2 Amendments of Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Believes that the effectiveness of EU expenditure depends on sound policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks at all levels; insists that, in accordance with Article 317 TFEU Member States, must shoulder their share of responsibility in making EU funding more effective; recalls that 90 % of the errors detected by the European Court of Auditors have been in Member States, and that the majority of those errors could have been avoided; calls on allthe Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal obliging Member States to issue national management declarations signed at the appropriate political level;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses, however, that there is no direct relation between the regional policy performance and the macroeconomic performance of a Member State, and that the regions should not be punished for the failure of the national level to comply with procedures related to economic governance; believes that imposing additional penalties could thus exacerbate the problems of Member States already facing macroeconomic difficulties, and, therefore, that macroeconomic conditionalities are not acceptable; not withstanding agreements already reached in the framework of a stronger European economic governance;