Activities of Ralf WALTER
Plenary speeches (54)
Commission's annual policy strategy for 2005
Broad political framework for the next financial perspective: Making Europe prosper – policy agenda and budgetary means for an enlarged Union 2007-2013
Draft 2004 budget as amended by the Council and Letters of Amendment 1,2,[amp] 3/2004
Progress report on the Intergovernmental Conference including budgetary aspects
Vote
2004 budget procedure
Presentation by the Council of draft general budget - 2004
Packaging and packaging waste
2004 budget conciliation procedure
Vote (continuation)
Commission policy strategy for 2004/2004 budget guidelines
Adjustment of the financial perspective to take account of enlargement
The work of the Danish presidency
Budget 2003 (as modified by the Council)
2003 budgetary procedure
Solidarity Fund
General debate on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003
Floods in Europe
Enlargement of the Union
SAB 2/2002 as modified by the Council
SAB 2/2002
Enlargement
2003 budget guidelines
Supplementary estimates for 2002 – DAB 1/2002
Vote
Draft general budget for 2002 (as amended by the Council) and Letter of Amendment 2/2002
2002 budget
2002 budget
Future of cohesion policy
DSABs 3 and 4/2001 – EU own resources in 2001-2002 budget (conciliation procedure)
Draft SAB 2/2001
2002 budget guidelines/ Financial perspective
VOTE
Draft SAB 1/2001
2001 budget
2001 budget procedure
Draft supplementary and amending budgets (SAB) for 2000
2001 Budget – Parliament’s estimates
2001 budgetary guidelines
2000 budget (continuation)
Supplementary and amending budget No 5/1999
Votes
EC and ECSC budgets for 2000
Statement by Mr Prodi (continued)
2010 budget - Section III, Commission: 'Guidelines for Budget 2010' - Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure - Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)
2006 discharge (debate)
2008 draft general budget: Section III – 2008 draft general budget: Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)
Discharge for the financial year 2005 (debate)
IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management – Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (debate)
Presentation of the programme of the Austrian Presidency
Explanations of vote
Policy challenges and budgetary means
Financial perspectives
2005 budget procedure
Reports (3)
Second report on the proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) establishing an instrument for structural policies for pre-accession - Committee on Regional Policy PDF (52 KB)
Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing an instrument for structural policies for pre-Accession - (Procedure Hughes) - Committee on Regional Policy PDF (167 KB)
Report on Economic and Monetary Union and economic and social cohesion - Committee on Regional Policy
Opinions (6)
OPINION European Commission : Final annual accounts of the European Communities — Financial Year 2006 — Volume I — Consolidated financial statements and consolidated reports on implementation of the budget
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Court of Auditors: final accounts for the financial year 2006 of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th European Development Funds
OPINION 2008 budget: Section III - Commission
OPINION on the discharge for implementation of the budget of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds for the financial year 2005
OPINION on the discharge for implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2005
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community programme to improve the operation of taxation systems in the internal market (Fiscalis 2013)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 16 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Disagrees with the intentions of shifting appropriations between headings in the event of shortfalls under one heading, and favours instead finding long-term solutions; considers it more appropriate to address directly the insufficient category of expenditure in order to avoid hindering other expenditure areasRecalls the procedure laid down in point 23 of the IIA of 17 May 2006; recalls, nevertheless, that there have already been several changes reducing the margins available and that it is therefore difficult to finance new measures without fresh money;
Amendment 20 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 53 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Wishes to explore the possibilities of further EU financing in those areas; expects of the Commission to propose strong actions in support of the realisation of the Nabucco projecthat, if energy infrastructure investments are to be made with European money, they will have to be competition-neutral and they will have to supply Nabucco, Nord Stream and South Stream projects in an equal way; points out, in this context, the role of the energy enterprises and the European Investment Bank, bearing in mind, however, the issue of democratic accountability; asks the Commission to spend the money within the Union, thus promoting economic growth;
Amendment 5 #
2009/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Confirms its intention to make the necessary provisions in view of a future possible enlargement of the Union to include Croatia;
Amendment 14 #
2009/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that maximum care should be taken to ensure that the overall budgetary and staffing resources at the Parliament's disposal are used in the most cost-efficient way possible to enable the institution and its Members to fulfil their mission successfully; especially concerning their legislative work; reiterates that this implies careful planning and organisation of its working methods and, whenever possible, the pooling together of functions and structures to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy, functional overlaps, duplication of effort and, in order to rectify a typical error of big organisations, avoid producing the same information several times over because all actors were not aware, or could not access it, the first time around;
Amendment 24 #
2009/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes the Bureau's reference to the three major projects in the field of communication policy - Web europarlTV, the Visitors' Centre and the new audiovisual centre in the JAN building - the completion and consolidation of which represents a qualitative improvement in the communication instruments at the service of the institution; renews its commitment to monitor closely the development of these instruments to ensure that their potential is fulfilled to the maximum; recalls the IIA "Communicating Europe" between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and underlines its will to contribute in a constructive and efficient way;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to set up a unit in the Directorate-General for Budgetcarry out an investigation to measure the effectiveness and transferability of practices relating to the administrative, financial and IT management of projects;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an expert report in relation to the work of eachthe management authorityies, in particular with a view to the end of the 2007-2013 programming period, so as to enable the legislator to gain a better understanding of its work within the renegotiation of the next financial framework;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2061(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for appropriate administrative resources to be allocated in the budgetaryunder the procedure to management authorities responsible for the European Social Fund in particular in order to ensure that microprojects fully meet eligibility requirements and that those responsible for projects understand the intentions of the European legislator.
Amendment 35 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Confirms its position of March 2007 in which it stressed that "the political link between the reform of revenue and a review of expenditure is inevitable and perfectly reasonable"; believes that the two processes should be run in parallel with the aim to merge in a global and integrated reform for a new system of EU financing and spending at the latest in 2015, which would imply that the preparatory work is done beforehand; calls for consideration of a system whereby the net balances between the Member States come to a generally more adequate level;
Amendment 63 #
2008/2055(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that providing the Union with the means to fulfil its political ambition in the areas of energy security and fight against climate change should be part of a short-term review, independent of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon; is ready to examine the possibility of the creation of a specific fund for that purpose; considers under a long-term view the creation of a new sub-category to category 2, bundling all budgetary relevant politics in the fight against climate change;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2021(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its belief that the introduction of a Knowledge Management System, bringing together multiple sources of information, texts and references into a single point access- system for both members and staff, wouldill constitute a real qualitative improvement that should not be delayed; notefollows with interest the recent discussion of this issue in the Bureau and insists on the appropriate follow-up; calls for an early exchange of views and for information, including cost estimates, as already requested in 2007; urges the Bureau to decide on the next steps during the budgetary procedure;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2021(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the preparation of a long- term strategy proposal for its buildings policy, including the expected development of maintenance costs, which should be analysed during the 2009 procedure; considers particularly important the financial implications stemming from rental arrangements, on the one hand, and acquisitions, on the other hand; wishes to see the arguments put forward and debated during the year; congratulates the Secretary-General on his interinstitutional initiative to improve conditions concerning public procurement, especially to avoid cartel or monopolistic situations; awaits further information so that it can continue to follow the process very closely;