5 Amendments of Wim van de CAMP related to 2018/2167(DEC)
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Notes that the voluntary pension scheme has an estimated actuarial deficit of EUR 305,4 million at the end of 2017; further notes that at the end of 2017, the amount of net assets to be taken into account and the actuarial commitment amount to EUR 137 million and EUR 442,4 million respectively; as such notes that the assets barely cover 30% of the commitments of the voluntary pension scheme;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Recalls that these projected future liabilities are spread over several decades butexceed the assets currently available and notes that the total amount paid in 2017 by the voluntary pension fund amounts to EUR 17,2 million;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Points out that this raises concerns about the possiblelikely early exhaustion of the fund and that Parliament is guaranteeing the payment of pension rights when and if this fund is not able to meet its obligations;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls on the Secretary-General to ensure that a decision is taken by the Bureau without delay in order to improve the sustainabilbefore the end of the current mandate to ensure that neither the European tax payer nor the European Parliament will have to cover the deficitys of the fundvoluntary pension scheme;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Calls on the Secretary-General, as well as the Bureau, to exhaust all possible avenues to keep Parliament’s liability to a minimum, as taxpayers’ money is involvedensure that no taxpayers’ money, nor any budget of the European Parliament, is used to cover the liabilities of the voluntary pension scheme, included but not limited to raising the retirement age and cutting the pension benefits of the participants; recalls that the fund was set up in 1990 to provide Members with a pension scheme because one had previously been lacking; underlines that this is no longer the case and that the Voluntary Pension Fund constitutes a supplementary pension;