6 Amendments of Sylvie GUILLAUME related to 2014/2005(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the late communication of the MFF figures and the ceilings available for each policy area did not help individual rapporteurs with the development of a strategic approach to negotiations with the Council; urges the Commission to provide simultaneously to the Council and the Parliament all updated MFF figures in the future.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that, in the area of home affairs, the Council – supported by the Commission – seemed more interested in using the funds to supplement Member States’ national budgets than to promote European added value and European solidarity; while acknowledging the particular difficult economic and financial context, nonetheless stresses that the JHA funds should serve first and foremost European interests and support activities with a clear European added value, such as the Union Resettlement Programme and other Union-oriented activities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that, in the area of home affairs, the Council – supported by the Commission – seemed more interested in using the funds to supplement Member States’ national budgets than to promote European added value and European solidarity; regrets not having obtained delegated acts for programming decisions in accordance with article 290 TFEU as these decisions clearly meet the conditions for delegated acts laid down in the Treaty;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Further notes, with respect to the home affairs funds, that the ordinary legislative procedure does not provide for the Commission and the Council to negotiate an agreed position between themselves, without involving Parliament, and then to present that position to the Parliament as a fait accompli; points out that if the Commission is unwilling to defend its initial proposal, it should present an amended proposal; recommends that new practical modalities for financial negotiations be put in place, including among others, organisation of early exchange of views among the three Institutions on the role, function and added value of the EU budget;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Further notes, with respect to the home affairs funds, that the ordinary legislative procedure does not provide for the Commission and the Council to negotiate an agreed position between themselves, without involving Parliament, and then to present that position to the Parliament as a fait accompli; points out that if the Commission is unwilling to defend its initial proposal, it should present an amended proposal; insists that the Commission shall take up its role of honest broker in future inter-institutional negotiations;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that it is imperative that Parliament continue to insist on a results- oriented approach to EU funding, which should not be restricted to the mere quantity of actions carried out but must also involve assessing the quality of those actions; recommends that qualitative indicators against which the success of EU funding is ultimately to be measured be further promoted and included in future JHA funds;