acknowledges 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 bunprecedented level of funding of the current humanitarian and migratory challenges was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 2014; acknowledges 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; regrets that the Commission did not use the opportunity of ther Union budgetary resources MFF mid-term revision to adjust the ceiling of heading 3 accordingly;
Amendment 13 #
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2. Acknowledges that the financial impact of the current refugee, migration and internal security crises was not accounted for when the current MFF was adopted in 20143; stresserecalls 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 resourcewithin the limits of the ceilings available for one or more other headings;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 21 #
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3. NotEmphasises 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 priorities, full transparency, accountability and wise spending;
Amendment 24 #
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4. Welcomes, the proposals of the Commission to createin the context of the MFF mid-term revision which aim to increase the capability of the budget to react quickly and adequately to unforeseen events; points in particular to the proposal for the creation of a new European Union cCrisis rReserve 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 withwell as the doubling in size of the Flexibility Instrument and the eEmergency aAid rReserve, requests the Commission to clarify the source of the financing in the interests of budgetary stability and predictability; stresses that the changes introduced in the MFF revision should secure the budgetary stability and predictability for the remainder of the MFF 2014-2020.
Amendment 25 #
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4. Welcomes, the proposal of the Commission to create a newintroduce a special instrument for setting up a European Union cCrisis rReserve, to be financed from de-committed appropriations, as part of the MFF mid-term reviewsion; 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.