11 Amendments of Indrek TARAND related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
– having regard to the Commission’s White paper on the future of Europe: Five Scenarios, of 1 March 2017 (COM(2017)2025) and Reflection Paper on the Future of EU Finances of 28 June 2017 (COM(2017)0358),
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls the budgetary principles of unity, budgetary accuracy, annuality, equilibrium, universality, specification, sound financial management and transparency, which need to be respected when establishing and implementing the Union budget; reiterates its concerns about the establishment of ad-hoc instruments outside the Union budget, such as trust funds, that neither preserve the unicity and universality of the EU budget nor improve its transparency and comprehensibility;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Recalls that the principle of unity, whereby all items of revenue and expenditure of the Union shall be shown in the budget, is both a Treaty requirement and a basic democratic precondition if the budget is to be transparent, legitimate and accountable; regrets that this principle has increasingly gone unobserved, from the historical legacy of the European Development Fund, through the setting up of the European Stability Mechanism, to the recent inflation of off-budget mechanisms in the form of innovative financial instruments and external trust funds or facilities; reiterates the importance of a budget publicly available to all citizens, to ensure transparency and accountability, particularly in cases of shared management with Member States;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers also that, when a certain share of off-budget operations is deemed necessary to achieve certain specific objectives, for example through the use of financial instruments or trust funds, these should be kept at a limited level, be fully transparent, and backed by strong decision- making and accountability provisions; recalls that EU trust funds should only support actions outside the Union; recalls that Parliament should be able to exercise its power of scrutiny not only over the creation of such EU trust funds, but also over their entire disbursement;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. CPoints out that the structure of the new MFF should better correspond to the top five political priorities of the EU; considers that the structure of the MFF should provide for the increased visibility of EU political and budgetary priorities for European citizens, and calls for a clearer presentation of all areas of EU expenditure; is convinced that the main pillars of future EU spending outlined in this resolution should be reflected accordingly; calls for more coherence between the funding of the EU budget and its objectives, if needed by breaking the 1% glass ceiling of Member State GDP contributions and/or by adapting and reducing the EU's objectives;
Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Expects that in the post-2020 period, the European Union will move from crisis-management mode to a permanent, European policy in the field of asylum and migration; stresses that thee importance of the different EU funds and highlights that actions in thise field shouldof security and migration should not only be covered by a dedicated instruments, i.e.such the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; emphasises that the future fund, as well as the relevant Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies, must be equipped with an adequate level of funding for the whole of the next MFF to address the comprehensive challenges in this area; believes, furthermore, that the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) should be complemented by additional components tackling this issue under other policies, in particular by the cohesion funds and the instruments financing external actions, as no single tool could hope to add (AMIF) or the Internal Security Fund (ISF), but should also be included by design in more generic future instruments such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Cohesion Fund or Security Union Fund (corresponding to the European Agenda on Security), as well as external action financing instruments; considers it necessary that all ESI Funds be continued post-2020, and stresses the magnitude and complexity of needs in this field; recognises, moreover, the importance of cultural, educational and sports programmes in integrating refugees and migrants into European societyat certain funds, such as the ESF, should address, in particular, the issue of programs for combating radicalization, marginalization, hate crime and xenophobia;
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Recognises the European added value of collaboration in addressing common public health threats; notes that no single Member State can tackle cross- border health challenges alone, and calls for the next MFF to reflect the EU’s responsibility to support Member States in reducing health inequalities; considers that, on the basis of the positive outcome of the ongoing actions in this field, the next MFF should include a robust next generation Health programme that addresses these issues on a cross-border basis, notably by making innovative solutions for healthcare delivery, such as the European Reference Networks; recalls that good health is a prerequisite for achieving other goals set by the EU and that policies in such fields as agriculture, environment, employment, social issues or inclusion also have an impact on the health of Europeans; calls, therefore, for the strengthening of health impact assessments and for cross- sectoral cooperation in the next MFF in this field;
Amendment 617 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 89
Paragraph 89
89. Emphasises that substantial additional funding is necessary for the Union to play its role in the framework of its global strategy and of its enlargement, neighbourhood, and development and enlargement policies; draws attention to the commitment by the EU and its Member States to increase their official development assistance (ODA) to 0.7 % of GDP by 2030; expects the next MFF to reflect the unprecedented needs of neighbourhood countries struggling with conflicts and the consequences of the challenges presented by migration and refugees, as well as the needs for humanitarian aid as a result of natural and manmade disasters; as well as the need for an ambitious budget in line with the expectations of the Commission's future enlargement strategy of the Western Balkans;
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92
Paragraph 92
92. Stresses that the level and mechanisms of funding in the field of internal security should be stepped up from the outset and for the entire duration of the nexfor security and migration should be adequate and provide for the necessary flexibility in order to avoid systematic recourse to the flexibility mechanism of the EU budget every year, such as has been the case with the current MFF sin order to avoid systematic recourse to the flexibility provisce 2015, and to ensure that the delivery modes are responding effectively to emerging needs on the ground; takes the view that the funds should also include a robust midterm review that would adjust the allocations of the MFF every yearfunding to the needs on the ground on the bases of updating statistics and reward performance in implementing EU priorities; calls for sufficient rescourcses to be provided to law -enforcement aAgencies (such as Europol, Eurojust and Cepol) and for the European Agency for the operational management of large- scale IT systems (eu- LISA) to be endowed with the means to implement and manage its new responsibilities; underlines the role of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights in understanding and responding to the phenomena of radicalisation, marginalisation, hate speech and hate crime;
Amendment 652 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93
Paragraph 93
93. Believes that the next MFF must support the establishment of a European Defence Union; awaits, following the Commission’s announcements in this area, the relevant legislative proposals, including a dedicated EU defence research programme and an industrial development programme complemented by Member States’ investment in collaborative equipment; recalls that increased defence cooperation, the pooling of research and equipment and the elimination of duplications could lead to considerable efficiency gains, often estimated at around EUR 26 billion per year; believes that an enhanced capability component can be achieved only through the creation of a fully-fledged European Union Army; invites the Commission and the Council to take further action for this to be incorporated in the Union's strategic and budgetary priorities;
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
Paragraph 95
95. Considers that a strong, efficient and high quality public administration is indispensable to the delivery of Union policies and to rebuild trust and strengthen dialogue with citizens; underlines the role of the institutions made up by democratically elected members in that respect; recalls that, according to the Court of Auditors, the EU institutions, bodies and agencies have implemented the 5 % reduction in staff as set out in their establishment plans; takes the view that they should not be subject to a further horizontal reduction approach of this kind, but rather a more efficient allocation and distribution of institutional responsibilities, with possible reorganized structures, in order to better serve the Union's strategic long term priorities;