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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the EU budget is to be seen ~~instead~~ as a complementary instrument of support for the Member States' economies, capable of concentrating initiatives and investments in areas strategic for growth and jobs and of bringing an actual added value in sectors overcoming national boundaries; highlights that such a role is legitimised by the same Member States, who, together with Parliament, are responsible for the decisions from which most of the EU law stems;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

Jan MULDER, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that 2013 is the last year of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), which makes it of the utmost importance to reach a balance between commitments undertaken so far and payments deriving from them that need to be honoured, the institutional credibility of the EU being at stake as well as possible legal consequences for the Commission in case of ~~missing~~being unable to reimburse~~ment of~~ legitimate payment claims;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

Jan MULDER, Nils TORVALDS, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Supports the reduction of some budget lines on refunds drastically, in some cases even to zero, as this instrument is politically controversial and has not been taken up for some products at the same level as in the budget year 2012; notes that some refund lines have been earmarked as negative priorities; weighs up carefully to what extent these lines should be reduced, in order to be able to use this instrument if needed under the current regulation;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77

77. Welcomes the information and analyses contained in the 2011 Parliament's budgetary and financial management report and in the DGs annual activity reports, regarding budget lines that were under- implemented in 2011, and calls for further objective analysis of this type concerning the 2012 budget in order to more readily identify potential future savings possibilities to be offset by investments where needed and useful for the proper and smooth functioning of the Parliament;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ashley FOX, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Diane DODDS, Ulrike LUNACEK, Dan JØRGENSEN, Krzysztof LISEK, Judith A. MERKIES, Marisa MATIAS, Lara COMI, Isabelle DURANT, Oldřich VLASÁK, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Mário DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraphs 77 a, b, c, d, e, f, g (new)

Working arrangements of the Parliament 77a. Believes that, like every directly elected parliament, the Parliament should have the right to decide on its own seat and working place arrangements; 77b. Declares therefore that the Parliament's seat and places of work for Members and officials should be decided upon by the Parliament itself; 77c. Urges the two arms of the budgetary authority (the Council and the Parliament), in order to make financial savings and promote a more sustainable climate- and environment friendly solution, to raise the issue of a single seat and Parliament's working places for Members and officials in the upcoming negotiations on the next MFF for 2014- 2020; 77d. Urges the Member States to revise the issue of the Parliament's seat and working places in the next revision of the Treaty by amending protocol 6; 77e. Calls in the meantime on the Council and the Parliament to start elaborating a road-map towards a single seat and a more efficient use of the Parliament's working places, taking into account specific up to date figures detailing the cost of each place of work and working conditions for staff, as well as economic, societal and environmental factors - to be presented in a report by 30 June 2013; 77f. Believes that, as the most viable place for Parliament's seat would be Brussels, co-located alongside Council, Commission and the EEAS, such a road- map should also include a reasonable solution for Strasbourg and Luxemburg so as to avoid, to the extent possible, any loss of jobs and income for citizens and local and regional authorities in those places of work; such a solution could preferably entail locating other institutions permanently to Strasbourg and Luxemburg that could make full use of the Parliament's buildings; 77g. Suggests that the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, should be revised taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

George LYON, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78

78. Welcomes the establishment of a joint Working group on the Parliament's budget between the Committee on Budgets and the Bureau; in particular, strongly supports its work on the launch of a comparative study Parliament's budget with the budgets of the US Congress and a sample of Member States' parliaments; recalls that this study is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012; expects this study to create medium and long- term savings in the European Parliament's budget and present ideas for improving its efficiency in 2013 and the following years;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

George LYON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85 a (new)

85a. Is concerned that the Property Needs and Medium-Term Buildings Policy of the European Parliament, adopted by the Bureau on 24 March 2010, foresees a 30 000m² increase in MEP office space through the planned purchase of the TREBEL building for EUR 125 million; therefore, in light of current economic circumstances, calls on the Bureau to carry out a review of all aspects of the Policy and in particular to determine whether the planned expenditure on additional new office space for individual MEPs and staff continues to be justified and to examine whether there are alternative and more cost effective options; calls for the findings of the review to be presented to both the Committee on Budgets and Bureau by the end of January 2013;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

Activities of George LYON related to 2012/2092(BUD)

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