18 Amendments of Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in accordance with Article 2 of the MFF Regulation, the Commission shall present a compulsory review of the functioning of the MFF before the end of 2016, taking full account of the economic situation at that time as well as of the latest macroeconomic projections, and that this review shall, as appropriatif considered feasible, be accompanied by a legislative proposal for the revision of the MFF Regulation;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that Article 311 TFEU states that the Union shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies; considers, therefore, that should the review arrive at the conclusions that the current ceilings were too low, it would be a primary law requirement to increase the ceilunderstands, however, that due to budgetary constraints of the Member States, the biggest contributors to the EU budget, it is unlikely that ceilings would be increased and calls therefore for strengthening of the flexibility mechanisms and for increased flexibility between headings;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that, in order to secure this additional funding, the financial allocation for two significant EU programmes, Horizon 2020 and the Connecting European Facility (CEF), has had to be reduced by EUR 2.2 billion and EUR 2.8 billion respectively, while the remaining EUR 3 billion are covered by unallocated MFF margins; stresses Parliament’s commitment during the EFSI negotiations to reduce as muchavoid as far as possible tha negative impact on these two programmes, whose financial envelopes were decided only in 2013;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls the various crises that European farmers have faced since the beginning of the current MFF, most notably the dairy sector crisis and the long- term negative effects on European farmers of the losses caused by the Russian embargo on agricultural products; highlights the budgetary impact ofat the emergency measures taken in response to these crises, involving EUR 500 million in the budget 2016 and EUR 300 million in 2015, where financed from the margins in Heading 2; underlines the persistent situation of crisis in the agricultural sector in several Member States; and is therefore of the opinion that future targeted measures are to be financed promptly and appropriately from within the EU budget; recalls that the crisis is an effect of the foreign policy decision taken by the EU, and Russia, and stresses therefore that further emergency measures should not be funded by the CAP;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
The Paris Agreement on climate change
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that the agreement reached on 12 December 2015 in Paris by the 196 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is a universal, binding, dynamic and differentiated agreement aimed at facing the challenge of climate change; recalls that the EU successfully steered the efforts to reach the Paris Agreement; calls on the Commission to present its first evaluation of the possible impact of the COP21 agreement on the EU budget in due time for the revision, including an assessment on which climate change related action are being funded and whether these guarantee that the targets under the Paris Agreement will be met; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to guarantee that the mechanism of climate action mainstreaming is fully operationalized; further notices that under the Paris Agreement, EU funding needs to be allocated for supporting climate action in developing countries and asks the Commission to address it in the MFF review/revision;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Expects, therefore, that new reinforcements in commitment appropriations will be accompanied by a corresponding increase in payment appropriations, including an upward revision of the annual payments ceiling if necessaryIs of the opinion that the EU should only make commitments which it can deliver and expects, therefore, a more orderly relation between commitments and payments; considers, moreover, that the mid-term review/revision of the MFF provides an excellent opportunity to take stock of payment implementation and updated forecasts for the expected evolution of payments up to the end of the current MFF; believes that a joint payment plan for 2016-2020 should be developed and agreed between the three institutions;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Stresses that the rigid structure of the Union budget deprives the budgetary authority of the possibility of reacting adequately to changing circumstances; calls, therefore, for allowing the transfer of available margins between headings at qualified majority in Council, with the aim of fully exploiting the MFF ceilings;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Believes that the mid-term review/revision provides for an excellent opportunity for the first-time assessment of the functioning of the EU policies and programmes concerned, and, impact, and where appropriate the tangible results, of the EU policies and programmes concerned, suggests the Commission to apply result- oriented framework in analysing how the EU funds are spent, expects the Commission to supply an analysis identifying the shortcomings of the current implementation system; and invites the Commission to come up with concrete proposals to address the possible deficiencies and to improve and rationalize the implementation environment for the remaining years of the current MFF, in order to ensure the besmost efficient possible use of scarce financial resources;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Reminds that, at a time of scarcity of resources and erosion of the European citizens' confidence and belief in the EU project, it is important to show the added- value of EU budget delivery; believes that bringing the performance culture at the heart of the EU budget should constitute the roadmap of the inter-institutional working group on performance-based budgeting, which conclusions should be taken into account by the Commission in its legislative proposal for the post 2020 MFF, at the latest;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 b (new)
Paragraph 47 b (new)
47b. Emphasizes that, where appropriate and in particular in innovation-focused programmes, performance and output-related assessment should become a key principle;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Calls for the phasing-out of all forms of rebates and for the introduction of one or several new own resources, ideally with a clear link to European policies that create added value; notes that a large number of possible new own resources have already been discussed by the High Level Group, and eagerly awaits its recommendations;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 21
Subheading 21
Enhanced flexibility and special instruments
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 59 – subparagraph 1 (new)
59a. Calls for an assessment on whether the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is the most appropriate instrument to deal with mass redundancies, as recommended by the Court of Auditors in its Special Report No 7 in 2013;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 a (new)
Paragraph 59 a (new)
59a. Calls for an assessment on whether the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) is the most appropriate instrument to deal with mass redundancies, as recommended by the Court of Auditors in its Special Report No 7 in 2013;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Calls on the Member States to reach a rapid agreement on the next MFF, and on the sectorial regulations accompanying the MFF, in order to allow all new programmes to start without delay on 1 January 2021;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 a (new)
Paragraph 62 a (new)
62a. In addition, to better inform national parliaments and European citizens of the importance of programming approach, the European Parliament and the Commission should organize, when appropriate, an inter- institutional and inter-parliamentary conference in which the challenges of the next MFF will be exposed as well as the outline of the negotiations;