5 Amendments of Wim van de CAMP related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that, in order to secure the additional appropriations that have been needed to respond to crises or to finance new political priorities since 2014, the budgetary authority has approved a substantial mobilisation of the flexibility provisions and special instruments included in the MFF regulation, after exhausting all available margins; recalls that several of those provisions resulted directly from proposals of the European Parliament, which ranked the call for maximum possible flexibility as one of its key demands in the MFF negotiations; stresses that the MFF budget has to match with the political and strategic priorities of the EU policies;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Believes that the mid-term review/revision provides for an excellent opportunity for the first-time assessment of the functioning of the EU policies and programmes concerned, and expects the Commission to supply an analysis identifying the shortcomings of the current implementation system; invites the Commission to come up with concrete proposals to address the possible deficiencies and to improve the implementation environment for the remaining years of the current MFF, in order to ensure the best possible use of scarce financial resources; but supports a future system in which the allocation and amount of the national envelopes should be based on the principles of performance based budgeting, also within the country specific recommendations and the control systems should be risk based: in which higher risks imply more controls and lower risks, less controls;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Encourages the Commission to come up with a future system in which the allocation and amount of the national envelopes will be subject to performance based budgeting and country specific recommendations within the EU semester;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Acknowledges the increased role of financial instruments in the Union budget as a complementary form of funding as compared to subsidies and grants; recognises the potential of these instruments in terms of increasing the financial, and therefore the political, impact of the Union budget; underlines, however, that a shift from traditional financing to more innovative instruments is not advisable in all policy areas, as not all policies are entirely market-driven; stimulates that where possible a new balance between grants and loans should be achieved, in order to stimulate the multiplier effect on investments; underlines that increasing use of financial instruments should not lead to a reduction in the Union budget; recalls Parliament’s repeated calls for greater transparency and democratic scrutiny regarding the implementation of financial instruments supported by the Union budget;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Considers that the key priorities to be addressed must include adjustments to the duration of the MFF, a thorough reform of the own resources system, a greater emphasis on the unity of the budget, a thorough revision of programs like Horizon 2020 and others, and more budgetary flexibility; is furthermore convinced that the modalities of the decision-making process need to be reviewed in order to ensure democratic legitimacy and comply with the provisions of the Treaty;