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4 Amendments of Cătălin Sorin IVAN related to 2011/2036(INI)

Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that, in the short term, the European Union’s commitments should be honoured, while, at the same time, account should be taken of the prevailing climate of budgetary restrictions at both Union and Member State level; notes that the 2012 draft budget provides for a 1.7% increase in funding for the European Schools, at a time when budgetary difficulties have led the Commission to propose a freeze on its own administrative expenditure and a 1.3% increase in administrative expenditure for the European institutions generally; undertakes to scrutinise the appropriations on the budget lines in question;deleted
2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that, owing to the failure of Member States to fulfil their obligations to second teachers, the Commission has been forced to increase the Community contribution, and this in an extremely difficult economic climate, and believes that Member States which do not contribute financially through the secondment of teachers should make an equivalent financial contribution to the schools’ budget;
2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the long-term importance of making the European Union’s financial contribution more transparent and doing more to guarantee openness and diversity in the schools; calls on the Commission, in this context, to specify how much of the special levy applied since 2004 has been used for the European Schools, and for what purposes, while also introducing a sustainable financing system; asks the Commission to submit to it an update on implementation of the 2009 reform and on the financing requirements for the coming years, especially in respect of the buildings policy;
2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the method of financing the European Schools can create problems for some Member States whose financial contribution through the secondment of teachers is disproportionate to the number of students enrolled from that Member State; considers it necessary, therefore, to review the way in which the schools are financed and in which teachers are recruited;
2011/05/26
Committee: BUDG