Activities of Indrek TARAND related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for 2019 - all sections (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019 PDF (1 MB) DOC (199 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019
Amendments (5)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that, under current projections, only 19,3 % of the Union budget 2014 – 2020 would be devoted to climate-related measures, failing thus to reach the target of 20 %, an objective which pre-dates the Paris Climate agreement and should anyway be revised upwards; understands that this is largely due to delays in cohesion policy and the rural development programmes; urges Member States, who manage them, to speed up their implementation with a focus on climate- related spending in order to offset the lower allocations made during the first years of the MFF; calls on the Commission to develop an action plan within programmes having massive potential to contribute to reaching the climate-related spending target;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Expects the pressure on some Member States’ migration and asylum systems, as well as on their borders, to remain high in 2019, and is of the opinion that additional funding is needed in the field of migration, also in view of any future, unpredictable needs in this area; reinforces therefore the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund as regards supporting legal migration to the Union and promoting the effective integration of third-country nationals and enhancing fair and effective return strategies, in particular to support Member States in improving integration measures for migrants, especially children and unaccompanied minors;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
66. recalls that, in a note to the Bureau dated 8 March 2018, its Secretary-General accepted that the pension fund linked to the Member’s voluntary pension scheme “will exhaust its capital well before the end of the pension obligations and possibly already by 2024”; calls therefore upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau, while respecting fully the Statute for Members, to urgently establish with the pension fund a clear plan for the Parliament assuming and taking over its obligations and responsibilities for its Member’s voluntary pension scheme immediately after the 2019 elecDeplores the increasing and ever more substiantial actuarial deficit of the fund, urges the Bureau and the Secretary General, while respecting fully the Statute for Members, to explore all options to minimise the burden for the Parliament's Budget, including but not limited to levies on the pension paid out, increase of the retirement age for subsribers of the fund, and an end to indexations;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 a (new)
Paragraph 68 a (new)
68 a. Urges the Secretary-General of the European Parliament to devise detailed arrangements for the full sharing of back office functions and services between Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
77. Decides not to restore the DB in thall but one line cut by the Council, due to a high increase of the total budget as compared to the previous year;