5 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas one of the main goals of the EU budget should be to support accelerated growth in less developed regions to achieve an equivalent level of development within all Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the EU should consider doing less in domains where the Union is perceived as having limited added value, or as being unable to deliver on promises; stresses, however, that where ambitious European aims are set, sufficient funds should also be allocated, and that where new goals are set, new resources should be presented;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that it is crucial to allocate own resources to projects that can generate the highest EAV rather than simply looking at each Member State’s accounts; expresses concern about the zero sum game policy that some EU countries are currently applying.; encourages the Commission to introduce ambitious proposals for new own resources; believes that this could reduce the relative share of GNI-based national contributions to the EU budget, and thus help to end the anti- European focus on mere fair return on net balances;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that the possibility to collect a CO2 levy through carbon pricing using either taxation or market-based instruments should be examined by the Commission as a way to strengthen the EU budget; believes that such an instrument could provide high EAV, as the levy could function as an incentive to change consumer and producer behaviour in favour of a less carbon- intensive future; considers, however, that any tax-based EU solution should be as neutral as possible for the total tax ratio of a given Member State; points out that such a levy would also have to take into account the current emission trading schemes to avoid overlapping and conflicting means and objectives;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to consider also other tax-based resources available to the EU that could provide for more EAV in certain risk-related policy fields, while at the same time strengthening the EU budget;