9 Amendments of Marco ZANNI related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the 2019 EU budget will be the last under the current parliamentary term and will be negotiated in parallel with the negotiations on the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the reform of EU own resources; recalls also that the UK has committed to contribute to, and participate in, the implementation of the Union annual budgets for 2019 and 2020 as if it had remained in the Union after March 2019;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CommendRegrets the role of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in reducing the investment gap in the EU; reiterates its longstanding position that any new initiatives within the MFF must be financed by new appropriations and not to the detriment of the existing programmes; reiterates also that the cuts made to Horizon 2020 and CEF to finance the extension of EFSI should be reversed in the 2019 budgetwhich failed to reduce the investment gap in the EU;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Disapproves of the Commission’s proposal for the funding of the second tranche of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT); supports the continuation of the FRT, but maintains that, as also proposed by the Commission on 14 March 20186 , the EU budget should contribute to its financing to the sum of EUR 1 billion, with Member States contributing EUR 2 billion by means of bilateral contributions, in order to leave sufficient margins under the MFF special instruments for unforeseen events in the last two years of the current MFF, as well as the financing of other priorities; also maintains that as the FRT has been a new initiative within this MFF, it should be funded by fresh appropriations; _________________ 6OJ C 106, 21.3.2018, p. 4.
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Welcomes the increased supporStresses that the Instrument for Pregional actions in the Western Balkans; is, however, of the opinion that support for political reforms should be further stepped up; notes the increased support for political reforms in Turkey (IPA II), which is to be primarily redirected to civil society actors with a view to implementing measures supportive of the objectives relating to the ru Accession Assistance (IPA) should not be used to support Turkey, a Country that does not respect several of the basic principles of law, democracy, human rights and media freedoms; supports the overall downward trend in the allocations for Turkefreedom and democracy;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. NoteRegrets that Heading 5 expenditure is increased by 3.0 % compared to the 2018 budget, up to EUR 9 956.9 million (+EUR 291.4 million) in commitment appropriations; noteregrets that, as for the previous budgetary exercise, the increase is mostly driven by the evolution of pensions (+ EUR 116.7 million), representing 20.2 % of Heading 5 expenditure; observnotes that the share of expenditure on administration in the draft budgnumber of pensioners is expected to rise further in the coming years and asks therefore for a complete remains unchanvision of the privilegeds at a level of 6.0 % in commitment appropriationsnd advantages of EU pensions and allowances scheme;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Acknowledges the efforts made by the Commission to integrate all possibilities for savings and rationalisations in non-salary-related expenditure for its own budget; noteRegrets that the evolution of the Commission’s expenditure (+ 2.0 %) is mostly due to the automatic adaptation of salary expenditure and contractual commitments; further notes the Commission’s internal redeployment of staff to fulfil its new prioriti and asks therefore to modify these rules;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. NoteRegrets the overall increase in the draft budget 2019 of the allocations for the decentralised agencies, of +10.8 % (without taking into account assigned revenues) and +259 posts; welcomes the fact that for the majority of the agencies their own budget increases while the EU contribution decreases; notes in this regard that Parliament is currently exploring the possibilities of further extending the fee-financing of decentralised agencies; notes with satisfaction that agencies with ‘new tasks’ (ESMA, EU-LISA and FRONTEX) are granted a significant increase in appropriations and establishment plan staff, and asks for a complete revision of the role of the European agencies, questioning if their tasks and objectives could not be better accomplished by existing Directorates- General of the European Commission or by Member States, in order to prevent duplication of roles and costs and also improving transparency;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48