14 Amendments of Manon AUBRY related to 2022/2172(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas, according to Article 311 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Union shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies; whereas, according to the same Article, without prejudice to other revenue, the budget shall be financed wholly from own resources;
Amendment 3 #
-A a. whereas the Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed upon a legally binding roadmap, included in the Interinstitutional Agreement of December 2020, for the introduction of new own resources for the 2021-2027 period; whereas the Institutions have committed to sincere and transparent cooperation and work towards the implementation of the roadmap;
Amendment 10 #
B. whereas the second basket of new own resources cshould include a financial transaction tax and a financial contribution linked to the corporate sector or a new common corporate tax base;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas European citizens in the Conference on the Future of Europe have proposed strengthening the Union budget through new own resources;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, according to the legally binding roadmap in the Interinstitutional Agreement of December 2020, the Commission neis requireds to put forward a proposal for the second basket of new own resources by June 2024; recalls its position that the Commission present such a proposal by the end of 2023; notes the relevant commitment by the Commission and expects this commitment to be duly fulfilled;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NoteRegrets that none of the new own resources from the first basket are yet in place; recalls that the Commission should have presented its proposal by June 2021 and that the Council should have deliberated on these new own resources by 1 July 2022 at the latest in view of their introduction by 1 January 2023; stresses the need to move more swiftly and decisively and urges the Council to approve the first basket of own resources without further delay;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that new own resources are urgently needed in order to ensure sufficient resources for NGEU debt repayments and to avoid any cuts to Union programmes, which would undermine the very purpose and long- term perspective of the recovery plan; notes with great concern the sharp rises in inflation and interest rates, which have increased significantly the costs of funding and that higher than programmed refinancing costs are already having an impact on the EU budget;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that the first basket of own resources will not generate the revenues expected for several reasons; observes further that beyond the funding needed for NextGenerationEU, the Union mayis also in urgent need of additional resources to assist Ukraine financially and to further mitigate the social and economic impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on the Union, its Member States and its people;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Concludes that the second basket of own resources therefore needs to be ambitious and yield sufficient revenues commensurate with the Union’sand adequate for the Union’s increasing needs;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to consiincluder, forin its second basket of own resources, an EU-wide financial transaction tax based on its 2011 model, which should yield around EUR 41.5 billion per year;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Commission and the Member States, in view of the recent economic challenges, to think beyond the Interinstitutional Agreement and to consider additional new, genuine and innovative own resources, such as a wealth tax, an EU-wide aviation tax for intra- European commercial flights or an own resource based on the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive2 ; _________________ 2 Commission proposal for a Council directive restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (COM(2021)0563).
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that the own resources arrangements should be guided by the overall objectives of simplicity, transparency and equity; reiterates its position that rebates and other correction mechanisms should be abolished;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Underlines the importance of a central fiscal capacity and the necessity to establish an additional permanent special instrument over and above the MFF ceilings, accompanied by a commensurate raising of the own resources ceilings, so that the EU can sufficiently finance Union policies and programmes in areas with clear European added value and so that the Union budget can better adapt and quickly react to crises and their social and economic consequences;