Activities of Morten MESSERSCHMIDT related to 2017/2052(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the next MFF: preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that EU spending should be subject to proper democratic scrutiny and accountability, which necessitates the full involvement of Parliament in decision making on the MFF Regulation; calls, therefore, for closer dialogue between the Council and Parliament when negotiating the next multiannual financial framework and warns against the European Council’s usual top-down approach of setting the overall ceilings per heading instead of first assessing the actual needs of the programmes;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points toDespite the possibility of switching from unanimity to qualified majority when voting for the adoption of the forthcoming MFF Regulation, by using the provisions of given by Article 312(2) of the TFEU, which bring the MFF negotiations closer into line with the procedure for the adoption of the annual budget of the Unionbelieves that some MFF headings could be sensitive and needed to be approved unanimously by all Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns against the possibility that the upcoming Brexit negotiations might shroud the outcome of negotiations on the next MFF;, recalls the difficulty of assessing the impact of Brexit on both the interinstitutional process and funding under the forthcoming MFF, and considers it unlikely that the long-term EU budgets can be increased in this contextproposes to reduce long-term EU budgets, equivalent to the level of the estimated UK’s receipts;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for increased complementarity between national budgets and the EU budget, and forbelieves that European funding toshould focus on areas that deliver genuine European added value and , fully in line whichith principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; believes that such well- targeted spending at European level can produce savings at national level.;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the importance of coherence of EU and national funding and therefore believes that national objectives and budgetary efforts undertaken in Member States should be considered when developing Multiannual Financial Framework;