Activities of Vladimír MAŇKA related to 2015/2012(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2016 PDF (346 KB) DOC (523 KB)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a budget of EUR 1 850 470 600 has been proposed by the Secretary- General for the Parliament's preliminary draft estimates for 2016, representing a 3,09 % increase on the 2015 budget and 19,51 % of heading V of the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in the context of a heavy burden of public debt and fiscal consolidation that Member States are currently facing, the Parliament should show budgetary responsibility and self- restraint while ensuring sufficient resources are provided to allow the new Parliament to exercise all its powers and ensure a proper functioning of the institution,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, since the entry in force of the Treaty of Lisbon, significant additional expenditure has been borne by the Parliament's budget, namely as a result of the following developments: the establishment of the European Parliament as a true co- legislator and the enhanced building policy (2010-2012), the accession of Croatia and the House of European History (2013), additional expenditure resulting from the changeover to the next parliamentary term, third offices for Members, establishment of the Parliament's research service (2014- 2015)accession of Croatia;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that for 2016 priority should be given to the reinforcement of parliamentary work, in particular by strengthening the capacity to scrutinise the executive and the reinforcement of Parliament's security of buildings and cybersecurity;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point i
Paragraph 10 – point i
i) the rate of increase of the currentlevel of the ordinary expenditure, which must remain under 2 %close to the foreseen inflation rate of 1,3 %1a __________________________________ 1a European Commission Forecast , winter 2015, dated 5 February 2015;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point ii
Paragraph 10 – point ii
ii) the level of exceptional expenditure needed in 2016, in particular to reinforce the security of the European Parliament's buildings and cybersecurity;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. ConsiderRecalls that the Parliament should, in the context of the budgetary procedure, haves the possibility to adjust the budgetary priorities and will take athe final decision in October 2015, in the context of the budgetary procedureautumn 2015;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines that, following the entry in force of the Lisbon Treaty, which has established the Parliament as a true co- legislator, and given the fact that one of the most important tasks of the Parliament is to control the executive, it is now absolutely essential to put the emphasis on the legislative and scrutiny work of Members;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that in order to consolidate the role of the Parliament, the administrative capacity of the secretariats of the specialised parliamentary committees should, where it has not yet been done, be reinforced accordingly, essentially by means of redeployment;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, in order to ensure adequate support to the Members for the accomplishment of their parliamentary activities, a new balance needs to be found between accredited parliamentary assistants and local assistants; requests the Secretary-General to present a proposal for a decision to the Bureau to this end as soon as possible; believes that a transition period should be respected in the case of the revision of the current rules and expects that the final decision shall enters into force as of Januaruly 2016 at the latest;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Invites the Secretary-General to revise the Parliament´s Rules of Procedures governing questions for written answer (Rule 130) in order to generate savings and to limit the administrative burden of the European institutions, in particular of the Parliament and the Commission; expects the revised rules to be applicable as of January 2016;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Requests, in this regard, the Secretary- General to present to the Committee on Budgets a global evaluation and the budgetary consequences of the security measures taken so far by the Parliament, since the decision to internalise the Parliament security services (Bureau decision dated June 2012) and to outline the measures envisaged to reinforce the Parliament's security inside and outside of its premises, as well as their impact on the 2016 budget; calls for information on the financial consequences of the interinstitutional administrative cooperation arrangements in the field of security;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the opinion that, due to an increasing use of electronic media and equipment, particular attention should be paid to IT security to ensure the maximum possible level of security of its information and communication systems; considers that any measure in this field should be based on a clear evaluation of the Parliament's needs and decided in the context of the budgetary procedure;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that the mid-term building strategy, which had been adopted by the Bureau in 2010, is currently under revision; invites the Secretary-General to present to the Committee on Budgets the new mid- term strategy on buildings as soon as possible and at the latest by August 2015, before the Parliament's reading of the budget in autumn 2015;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that priority should be given to the upgrading of technical equipment and media facilities given the increased media interest, the growing importance of social media and Members' additional needs during the ordinary plenary sessionsStrongly believes that the primary mandate of Members is legislative work; therefore, communication with the public and other stakeholders should also be adapted for this purpose, for instance through the upgrading of media facilities if necessary; underlines that focus on statistics of parliamentary work should not be to the detriment of Members´ actual legislative work;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that the implementation of the 5 % staff reduction target, as decided in the framework of the Agreement on the 2014- 2020 MFF, should continue in 2016; welcomes the proposal of the Secretary- Generalconfirmation not to extend the staffing reductions to staff of the political groups, which is fully in line with ithe Parliament´s abovementioned resolutions on the 2014 and 2015 budgets;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes that, to this end, the Secretary- General proposes the creation of 20 additional posts in order to reinforce the secretariats of the four parliamentary committees concerned (ECON, ENVI, ITRE and TRAN); considers that this reinforcement can be accepted only after the examination of the possibilities of internal redeployment;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Believes that any specific need for additional posts should be met by means of internal redeployment;