8 Amendments of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2008/2054(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the current small margins available under each heading and the paltry sums allocated to the flexibility mechanisms which can be employed make it very difficult for the Union to respond appropriately to unexpected political events and may deprive the annual budgetary procedure of its substance,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty makes it essential that the institutions responsible for the Union’s financial and budgetary decision-making should reach an agreement on better ways of guaranteeing an optimum transition to the arrangements introduced by the new legal acts and the new decision- making procedures,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the fact that the Lisbon Treaty provides for the possibility of financial programming over five years, so that, if the necessary changes are introduced, the MFF can be made to coincide with the length of Parliament's parliamentary term and the Commission's term of office, as democratic logic requires;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the switch to five-year financial programming, as referred to above, necessitatescould be brought about by the extension of the current MFF to 2016 inclusive, so that the next five-year MFF can come into force in early 2017; considers that this extension could be envisaged when the next mid- term review is carried out in 2010; Alternatively one could also imagine the new Commission, which takes office in 2009, presenting its five-year work programme accompanied by budget proposals in 2010, and a new financial framework of five years starting in 2012, respecting the commitments made towards third parties and Member States for the years 2012 and 2013 in areas such as cohesion policy and rural development;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the legally binding nature of the MFF necessitates, even more than before, the introduction of more flexible implementing arrangements so that the Union can respond sufficiently flexibly and effectively to unforeseen challenges;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises, in that connection, the importance of strengthening flexibility mechanisms operating within and between each heading and through specific flexibility funds which can be mobilised outside the margins;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Emphasises, in that connection, the importance of retaining a pragmatic timetable similar to the current one, whilst calling for conciliation to be brought forward to an earlier stage in the procedurin time; points out, moreover, that the introduction of informal arrangements for dialogue between the institutions is crucial to facilitating agreement before the procedure starts and then throughout its duration;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Points out that the Lisbon Treaty codifientains the criteriamain provisions to be used to identify those provisions of the current interinstitutional agreement which should be retained in the future agreement and those which should instead be incorporated into the MFF;