7 Amendments of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2013/2018(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the financial implications of the European elections and the turnover of Members and their assistants during the changeover between the legislative terms are of an exceptional nature; believes that every possible effort should be made to limit these expenditures; welcomes the fact that the proposed rate of increase in the budget for 2014 is considerably lower than in 2009, the year of the last European elections, when the increase was 5,33 %, even though the above mentioned legal requirements which are related to elections have increased by almost 52 % between 2009 and 2014;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes that in the current budgetary circumstances, these measures should not be implemented in the short term;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the Joint Bureau and Committee on Budgets Working Group on the Parliament budget could, on the basis of work it began in 2012, continue to play a useful role by identifying possible structural savings and reflecting on and presenting to the Committee on Budgets ideas for further savings, more effectiveness and efficiency; encourages the continuation of its work through the thorough examination of possible efficiencies and savings which could create space for investment into institutional development for 2014 and beyond; believes that an opening of the Joint Working Group to additional political groups could bring in new ideas for structural savings in Parliament's budget;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the cuts made in all travel- related budget lines in 2013; stresses that in terms of travel arrangements, Members cannot be discriminated on the basis of their home country; requests an assessment on the voluntary approach chosen by the Joint Working Group to limit business flights;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers the appropriations reserved for Parliament's vehicles to be extraordinarily high (more than EUR 6 million per year) and believes that acquiring less luxurious cars would lead to substantial savings;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that further small scale savings could be realised on a number of budget lines: furniture, technical equipment and installation, meetings, documentation and library expenditure, relations with parliaments of third countries, entertainment and representation expenses, computing and telecommunications; cumulated, this would lead to another substantial saving;