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The European Parliament adopted\nby 474 votes to 193, with 42 abstentions, a resolution on the\npolitical agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework\n2014-2020.
\nThe resolution was tabled by the\nEPP, S&D and ALDE groups. It welcomed the political agreement\nreached on 27 June 2013 at the highest political level between\nParliament, the Council Presidency and the Commission on the\nMultiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020, following long and\nstrenuous negotiations. Thanks to Parliament's persistence in the\nnegotiations, it had managed to ensure adoption of certain key\npriorities, including the new arrangements relating to\nrevision of the MFF, flexibility, own resources and the unity and\ntransparency of the budget.
\nOutstanding\npayments:\nParliament was ready to put the MFF Regulation and the new\nInterinstitutional Agreement to the vote in the early autumn, as\nsoon as the necessary technical and legal conditions for the\nfinalisation of the relevant texts had\nbeen fulfilled. However, it reiterated\nthat the consent vote on the MFF Regulation could not be\ngranted unless there were an absolute\nguarantee that the outstanding payment claims for 2013 would\nbe covered in full. To recall, the\nCouncil had stated that it would settle the outstanding payments\nfor 2013, estimated at EUR11.2 billion. Parliament wanted to ensure\nthat the 2014 budget would not be eroded by old unpaid bills. It\ntherefore expected the Council to take a formal decision on Draft\nAmending Budget 2/2013 for an amount of EUR 7.3 billion, no later\nthan the Ecofin Council to be held on 9 July 2013. Members insisted\nthat the Council stick to its political commitment to adopt without\ndelay a further amending budget to avoid any shortfall in payment\nappropriations that could lead to a structural deficit in the EU\nbudget at the end of 2013. Parliament stated that it\nwould not give its consent to the MFF\nRegulation and would not adopt the Budget 2014 until this\nnew amending budget, covering the remaining deficit, had been\nadopted by the Council. In addition, Parliament stressed there must\nbe political agreement on the legal bases.
\nReview: Parliament voiced its concern that the overall\nlevel of the next MFF, as decided by the European Council, fell\nshort of EU political goals and might not be sufficient to endow\nthe EU with the necessary means to recover from the current crisis.\nIt stressed the importance of a compulsory review and\nsubsequent revision of the next MFF by the end of 2016, and\ninsisted that the compulsory review be accompanied by a legislative\nproposal for a revision of the MFF Regulation. This compulsory MFF\nrevision would be a key demand in the investiture of the new\nCommission President.
\nFlexibility: Members reiterated the crucial importance of\nthe enhanced flexibility in the MFF 2014-2020 with a view to making\nfull use of the respective MFF ceilings for\ncommitments (EUR 960 billion) and payments (EUR 908.4\nbillion) as imposed by the European Council. They welcomed\nthe Council's approval of two key proposals put forward by\nParliament, namely the creation of a Global Margin in Payments and\na Global Margin in Commitments, which would allow the automatic\ncarry-over of unused appropriations from one financial year to the\nnext. The new flexibility rules on commitments should lead\nto additional appropriations for programmes linked to\ngrowth and employment, and in particular the Youth Employment\nInitiative, in order to ensure continuous funding and maximise the\nefficient use of the agreed ceilings. As a result of Parliament's\ninsistence, funding for Horizon 2020, Erasmus and COSME would be\nfrontloaded in 2014/15 in order to decrease the funding gap between\nthe relevant appropriations in the 2013 and 2014 Budgets. Members\nalso insisted on further funding being made available for the\nDigital Agenda.
\nFood deprivation\nscheme:\nParliament welcomed the fact that provision had been made for an\nadditional increase of up to EUR 1 billion for the food\ndistribution scheme for those Member States wishing to use this\nincrease to assist the most deprived persons in the\nUnion.
\nOwn resources: Members deplored the fact that\nthe Council had not been able to make any progress on\nthe reform of the own-resources system and it\nstated its commitment to a reform that would reduce the share of\nGNI-based contributions to the EU budget to a maximum of 40 %. It\ncalled for the high-level group on own resources to be convened at\nthe time of the formal adoption of the MFF Regulation with a\nmandate to examine all aspects of the reform of the own-resources\nsystem.
\nLastly, Parliament professed itself dissatisfied with the procedure\nthat led to this agreement on the MFF 2014-2020, which in\nreality had had the effect of depriving Parliament of its true\nbudgetary powers. It stated that the numerous meetings held over\nthe past few years served no clear purpose, as they had had no\nimpact on the spirit, calendar or content of the negotiations or on\nthe Council's position, including the need to distinguish the\nlegislative from the budgetary aspects of the MFF agreement. It\nasked its competent committees to\ncome forward with new proposals on the modalities of such\nnegotiations.
