5 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2015/2344(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the establishment of a budgetary capacity within the eurozone is necessary to complete the EMU and that it is recommendable to create a budgetary capacity, albeit limited, under the current Treaty framework as a stopgap measure until such time as an enhanced legal basis is established through reform of the Treaties;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out in this connection that a European unemployment insurance scheme, which would complement rather than replace national unemployment insurance systems, could help cushion asymmetric economic shocks, increase labour market convergence, strengthen EMU's social pillars, and establish a direct link between the EU level and European citizens;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that budgetary capacity should be funded as far as possible through own resources instead of from Member State contributions; calls in this connection for Article 33.1(a) of the Statute of the European Central Bank (ECB) to be amended with a view to using the ECB's annual profit as EU own resources for the EU budget;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, pursuant to Article 311 TFEU, it is possible to raise the own resources ceilings, to and establish new categories of own resources (even if only from a limited number of Member States) and to; notes that making use of the possibility, under Article 21 of the Financial Regulation, of assigning certain revenue to finance specific items of expenditure, as provided for in Article 21 of the Financial Rules1s from some Member States in order to fund specific items of expenditure does not breach the principle of budget universality; __________________ 1 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the need for democratic legitimacy and accountability, implying thewhich can be ensured by adoption ofng the community method, namely with the involvement of Parliament; points up the key position of the European Parliament, as one arm of the budgetary authority, in the shaping, implementation and oversight of a budgetary capacity;