Activities of Derek VAUGHAN related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019
Amendments (10)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – point a – indent 1
Paragraph 9 – point a – indent 1
- further reducing the number of objectives and indicators it uses for its various performance reports and focusing on those which best measure the performance of the Union budgetsocial, environmental and economic performance of the Union budget, while avoiding however a one size fits all approach;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 – point a – indent 2
Paragraph 9 – point a – indent 2
- presenting financial information in a manner that makes it comparable with performance information, where applicable, so that the link between spending and performance is clear;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Committee on Budget of the European Parliament, in coordination with the sectorial committees of this Parliaments, to promote a real culture of “result orientation” aiming at optimizing the use of funds and consider reallocating funds from programmes showing low performancefostering social, economic and territorial equality;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the unsustainable distructureibution of CAP expenditure: 44,7 % of all Union farms had an annual income of less than EUR 4000, and in 2016 on average the upper 10% of the beneficiaries of CAP direct support received around 60 % of the payments; notes that the distribution of direct payment largely reflects the concentration of land, 20 % of farmers also owning 80 % of the land;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the proposal to increase the budget of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) by EUR 80 million for 2019-2020, with EUR 40 million for the 2019 draft budget, bringing the overall envelope of the SRSP to EUR 222,8 million, cautions that any increase should be financed through the mobilisation of the special instrument and at no expense to cohesion policy;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to carefully analyse the causes of the overall decline in farmer income since 2013 and to perform a needs assessment and define a new key performance objective accompanied by outcome and impact indicators, aiming at mitigating the income inequalities between famers;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to build stronger coordination betweenintroduce a more balanced approach to ensure social, economic and territorial cohesion, for economic governance and the European semester.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes note that the Commission estimates that a total of EUR 2,3 billion will be required in 2019 under heading 3 Security and citizenship to address the challenges of migration and security but deplores the fact that the European Court of Auditors has noted in its last annual report that "the overall amount of funds mobilised for the refugee and migration crisis was not reported by the Commission and is difficult to estimate"(Court’s annual report 2016, paragraph.2.28); fears that this is still the case in the draft budget 2019, and may therefore complicate the identification of needs that might arise; welcomes the fact that the Commission is finalising a comprehensive overview of data on immigration;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that the Commission considerexplained that it is “difficult if not impossible to provide an estimated cost paid for migrants/seeker country by country as the management of migratory flows comprises a wide range of activities”1 ; would therefor like to be informed on how the Commission had been able to draft precise estimates regarding this policy area; _________________ 1 Reply to written question 23- CONT hearing of Commissioner Avramopoulos of 29 November 2016.