\nThe European Parliament adopted\nby 474 votes to 193, with 42 abstentions, a resolution on the\npolitical agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework\n2014-2020.
\nThe resolution was tabled by the\nEPP, S&D and ALDE groups. It welcomed the political agreement\nreached on 27 June 2013 at the highest political level between\nParliament, the Council Presidency and the Commission on the\nMultiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020, following long and\nstrenuous negotiations. Thanks to Parliament's persistence in the\nnegotiations, it had managed to ensure adoption of certain key\npriorities, including the new arrangements relating to\nrevision of the MFF, flexibility, own resources and the unity and\ntransparency of the budget.
\nOutstanding\npayments:\nParliament was ready to put the MFF Regulation and the new\nInterinstitutional Agreement to the vote in the early autumn, as\nsoon as the necessary technical and legal conditions for the\nfinalisation of the relevant texts had\nbeen fulfilled. However, it reiterated\nthat the consent vote on the MFF Regulation could not be\ngranted unless there were an absolute\nguarantee that the outstanding payment claims for 2013 would\nbe covered in full. To recall, the\nCouncil had stated that it would settle the outstanding payments\nfor 2013, estimated at EUR11.2 billion. Parliament wanted to ensure\nthat the 2014 budget would not be eroded by old unpaid bills. It\ntherefore expected the Council to take a formal decision on Draft\nAmending Budget 2/2013 for an amount of EUR 7.3 billion, no later\nthan the Ecofin Council to be held on 9 July 2013. Members insisted\nthat the Council stick to its political commitment to adopt without\ndelay a further amending budget to avoid any shortfall in payment\nappropriations that could lead to a structural deficit in the EU\nbudget at the end of 2013. Parliament stated that it\nwould not give its consent to the MFF\nRegulation and would not adopt the Budget 2014 until this\nnew amending budget, covering the remaining deficit, had been\nadopted by the Council. In addition, Parliament stressed there must\nbe political agreement on the legal bases.
\nReview: Parliament voiced its concern that the overall\nlevel of the next MFF, as decided by the European Council, fell\nshort of EU political goals and might not be sufficient to endow\nthe EU with the necessary means to recover from the current crisis.\nIt stressed the importance of a compulsory review and\nsubsequent revision of the next MFF by the end of 2016, and\ninsisted that the compulsory review be accompanied by a legislative\nproposal for a revision of the MFF Regulation. This compulsory MFF\nrevision would be a key demand in the investiture of the new\nCommission President.
\nFlexibility: Members reiterated the crucial importance of\nthe enhanced flexibility in the MFF 2014-2020 with a view to making\nfull use of the respective MFF ceilings for\ncommitments (EUR 960 billion) and payments (EUR 908.4\nbillion) as imposed by the European Council. They welcomed\nthe Council's approval of two key proposals put forward by\nParliament, namely the creation of a Global Margin in Payments and\na Global Margin in Commitments, which would allow the automatic\ncarry-over of unused appropriations from one financial year to the\nnext. The new flexibility rules on commitments should lead\nto additional appropriations for programmes linked to\ngrowth and employment, and in particular the Youth Employment\nInitiative, in order to ensure continuous funding and maximise the\nefficient use of the agreed ceilings. As a result of Parliament's\ninsistence, funding for Horizon 2020, Erasmus and COSME would be\nfrontloaded in 2014/15 in order to decrease the funding gap between\nthe relevant appropriations in the 2013 and 2014 Budgets. Members\nalso insisted on further funding being made available for the\nDigital Agenda.
\nFood deprivation\nscheme:\nParliament welcomed the fact that provision had been made for an\nadditional increase of up to EUR 1 billion for the food\ndistribution scheme for those Member States wishing to use this\nincrease to assist the most deprived persons in the\nUnion.
\nOwn resources: Members deplored the fact that\nthe Council had not been able to make any progress on\nthe reform of the own-resources system and it\nstated its commitment to a reform that would reduce the share of\nGNI-based contributions to the EU budget to a maximum of 40 %. It\ncalled for the high-level group on own resources to be convened at\nthe time of the formal adoption of the MFF Regulation with a\nmandate to examine all aspects of the reform of the own-resources\nsystem.
\nLastly, Parliament professed itself dissatisfied with the procedure\nthat led to this agreement on the MFF 2014-2020, which in\nreality had had the effect of depriving Parliament of its true\nbudgetary powers. It stated that the numerous meetings held over\nthe past few years served no clear purpose, as they had had no\nimpact on the spirit, calendar or content of the negotiations or on\nthe Council's position, including the need to distinguish the\nlegislative from the budgetary aspects of the MFF agreement. It\nasked its competent committees to\ncome forward with new proposals on the modalities of such\nnegotiations.
\n