2 Amendments of Mercedes BRESSO related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it necessary to reform the system of financing of the MFF, particularly through the creation of new and genuine own resources; urges the Council to commit to reflecting on this issue, without prejudice to the final report from the High-Level Group on Own Resources; also urges the Council to reflect on the establishment of a fiscal and a budget capacity within the eurozone in order to assist Member States in the implementation of agreed structural reforms; underlines that any new instrument should be placed within the EU budget, but above the ceilings of the MFF, and financed from real own resources, and could be put under the scrutiny of a European Finance Minister which could be created inside the framework of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points to the fact that a seven-year period of the multiannual financial framework has proved its worth in the past and that the programming period should not be shorter.; stresses, however, the importance of an in-depth assessment of the duration of the programming period, also with a view to aligning the political cycles of the European Parliament and the Commission; considers, in this regard, that the suggested duration of 5+5 years should be carefully assessed, since it would give the MFF the necessary flexibility, through a genuine and mandatory mid-term review, whilst retaining the ability to programme over the medium to longer term for initiatives and programmes which need such programming, such as cohesion policy and rural development policy; any change to the programming period should not, however, reduce the availability of resources for cohesion policy and the funds should remain commensurate with the challenges to be met;