7 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2013/2145(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the economic and financial crisis is continuing to grip Europe. Given that simultaneous austerity measures across many Member States is leading to contraction, the EU budget needselements of the Union budget which enhance economic growth and employment need to be boosted for the EUnion to be able provide stronger counter- cyclical stabilizsation.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Acknowledges that the European Parliament has been strongly in favour of the creation of the ESAs and believes that the Authorities are key actors in order to create more stable and safer financial markets. The European Union needs stronger and better coordinated supervision at the European level.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the additional tasks already delegated to the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), as well as future tasks envisaged in the legislative proposals yet to be agreed, which will require commensurate budgetary increases in order for them to fulfil their supervisory role in a satisfactory manner; recalls its position that the European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) need independent budget lines and should become less financially independent upon contributions from their national member authorities;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Concludes that the current financing of ESAs, with a mixed-financing arrangement, is inflexible, creates administrative burden, and poses a threat to the agencies' independence.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for the Commission to explore options for a new long-term sustainable financing of the ESAs, which safeguards its independence in the next review of the Agencies' work and financing arrangements; the Commission shall present the review of the agencies by 2 January 2014.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78 a (new)
Paragraph 78 a (new)
78a. Stresses that the two arms of the budgetary authority, in order to create long term savings in the EU budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated in previous resolutions voted by the parliament, notably its resolutions of 23 October 2012 on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013- all sections1 and of 6 February 2013 on the guidelines for the 2014 budget procedure – sections other than the Commission2 and its decision of 10 May 2012 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section I – European Parliament3; ____________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0359. 2 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0048. 3 OJ L 286, 17.10.2012, p. 1.