Activities of Marta ANDREASEN related to 2014/2004(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General guidelines for the 2015 budget - Section III (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes thatWhile the European economy is showing some signs of recovery and, considers that the European budget can be a very strongis not an suitable tool to increase strategic investment with European added value and put the European economy back on track, generating sustainable growth and employment while aiming to foster economic and social cohesion throughout the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights in particular the importance of the European Structural and Investment Funds, which form the biggest single block of expenditure in the EU budget; underlines the fact that these ESIFs are particularly important in helping Member States and regions to exit the current crisis and achieve the Europe 2020 targets; stresses the need to endow citizens with the tools to find a way out of the crisis; stresses in this regard the special need to invest in areas such as education and mobility, research and innovation, SMEs and entrepreneurship, in order to boost the creation of employment – in particular youth employmentNotes that the Court of Auditors report for 2012 states that the level of irregularities of the policy area which includes European Structural Funds is 6.8%, calls on the Commission to reduce the 2015 Structural Fund budget by this amount from 2014;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the overall level of payment appropriations agreed for the 2014 budget is below the level considered necessary and proposed by the Commission in its original draft budget; is deeply concerned that the unprecedented level of outstanding bills at the end of 2013, up to EUR 23.4 billion under Heading 1b alone, cannot be covered within 2014 ceilings; stresses therefore that, even if all the new flexibility mechanisms are mobilised in payments in 2014, this will again lead to a large implementation deficit at the end of 2014; underlines the fact that the recurrent shortages of payment appropriations have been the main cause ofstresses that it is essential that restraint is exercised at the commitments stage; considers moreover that the unprecedentedly high level of outstanding commitments (RALs) especially in the last yearsin the last years has been caused by commitments of projects that never materialised;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13