Activities of Nils UŠAKOVS related to 2024/0176(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025
Amendments (7)
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Reiterates the Parliament’s priorities for the forthcoming financial year, namely, focusing the Parliament’s budget to deliver on its core functions of co-legislator, acting as one arm of the budgetary authority, representing citizens and scrutinizing the work of other institutions, as well as providing the resources for cyber-security and IT development and priority projects on engaging with citizens as well as green, green Parliament promoting the saving of resources and an accessible Parliament, fully respecting gender equality;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 – point c
Paragraph 73 – point c
(c) notes that Parliament is working on a building renovation plan and a comprehensive long-term building strategy to take into account new ways of working, costs, budgetary constraints and the targets and objectives of the Green Deal and ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 – point d
Paragraph 73 – point d
(d) highlights that one of the most powerful weapons against disinformation is fact-based communication regarding the Parliament’s activities including outreach in the languages of linguistic minorities and communities, where appropriate; welcomes the comprehensive actions taken by the services, including the EPLOs, in that regard; expects that such activities are further strengthened, including the close cooperation with other EU institutions and security services in Member States;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 73 – point d a (new)
(d a) Reiterates its request to the Bureau to initiate the process of revising the Rules of Procedure to enable Members to vote remotely during maternity or paternity leave, long-term illness, or in cases of force majeure; the revision should incorporate the technical insights gained from the use of remote voting methods during the pandemic;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 – point e
Paragraph 73 – point e
(e) recalls that the Secretary-General committed to initiate discussions with the responsible governing bodies before the end of 2024 on the possibility for APAs, subject to certain conditions, to accompany Members of the European Parliament on official Parliament delegations and missions during the conciliation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on Preliminary Draft Estimates of the European Parliament for 2025 last April.; calls in this regard on the Conference of Presidents to revise the implementing provisions governing the work of delegations and missions outside the Union accordingly to comply with the request adopted consecutively since 2017 by the plenary;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73 a. Takes note that Article 44(2) of the Implementing Measures of the Members of the European Parliament Statute provides for the possibility to finance extra costs linked to the parliamentary assistance budgets transferring appropriations from their General Expenditure Allowance (GEA); calls on Parliament's administration to take the necessary measures to enable Members who wish to do so to use their GEA to cover the cost of APA missions; highlights that such a measure would help Members to address their increasing staffing needs while being budgetary neutral;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Rejects the Council decision to reduce the estimates of the Commission, of the Court of Justice and of the European Court of Auditors by an additional amount in order to compensate for the housing allowance in the Parliament budget; is of the opinion that inviting the Parliament to reconsider its position on the allowance in its own budget by reducing the estimates of the other institutions by the corresponding amount is against the gentlemen’s agreement;