15 Amendments of Matteo SALVINI related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for own resources reforms that establish a predictable and stable basis for the EU budget which is independent, transparent and balanced and will address the growing pressure on the EU budgetreforms that bring stability to the EU budget, are transparent and balanced and ensure that the relevant authorities do not systematically create new areas of expenditure – which often duplicate activities carried out in the Member States, simplify the complex and opaque rebate arrangements, and aim to lower the contribution of the Member States (and not increase the tax burden on EU citizens) and decrease the EU’s dependency on the national contributions based on VAT and GNI; calls for greater transparency in all the EU bodies, particularly the Commission;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in order to boost the transition towards a sustainable, circular and low-carbon economy and deliver on the commonly agreed Energy Union targets, significant additional investments are required in the period 2020-2030the withdrawal of a Member State from the Union must not lead to an additional burden on the other Member States but to a proportionate reduction in the EU budget;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that own resources based on GNI, while designed to be raised only when other own resources are insufficient to cover costs, have, over time, grown out of all proportion and now constitute some 70% of the EU’s revenue; therefore considers it necessary and urgent to remedy this anomaly by reducing EU expenditure appropriately;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that, while the EU is required to balance its budget, expenditure commitments routinely exceed payments, thus creating a de facto EU public debt; calls for priority to be given to eliminating arrears and for any new expenditure commitment to be limited to the EU’s exclusive competences and, in the case of concurrent competences, to policies with an irrefutable European added value, without prejudice to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the EU’s Member States' international trade is directly related to the traditional own resources of the EU, which consist mainly of customs duties on imports from outside the EU Member States and sugar levies and in 2015 represented 12.8 % of the total revenue of the EU; those resources (especially sugar) must be seen in the context of the ongoing trade negotiations with New Zealand and Australia in particular; stresses that the French overseas departments and territories, in which large quantities of sugar are produced, must not be forgotten;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that a tangible progress on these key‘fair return’ on EU policies requires a thorough reform with a view to a more effective EU budget based on genuine own resources, with a direct and transparent link to investments in projects with clear European added value for citizens and companies;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the pressing need to analyse the impact on the traditional own resources of the conclusion of (free) trade agreements and to allocate alternative sources of income in order to compensate for a possible decrease in those resources; points out that steps must be taken to stop powers being transferred, even temporarily, to the Commission, given that those powers are often exercised without proper and continuous scrutiny by Parliament and generate expenditure against the budget;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that own resources based on an electricity tax or motor fuel levy continue to encounter strong political opposition and, in the case of an electricity tax, would overlap with the scope of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS); considers, therefore, that these options are not the most suitable instruments of reform for the current system of own resources;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that DG Environment accounts for the second largest volume of fines imposed for non-compliance with EU legislation, amounting to EUR 284 million for the period 2014-2017; calls for revenue stemming directly from EU legislation and its enforcement to be invested in common EU projects with tangible added value, without prejudice to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recallsiterates more strongly its previous calls for a more effective EU customs system, with the optimisation of the current EU arrangements so that tax evasion and all forms of unfair competition can be addressed and duties and levies can be effectively collected for the EU’s own resources;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that the conditions are present making it possible to boost ‘other revenue’ by increasing the contributions third countries need to pay to participate in EU programmes, and the taxes on the salaries of EU staff;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that trade defence instruments (TDIs) are a source for EU own resources, but that owing to their nature they cannot be a stable basis for a consistent contribution; stresses that TDIs should not primarily be used as a EU own resources source, as they should only be established appropriately and proportionally, in line with applicable rules.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that revenue from the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) for third- country nationals should be used to invest in research and development in the field of clean and low-emission air transport ato boost fund ing further improvements to the efficient use of airspace, and to boost funding for the European Border and Coast Guardor the border police forces and coastguards of Member States, particularly those most exposed to illegal immigration flows;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an exploration of the possiblthe introduction of an own resource reflecting the carbon content of imported consumer goods sold in the singleternal market, such as a carbon-added tax (CAT), that would replace the EU ETS and gradually replace a proportion of the current VAT-based own resource.