5 Amendments of Sabrina PIGNEDOLI related to 2023/2130(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Condemns the European Parliament having its second seat in Strasbourg, which accounts for 10 % of Parliament’s budget; stresses that, in addition to the economic cost, this also represents an environmental cost, since journeying from Brussels to Strasbourg generates around 19 tonnes of CO2 emissions; calls for the Treaties to be revised at the earliest opportunity so as to end the wastefulness of having a second seat in Strasbourg;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Points to the need to reduce MEPs’ salaries of EUR 10 075.18 pre-tax and EUR 7 853.89 after tax, which is far higher than the average salary paid to EU citizens; this reduction in salaries could serve as an indicator that the European political class was reconnecting with the difficulties confronting European citizens in these times of low growth and high inflation;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64 a (new)
Paragraph 64 a (new)
64a. Condemns the acquisition of the Osmose Building in Strasbourg under a 99-year leasehold and at an estimated cost of EUR 1.919 million per annum (700 000 in rent alone), which at the end of the 99 years would total almost 190 million (EUR 189.981 million) in rent, cleaning services and security alone; to this should be added the cost of fitting-out the building and of everything needed to make it functional (utility bills and furniture); stresses the urgent need to rethink Parliament’s buildings policy in order to avoid wasting resources;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96
Paragraph 96
96. Highlights that Members are free tomust document their use of the funds under the GEA, in detail or by type of cost, on their own or with the support of an external auditor, and to have this information published in whole or in part on their online page on Parliament’s website in accordance with Rule 11, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament; welcomes that a simplified list of types of costs is integrated into the IMMS and that an amendment clarifying the possibility for Members to use the GEA in the case of exhaustion of other allowances has also been adopted;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116
Paragraph 116
116. Notes that the actuarial deficit of the Voluntary Pension Fund (VPF) on 31 December 2021 amounted to EUR 379 million (compared to EUR 371.4 million on 31 December 2020); welcomes the amendments made by Parliament’s Bureau to Article 76 of the IMMS in relation to the Additional (Voluntary) Pension Scheme, which entered into force on 1 July 2023, aiming to reduce future pension obligations from EUR 362.7 million to an estimated EUR 139 million, and the actuarial deficit of the fund from EUR 310 million to an estimated EUR 86 million; calls for voluntary pension fund to be phased out by 2027;