28 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2018/2094(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is at a crossroads with a certain crisis of legitimacy in relation to European decisionits decisions with regard to the citizens and certain Member States;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is a need to bring the European project closer to EU citizens, paying particular attention to their needs, lives and expectations in order, above all, to strengthen the EU’s legitimacy and to restore trust in, and enthusiasm for, the European project thanks to renewed EU governancethe recasting of cooperation in matters of governance between the institutions and Member States;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas parliamentary scrutiny of public spending is a vitalone of the components of a modern democratic system;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas more democracy in the EU goes hand in hand with greater transparency, accountability and integrity, the latter should be the leading principles of the culture within the EU institutions for promoting efficient governance and ensuring greater openness in thethe better functioning of the EU and its decision- making process;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas all EU institutions ought to be transparent and fully accountable to the citizens of the Union and the Member States as regards the funds entrusted to them as EU institutions;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas inertia at European level is no longer an option given the major challenges to be faced by the Union, particularly in relation to globalisation, migration, defence on the basis of reinforced cooperation, and social issues, completion of the European Monetary Union and the choice of new EU own resources;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU budget remains a valuableis a source of fundinancing for Member States through the redistribution of their contributions;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that citizens’ trust in the EU institutions is fundamental for democracy, good governance and effective policy-making;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that it is essential to go beyond conflicting visions of the European Union, and to reconcile competing priorititake account of all the positions of the Member States in order to avoid the risk of tearing the Union apart or weakening it;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges that Brexit has made more urgent the need to reflect further on the EU’s institutional and spending architecture, and to design new EU policy dynamics, more urge that would enable high-quality cooperation with the Member States on the basis of confidence and respect for their sovereignty;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the Union will have complex budgetary consequences and will negatively affectnsequences for the EU budget; insists that the remaining EU-27 should be more ambitious in terms of budget reform given the EU’s current and future challenges;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that any further development within the Union's architecture in relation to existing bodies or to the creation of new legal entities should always take the issues of the EU’s democratic accountability, public auditing arrangements and, the efficiency of activities and the prerogatives and sovereignty of the Member States into account;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that there is a need to reduce the accountability gaps within the EU and to move towards more collaborative modes of scrutiny, combining democratic oversight and auditing activities, while also providing greater transparency; calls for this to ensure full accountability and effective democratic oversight of the European Investment Bank, and the European Central Bank and for future bodies to be set up such as a European Monetary Fund;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses, furthermore, that the time has come to reflect pragmatically on the EU’s delivery modes by answering the core questions of how best to implement the Union’s policies and which governance models should be applied in order to pave the way for a Europe of tangible results;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the strengthening of democratic oversight and Parliament’s scrutiny should be based not only on the traditional monitoring of stocks and financial flows, but also on a thorough assessment of value for money, and of a valuable and sustainable impact for citizens and respect for the Union’s values and the rule of law;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that respect for fundamental values, ensuring the protection of the rule of law in Member States, or the introduction of ecological conditionality are necessary democratic prerequisites for the definition of any new EU financial solidarities; is concerned about recent developments in relation to the lack of respect for the rule of law in some Member States; appreciates, in this context, the Commission’s proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States (COM(2018)0324); stresses that the European institutions should take action in order to protect the rule of law;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Demands that the current framework for the protection of Union’s financial interests be strengthened by a system of sanctions, proportional to the degree of the deficiencies or attempts to undermine the rule of lawUnion's budgetary resources based on an independent assessment, ranging from the reduction of EU funding up to the suspension of payments and commitments for recurrent deficiencies; considers that, in any such circumstances, Parliament should be part of, and on an equal footing with the Council, in the decision-making process in relation to such proceedings and the lifting of such measures;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is of the opinion that the pre- conditionality of policies has to be reinforced to ensure effective sound financial management in the implementationwith respect to a correct use of the budget has to be reinforced to ensure the sound management of the Union’s spending;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates that, in the context of the debate on the future of Europe, consideration must be given to the issue of how the Union budgetary system could be reformed to provide an adequate budget to guarantee the funding of planned policies without creating additional own resources, a better balance between predictability and responsiveness as well as how to ensure that overall funding arrangements are no more complex than necessary to achieve Union policy goals and ensure accountability vis-à-vis the Member States;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that securing sufficient financial means, coupled with the modernisation of the system of own resources, namely through securing stable, efficient and genuinely Europeanand rationalisation of the system of own resources, is key to maintaining a high level of investment and of the Union’sEU's and Member States' ambitions and influence on the international scene;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that the allocation of EDF resources must be made conditional on the strict and effective management by beneficiary third countries of any Europe- bound migration flows passing through their territory;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on all the EU institutions to enhance their procedures and practices aimed at safeguarding the financial interests of the Union, and to actively contribute to a results-oriented discharge process; believes, in this context, that the discharge procedure is an indispensable instrument of democratic accountability towards the citizens and the Member States of the Union;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Draws attention to the phenomenon of corruption, which has significant financial consequences and poses a serious threat to democracy, the rule of lawthe stability of national institutions and public investment;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the Commission to propose to the Member States options for future methods of cooperation with the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), including for the EU to apply for membership, and for Parliament to be kept up to date with the progress of this application;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Encourages, by way of a guiding principle, the outlining of the contours of the Europe of the future, ensuring a balance between responsibility and new solidarity and by favouristreng the Community method over the use ofning intergovernmentalism as a method of governancecooperation and government for the EU;