15 Amendments of Andrew DUFF related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, pursuant to Article 311 TFEU, the Union must provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies, and is to be financed wholly from own resources, and whereas the Council is required to consult Parliament before it adopts a new decision on the reform of own resources, and furthermore the Council has to obtain the consent of Parliament before adopting regulations on measures to implement the own resources system;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas it is necessary for the EU to have both a budget and a budgetary procedure which fully reflect the transparent and democratic essence of the parliamentary decision-making and control process, on a basis of respect for the principles of unity and universality, which require that all revenue and expenditure be entered in full with no adjustment against each other, and that there be a public debate and parliamentary vote on both revenue and expenditure;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ja (new)
Recital Ja (new)
Ja. whereas the strategic decisions of the European Council, backed by the Commission and Parliament, to create a banking union and deepen fiscal integration change the context in which the next MFF will be realised and opens up new perspectives to adapt the finances of the European Union to have a counter- cyclical function,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that pursuant to Article 310 TFEU the revenue and expenditure shown in the EU budget must be in balance and, therefore, the budget cannot generate public debficit;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the EU budget is primarily an investment budget and that 94 % of its total returns are invested within in the Member States themselves or for external priorities of the Union; emphasises that, for the regions and Member States, public investment would be minimised or impossible without the contribution of the EU budget; believes that any decrease of the EU budget would inevitably hamper the growth and competitive strength of the entire Union economy;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that delivering on the Europe 2020 strategy’s seven flagship initiatives will require a huge amount ofsubstantial future- oriented investment, estimated at no less than EUR 1 800 billion up to 2020; stresses that one of the main objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, namely, to promote jobs and high- quality employment for all Europeans, will only be achieved if the necessary investment in education, in favour of a knowledge society, and in research and innovation, SMEs, and green and new technologies is made now and not delayed any longer; favours combining the reduction of public deficits and debt with the promotion of such investments;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11a (new)
Paragraph 11a (new)
11a. Is convinced that large cost efficiency savings can be made by the judicious transfer of certain items of national government expenditure to the EU budget, such as R&D, by achieving economies of scale, an end to duplication and measures to correct market failure;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that the overall amount dedicated by the Commission to the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice does not adequately reflect the strengthening of this area with the Treaty of Lisbon and its growing tasks and challenges, particularly in the fight against crime and in the field of immigration and asylum policies;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines the increase of the Union's international responsibilities, especially but not only in its neighbourhood, and the development of new instruments including that of the External Action Service; insists on the need to match its aspirations to develop common foreign, security and defence policies with results;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Urges the Commission and Council to list in a separate annex the budgetary or financial commitments made by a number of Member States in the framework of reinforced cooperation or, of a specific treaty aimed at reinforcing solidarity within the EUal assistance according to the provisions of Article 122(2), 136(3) and 143 TFEU, as national contributions to the European Financial Stability Fund or as direct bilateral financial aid to other Member States;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Strongly requests the Member States to make a firm commitment to the incorporation of the European Development Fund into the EU budget as of 2021; notes that such a reform will require the ceiling on EU borrowing to be lifted from its current (2007) ceiling of 1.23% GNP;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Reaffirms its basic position, as stated in its resolution of 13 June 2012, that it is not prepared to give its consent to the next MFF regulation without political agreementat the same time delivering a positive opinion on reform of the own resources system, in line with the Commission’s proposals of 29 June 2011; believes that such a reform should aim at reducing the share of Member States’ GNI- based contributions to the EU budget to 40 % by 2020, thereby contributing to the consolidation efforts of Member States;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 – point 5
Paragraph 59 – point 5
5) the new system must put an end to thebe designed to phase out existing rebates and other correction mechanisms; any eventual compensation can only be accepted on the basis of the Commission proposal, as temporary by nature and justified by indisputable and objective economic criteria;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59 – point 6
Paragraph 59 – point 6
6) in the event that implementation of the new own resources does not result in a significant decrease in Member States’ GNI-based contributions to the EU budget, the Commission will come forward with additional proposals on the introduction of new genuinew own resources.
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67a. Gives notice that it intends to make proposals to reform the financial system of the Union as part of its proposals to the next Convention which will be called in due course to revise the Treaties according to the provisions of Article 48 (2-3) TEU;