Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2018/2001(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2019 PDF (1 MB) DOC (154 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the 2019 budget, as proposed in the Secretary-General’s report, is being prepared against the backdrop of a yearly increase, both in terms of inflation and real increase, in the ceiling for heading V, allowing more room for growth and investment as well as continuing to implement the policies of achieving has to be prepared against the backdrop of a yearly statutory increases and medium term budgetary constraints due to the departure of the UK and extraordinary challenges in terms of building policy necessitating s strategy for budgetary consolidation through savings and seeking to improveing efficiency;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the voluntary pension fund was established in 1990 by the Bureau's Rules governing the additional (voluntary) pension scheme11; and whereas all options for further modifications to the scheme to minimise the damage to the Parliament’s Budget have to be explored ; __________________ 11 Texts adopted by the Bureau, PE 113.116/BUR./rev. XXVI/01-04-2009
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes thea targeted communication campaign as a potentially helpful effort to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; underlines that this campaign should aim, among other things, atbe carefully targeted to explaining the role of the Union, the power of the Parliament, its functions, including the election of the President of the Commission, and its impact on the lives of citizens and the environment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Building policy and EMAS
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Asks the secretary general to provide more information on which building, maintenance and repair works foreseen for 2019 could take place at a later date without compromising on security and decent working environments;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Recalls the Parliament's commitment to Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency which stipulates that it will, "without prejudice to applicable budgetary and procurement rules, undertake to apply the same requirements to the buildings they own and occupy as those applicable to the buildings of Member States' central government under Articles 5 and 6" of that Directive, due to the high visibility of the buildings and the leading role it should play with regard to buildings' energy performance; underlines the urgency of compliance with this declaration, not at least for its own credibility in the currently ongoing revisions of the energy performance of buildings and the energy efficiency directives;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21 c. Welcomes the creation of a Mobility Working Group which should work inclusively and be clearly mandated; underlines that Parliament has to conform with all regional applicable laws at the places of work, including in that area; advocates the promotion of use of the established direct train connection between the Brussels Parliament site and the airport; invites the responsible services to re-evaluate the composition and size of its own vehicle fleet against this background; calls on the Bureau to establish without delay an incentive scheme for promoting the use of bicycles for home-work commuting; notes that such a scheme is already established in other institutions, notably the European Economic and Social Committee;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7
Subheading 7
Member-EP and APA related issues
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the abovementioned resolutions of 5 April 2017 on Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 201812 and of 25 October 2017 on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 201813 and all references to and demands regarding the GEA; reiterates the appeal for transparency regarding the General Expenditure Allowance (GEA) for Members; calls on Parliament's Bureau to work on better guidance regarding the accountability of the expenditure authorised under this allowance, without generating additional costs or administrative burden to Parliament´s administration or to Members and their offices; __________________ 12 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0114. 13 Texts adopted, P8_TA_PROV(2017)0408
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. CReiterates its calls on the Bbureau to ensure that the social and pension rights of Members and of Accredited Parliamentary Assistants are respected and that adequate financial means are made availableAPAs are truly respected, and that financial means are duly made available, in particular concerning those APAs that have been employed by Members without interruption for the last two legislative parliamentary terms; in this regard, invites the administration to put forward a feasible and decisive proposal that takes into account the decision to have early elections in 2014, as well as the time spent in the recruitment procedure when calculating the 10 years of service period set out in the Staff Regulations; calls on the Bureau to assess the matter with high priority, and to provide a viable and prompt solution in light of the next elections in 2019;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Recalls the request, adopted by the plenary in its abovementioned resolutions of 14 April 2016 on Parliament’s estimates for 2017 and of 5 April 2017 on Parliament’s estimates for 2018 , that the rules governing the reimbursement of mission expenses related to travel between Parliament's three working places and incurred by accredited parliamentary assistants (APAs) be revised in order to align them with the rules applicable to the rest of the staff, and regrets that, to date, no action has been taken in this regard; calls on the Bureau to address that issue without any further delay; meanwhile underlines that the current mission reimbursements ceilings for APAs (EUR 120/140/160) have not been adjusted since 2011 and that the discrepancy between APAs and other staff has further increased up to at least 40 % following the introduction of new ceilings approved by the Council on 9 September 2016 and so far only applied to staff officials as from 10 September 2016; calls therefore on the Bureau to take the necessary measures to remedy that inequality;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Deplores the disastrous management of the voluntary pension fund that is leading to a significant actuarial deficit; calls on the bureau to explore all options for further modifications to the scheme to minimise the damage to the Parliament’s Budget, including but not limited to substantial levies on the pension paid out, higher retirement age, an end to indexation, and the possibility to end any Parliament’s participation in and contribution to this private additional pension scheme as of 2019;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Mandates the Secretary General to negotiate with the Committee of Regions and the Economic and Social Committee a strategy to swiftly merge all back office functions and services of the three institutions, including but not limited to human resources, translation and interpretation, finance, IT, and building management; in addition, asks the Secretary-General to undertake a study on possible synergies - in back office functions and services - that could be generated between the Parliament, the Commission and the Council;