8 Amendments of Sven GIEGOLD related to 2012/2092(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that the final report of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis of the European Parliament reiterated - with the support of a large majority - the key findings of the McDougall report that the volume of a budget for the realisation of monetary union would have to be between 2,5 and 10 percent of Union GNI, depending on whether and which re- allocation functions would be assumed by the Union budget, that the budget would need to be financed on the basis of own resources and that national budgets would be reduced correspondingly in order to achieve tax neutrality for citizens and businesses;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the EU budget should not be exempt from the efforts of Member States to bring public spending under control and return public finances to sustainabilityNotes the macroeconomic importance of a meaningful and growing EU budget as an automatic stabilizer which is needed to support regional cohesion in an ever closer common market;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages a priority driven approach to the budget 2013 with anycuts to budget line increase accompanied by a corresponds of lower priority and increases ing budget line cuts which support the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes the 2013 budget should be frozenambitious with a view to achieving EU goals such as EU 2020, creating pan- European synergies, while permitting corresponding savings at national level;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes the EU should prioritise programmes and funding that will deliver growth with view to the ecological transformation of the economy in the European Union;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned byRejects the cuts proposed by the Commission to the budgets of the EIOPA and ESMA, and is even more concerned by further cuts to all ESAs proposed by Council, especially given the crucial role they will play to promoting financial market stability, the additional tasks given to them and enabling our financial system to deliver growth;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls the need to move to a full Union budget funding of the ESAs; is concerned that some smaller national authorities might find it increasingly difficult to finance their contributions to the budgets of the ESAs, which could hinder their development;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Believes that international cooperation in the field of taxation (good governance in the area of tax) needs to be reinforced if the announced fight against tax havens is to lead to concrete action;