Activities of Jean ARTHUIS related to 2014/2221(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2015 (A8-0037/2015 - Dariusz Rosati) FR
Amendments (3)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets once again that Member States persist in viewing their contribution to the EU budget as an adjustment variable in their consolidation efforts, which in turn leads to an artificial reduction in the volume of payments available in the EU budget; proposes therefore that when examining national budgets, the Commission shall enter in the calculations of deficits each countryʼ’s share of unpaid invoices in order to draw attention to the true state of affairs concerning liabilities attributable to each Member State; stresses that this would be in line with the flexibility advocated in the Commission communication of 13 January, which offers favourable treatment for national contributions to the strategic investment fund; points out that the credibility of this fund is based on the solidity of the EU budget, and consequently on a reduction in the number of unpaid invoices;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to top up this fund and welcomes the flexibility announced by the Commissionʼs intention to exclude the treatment of national contributions fromwith regard to the stability pact calculations; rejects the idea of any attempts to renationalise the fund or argue for a fair return which could ensue from national contributions; wishes to see trans-European and supranational projects chosen so that citizens may be able to associate the benefits arising from these projects with action by the European Union.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines the importance it attaches to the new high-level group on own resources, which should lead to a true reform of EU financing; stresses that the Member States’ budgetary situation can be improved through a new system of own resources to finance the Union budget that will reduce GNI contributions, thus enabling Member States to accomplish their consolidation efforts without jeopardising EU funding and its credibility; points out that the adoption of consent to taxation gives parliaments their institutional authority.