Activities of Nils UŠAKOVS related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023
Amendments (11)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the proposal of 22 April 2022 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (COM(2022)0184),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the report A9- 0230/2022 of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control adopted on 8.9.2022, endorsed at Parliament’s part-session of 12 to 15 September 2022,
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52 a. Underlines that for all institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union (EUBAs), the last years revealed the extent of the gap between their preparedness to cyber threats and the rise in frequency and intensity of those; believes all EUBAs should be granted with the appropriate means and staff to recover from this gap both internally and in the context of inter-institutional cooperation;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 b (new)
Paragraph 52 b (new)
52 b. Calls for the swift adoption of the targeted revision of the Financial Regulation proposed by the Commission in relation to the handling of default interest for the late repayment of cancelled or reduced competition fines, so as to avoid pressure on spending under Heading 7;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55 a. Considers that in times where EU citizens face dramatic rises on their daily life cost, the Union institutions should demonstrate solidarity, notably in relation with energy consumption; advocates that the European Parliament, as their sole directly elected representation body at the Union level, should lead by example in this perspective; believes that the total amount of heated or cooled square meters of the Union buildings correspond to those of a middle size city, and that as such, it should provide the efforts these cities are considering at the moment; requests the Bureau to seek and find ways to make further savings in the EP budget, and trigger the launch of an exchange of good practices between governing bodies of EU institutions in revising their multi annual spending strategies, for instance in the field of Building projects where the Commission considers combining its buying and renovating plans with the selling of a wide range of its offices buildings, taking stock of the lessons learnt in terms of new ways of working, developed throughout the peak periods of the pandemic; considers that the EU institutions should inspire their energy consumption policies from those of local authorities surrounding its facilities, like Brussels region to limit in time outside and inside public buildings lightening;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 b (new)
Paragraph 55 b (new)
55 b. Welcomes the recent initiatives taken to ensure energy savings regarding the temperature level in the offices facilities; calls for further detailing these initiatives so as to allow users to fine tune themselves this temperature in the offices and meeting rooms, while remaining in the frame initially designed to perform savings;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Asks for sufficient needmeans to be provided to the article 3 2 3 — Support for democracy and capacity-building for the parliaments of third countries in order for the European Parliament to contribute efficiently to the organisation of the third edition of the high-level conference of the Global Campus of Human Rights, if needed and possible including by way of a transfer request from the EP Administration during the budget execution year;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 – point c
Paragraph 58 – point c
(c) notes the support given to the Democracy Support and Coordination Group and its Lead Members in carrying out democracy support activities; welcomes the enhanced activities and calls for continuing support on communication with the citizens by providing information also in the languages of linguistic minorities, regions and communities where appropriate and fighting disinformation with special emphasis on the new priority countries;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 – point f
Paragraph 58 – point f
(f) askrecalls the Bureau to make known its decision on the future of the Spaak building in Brusselshat proper information and consultation with BUDG committee before adopting any major decision on building related issues is needed due to their important budgetary implications; asks the Bureau to explore savings opportunities and to totally reconsider the project on the future of the Spaak building in Brussels and to oppose the acquisition of Osmose building in Strasbourg;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 58 – point g a (new)
(g a) Reiterates, in the context of the actually ongoing revision procedure of the General implementing provisions concerning reimbursement of mission and duty travel expenses and the Internal rules governing missions and duty travel by officials and other servants of the European Parliament, the will of the Plenary expressed on several occasions to regarding the amount of the allowances paid to the Accredited Parliamentary Assistants (APAs) for the missions they carry out between the three places of work of Parliament with a view to ensuring that the Bureau align it at the level of allowance systems for civil servants and other agents;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 58 – point g b (new)
(g b) Calls again on the Conference of Presidents and the Bureau to revise respectively the Implementing provisions governing the work of delegations and missions outside the European Union and the "Committee missions outside the three places of work" decision; underlines that such a revision should consider the possibility for APAs, subject to certain conditions, to accompany Members on official Parliament delegations and missions, striking the right balance between the high added value for MEPs and the environmental and logistical and budgetary constraints;