Activities of Damian BOESELAGER related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 - all sections
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that there is no specific mention of the Conference on the Future of Europe in the relevant communication budget lines of the Commission’s proposals. Proposes a dedicated budget for the Conference on the Future of Europe that is in line with the objectives set out in the European Parliament’s positions on the Conference on the Future of Europe 2019/2990(RSP) and 2020/2657(RSP).
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes an targeted increase for the line ‘Commission Representations’ as such representations play an important role in informing citizens about the EU activities, fosterfor the purpose of increasing public debate on EU matters and, countering disinformation and they will need, proactively engaging with citizens and providing additional resources to finance activities in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges that the above budget augmentations serve the purpose of delivering concrete results and quality communication to citizens. In order to ensure the delivery of these goals by the aforementioned budget lines, regular overviews of how the resources have been used and what impact they had should be made public.
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Expresses its surprise and deep concern at the Commission’s cuts in Parliament’s budget, which break once more the tradition of good cooperation between the two institutions; restores the appropriations established in the estimates on the basis of a careful and responsible analysis of the needs of Parliament for 2021 and adopted by plenary in its abovementioned resolution on 14 May 2020 with a large majority; takes into account the impact of the Covid-19 crisis andand adjusts those to take into account the setting-up of five new parliamentary committees when restoring the appropriations;.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Notes the ongoing negotiations on the new multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 and the uncertainty regarding the funding level of the new Heading 7 - European Public Administration; stresses that Parliament has fulfilled the 5 % staff reduction objective and actually saw an overall cut of 6 %; highlights the fact that, since the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, Parliament has had to cope with an increased amount of tasks; notes that synergies and re-prioritisation were achieved in the last legislative term; stresses that the functioning of Parliament depends on the fulfilment of its legislative and administrative tasks, which require adequate staffing levels; is deeply concerned by the serious and structural understaffing in many committees’ secretariats in contradiction with the important increase of their workload and invites the Secretary-General to urgently provide solutions to adequately staff the committees’ secretariats via internal redeployment and increase of contractual agents;