Activities of Jean LAMBERT related to 2014/2005(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on negotiations on the MFF 2014-2020: lessons to be learned and the way forward
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AcknowledgeRegrets the strategy defined by Parliament, namely to negotiate legislative proposals without interfering in the MFF figures; believes that Parliament needs to assess the strategy’s outcome;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the 2011 figures proposed by the Commission as the basis for the negotiation did not reflecallow for fully taking into account the reality ofin the EU Member States; stresses that insufficient data, especially statistical data will negatively impact on policies as well as add to possibly negative perceptions regarding the EU budget;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds the European Council that, according to the Treaty provisions, it has no legislative power; thus, instructs both co-legislators to avoid allowing any shift of legislative power to the European Council in the future;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that, in the area of hHome aAffairs, the Council – supported by the Commission – seemed more interested in using the funds to supplement Member States’their national budgets rather than to promote European added value and European solidarity; regrets that the Commission and the Council suggested the use of the Migration and Asylum Fund and of the Internal Security Fund to finance action in third countries without specifying the legal basis for such action and leaving the Parliament without the possibility of challenging it;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that elements pertaining to legislative proposals have been discussed and decided upon by the European Council instead of being agreed on at the level of the appropriate Council formation and the committee responsible; reminds the European Council that, according to the Treaty provisions, it has no legislative power; thus, warns both co-legislators to avoid in the future any shift of legislative power to the European Council;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Further notes, with respect to the hHome affairs funds, that the ordinary legislative procedure does not provide for the Commission and the Council to negotiate an agreed position betweenamong themselves, without involving Parliament, and then to present that position to the Parliament as a fait -accompli; points out that ifwhere the Commission is unwilling to defend its initial proposal, it should present an amended proposal; regrets that, despite the Treaty provisions, the Council decided to negotiate individual legislative proposals only on the basis of partial general approaches or general approaches without taking into consideration the recommendations of Parliament on the MFF as a whole;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that where the co-legislators agreed to extend the scope of the proposed financial programmes this could not be matched by corresponding increases in financial allocations; deplores the fact that the proposed ESF envelope of 25 % of cohesion policy funds could not be maintained in the negotiations for 2014- 2020; regrets the invocation of rule 20 of the rules of procedure of the European Parliament for all MFF-related files as this limited the democratic rights of Members of Parliament to express themselves for example on the ESF envelopes minimum share;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that despite obvious time pressure stemming from the upcoming expiry of the MFF and the European elections, the negotiations on the EGF and the FEAD were delayed for reasons not pertaining to content, resulting in tight timetables for reaching agreements;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that changes in negotiating positions were not always fully conveyed in good time between relevant actors in Parliament, which, at times, affected the consistency of Parliament's approach;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out the difficulty of individually negotiating horizontal elements which are similar to several multiannual programmes in different policy areas; stresses that this has further weakened the Parliament's negotiation power;