8 Amendments of Anna BONFRISCO related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretsTakes note of the Council’s position on the DB, which cuts EUR 1,64 billion in commitment appropriations and EUR 530 million in payment appropriations for the MFF headings compared to the Commission’s proposal; considers that the cuts proposed by the Council are not driven by an objective assessment of either implementation trends or absorption capacities and run counter to core shared policy priorities; considers that the Council should not target programmes that benefit from the adjustment provided for in Article 5 of the MFF regulation for “rebalancing and stabilisation”, since that would contradict the objective of that MFF provision, which was to strengthen specific political priorities; recalls in particular that Article 5 of the MFF regulation does not provide “top ups”, as suggested by the Council; concludes that the Council’s position is far from Parliament’s expectations; decides therefore, as a general rule, toregrets Parliament's lack of flexibility in relation to Council’s position having restored appropriations on lines cut by the Council to the level of the DB, for both operational and administrative expenditure, and to take the DB as the starting point for Parliament’s position;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that new policy priorities or tasks must be accompanied by an efficient use of resources; asks if policy priorities or tasks of decentralised agencies could not be better accomplished by existing Directorates-General of the Commission or by Member states in order to prevent duplication of roles and costs and also improving transparency;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Stresses the need toRegrets the significantly increase to the budget of the European Environment Agency tofor provide sufficienting financial and staff resources to enable fullin order to implementation of the European Green Deal and its related policies, since such investments would likely be borne by SMEs and European citizens, who are already being faced with un unprecedented increase in energy prices and the consequences of the Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Underlines the failure of European policies on preventing migration flows and human trafficking; reiterates its concerns about the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the management of the effects of the migration and refugee crisis;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Considers thatWelcomes the Council’s cuts in this heading - which are designed to obviate recourse to the Flexibility Instrument, as proposed in the DB - are unjustified and would not allow the Commission to fulfil its tasks; restores therefgiven the many privileges and benefits that are already provided; regrets therefore the decision to restore the DB for the Commission administrative expenditure, including with respect to its Offices;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 – introductory part
Paragraph 58 – introductory part
58. In line with its resolution of 7 April 2022 on its estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2023 and taking into account the answers provided by the Secretary-General on 20 July 2022: (a) Recalls the Parliament’s 2013 resolution which estimated the costs of the geographic dispersion to range from EUR 156 million to EUR 204 million per year; deplores the fact that over a single parliamentary term the costs generated by Parliament’s geographic dispersion can amount to as much as EUR 1 billion and calls, therefore, for pratical step to be taken quickly to establish a single seat for Parliament, in order to prevent any further waste of public money.
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 – point d
Paragraph 58 – point d
(d) underlines the need forStresses that Parliament’s Committee on Budgets have to receive all relevant information relating to Parliament’s budget in a timely and intelligible manner to be able to take informed decisions; while recognisinghowever regrets the aimportance of the of establishment ofing Europa Experiences centres in all Member States as a way to bring the Union closer to the people, since it questions their real added value; in this context, requests an update of the running costs of the Europa Experience centres, given the context of high inflation; requests and also an update on the EUR 37,9 million loan proposed to finance the purchase of the building of the Europa Experience in Dublin as required by Article 266(6) of the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Stresses the pressure that the high inflationary context has on the expenditure for the other institutions; highlights that the largest part of their budgets is fixed by statutory or contractual obligations impacted by inflation and that they have no control over inflation rates and increasing energy prices; points out the need for the crucial institutions dealing with ongoing migration crisis to have sufficient staff in order to fulfil their mandate; welcomes the continuous efforts made by the institutions to redeploy staff and find additional efficiency gains but recognises the limits of this approach in the current context when paired simultaneously with increasing responsibilities; regrets that the Commission did not grant any of the additional posts requested by the other institutions, irrespective of their new tasks; condemns the horizontal approach taken by the Council to increase the abatement rate by 1,8 percentage points in each institution and considers that it is not justified; recalls that increasing the abatement rate would oblige the other institutions to keep a higher number of posts vacant, hence decreasing their workforce, their capabilities to answer to citizens’ concerns and fulfil their mandate;