5 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2014/2004(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the European economy is showing some signs of recovery and considers that the European budget can be a very strong tool toencourage that recovery by increaseing strategic investment in actions with European added value and put the European economy back on track, generating sustainable; points out that the EU budget, owing to its structure, could constitute a powerful tool for growth and, employment and competitiveness, while aiming to foster economic and social cohesion throughout the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it also important to invest in other areas such as renewable energy, infrastructures, a stronger and enhanced use of ‘innovative financial instruments’, particularly in respect of long term investments; points out that the scarcity of public money can be compensated for through innovative financial instruments that mobilise private capital for projects responding to EU policy priorities; underlines the importance of ensuring that sufficient resources are made available for EU external actions; recalls the EU’s international commitments as regards the allocation of 0.7 % of GNP to the Millennium Development Goals Instruments by 2015;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 bis (new)
Paragraph 3 bis (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the best possible coordination between the various EU funds, on the one hand, and between EU funds and national expenditure on the other, in order to enable optimum use to be made of public money;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the recent agreement on the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF), which defines the main parameters for the annual budgets until 2020; underlines the fact that each annual budget must be in line with the MFF Regulation and the Interinstitutional Agreement and should not be considered an excuse to re-negotiate the MFF; points out, however, that this does not exclude the use of all the means available to the budgetary authority to promote flexible implementation of the EU budget within the framework of the annual budget procedure;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the importance of decentralised agencies, which are vital for the implementation of EU policies and programmes; notes that they enable economies of scale to be made through the pooling of expenditure that would otherwise be outlaid by each Member State to achieve exactly the same result; nevertheless considers that there remain several other areas in which expenditure could be streamlined still further; stresses the need to assess all agencies individually and to provide them in the 2015 budget and in the following years with the appropriate financial means and staff so that they are able to properly fulfil the tasks assigned to them by the legislative authority;