Activities of Carl HAGLUND related to 2011/2042(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Preparation of 2012 budget (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the Europe 2020 strategy should help Europe recover from the crisis and come out stronger, through smart, sustainable and inclusive growth based on the five EU headline targets, namely promoting employment, improving the conditions and public spending for innovation, research and development, meeting our climate change and energy objectives, improving education levels and promoting social inclusion, in particular through the reduction of poverty; recalls that the Member States themselves have fully endorsed these five targets;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the EU budget brings added value to national public expenditure by initiating, supporting and complementing investments in those policies which are at the core of Europe 2020; believes, moreover, that the EU budget has an instrumental role to play in helping the EU to exit the current economic and financial crisis through its capacity as a catalyst to boost investment, growth and jobs in Europe; takes the view that the EU budget could at least mitigate the effects and support the efforts of current restrictive national budgetary policies; stresses also that, given its redistributive nature, any attempt to limitlowering the level of the EU budget will be detrimental tomay harm European solidarity and toinfluence the pace of economic development in most Member States; takes the view that the ‘net contributor’/’net beneficiary’ approach has no economic rationalecontradicts the EU principle of solidarity, since it disregards spill-over effects between EU countries and therefore undermines common EU policy goals;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that delivering on the Europe 2020 strategy’s seven flagship initiatives will require a huge amount of future- oriented investment in the short, medium and longer term, estimated at no less than 1800 billion Euros, until 2020, by the European Commission in its communication on the Budget review (COM (2010) 700 final); stresses that the main objective of the Europe 2020 strategy – namely, to promote jobs and high-quality employment for all Europeans – will be achieved only if the necessary investments in education, research and development, innovation, SMEs and greens well as green and new technologies are made now and not delayed any longer; calls for a renewed political compromise combining the reduction of public deficits and debt with the promotion of such investments; expresses its willingness to improve and widen existing instruments enhancing the synergy between the EU budget and EIB actions, in order to support long-term investments and welcomes the launch by the European Commission of a public consultation on "Europe 2020 Project bonds initiative";
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly oOpposes, therefore, any attempts to limit or reduce budget appropriations in those sectors linked to the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy’s headline targets and seven flagship initiatives; notes that such an attempt would be counter-productive, most likely resulting in the failure of Europe 2020, as was the case for the Lisbon Strategy; takes the view that the Europe 2020 strategy can be credible only if adequately funded, and recalls that the EP has on numerous occasions raised this serious political concern;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the fact that budgetary measures are not the only factor in achieving the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy, but that efforts on the budget have to be balanced by concrete proposals for simplification in order to create the environment necessary to achieve our goals in the fields of employment, research and innovation and green and energy technologies;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Title after paragraph 10
Title after paragraph 10
2012 EU BUDGET: budget responsibility should not automatically entailand budget austerity
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Does not share the Council’s viewHighlights the fact that leaving sufficient margins below all MFF headings is a propermight not be the only solution in order to address unforeseen circumstances; points out the recurrent under-financing of certain headings of the MFF, in particular sub- heading 1A and heading 4, as compared to the needs and EU political priorities endorsed by the Member States; is worried by the short-termfinds that the approach underpinning the Council’s budget guidelines for 2012, which would jeopardise does not reflect a long-term perspective, possibly putting existing actions and programmes at risk, should unforeseen events or new political priorities arise;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Invites the Commission to assess how the existing EU financial instruments for external relations could be utilised in support of the aspiration towards democracy, particularly the rule of law and open society in the EU neighbourhood and in a wider context, following the recent events in North Africa and in the Middle East;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes, on the contrary, that the various flexibility mechanisms foreseen by the IIA (such as shifting expenditure between headings or mobilising the flexibility instrument) are tools to be used fully; recalls that they have had to be used every year since 2007 in response to various challenges that have arisen; expects the Council to show less reluctance to use them, and's full cooperation to use them, and to enter into these negotiations early in order to avoid disproportionately long and difficult negotiations on their mobilisation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses, in this connection, that keeping commitment appropriations under strict control would require not only significant redeployments and reprioritisation, but also the joint identification of possible negative priorities and savings by the institutions; highlights, however, the fact that, to this end, greater budgetary flexibility (mainly between the headings of the current MFF) would be needed in order to align budgetary resources with evolving circumstances and priorities;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is aware that the level of payments finally implemented every year sometimes entails a significant so-called ‘surplus’ compared to the level of payments originally agreed by the budget authority, meaning that Member States’ national contributions to the EU budget are therefore decreased accordingly and their fiscal positions improved; does not consider the Council’s concerns as to the level and timing of this ‘return’ relevant in addressing the sensitive underlying political issue of the financing of the EU budget and is rather of the opinion that unspent payments should be carried over to the following budget year; strongly urges the Commission, therefore, to make ambitious proposals for the establishment of new and genuine own resources so as to fully provide the EU with real and autonomous financial resources and to put an end to the Member States tendency to calculate their net returns;