9 Amendments of Laura AGEA related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the main goal of the EU budget should be to support sustainable growth, employment, economic recovery, migration, and security, as well as accelerated growth in less developed regions to achieve an equivalent level of development within all Member States;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that own resources should focus on projects that can generate the highest European added value (EAV); emphasises that expenditure should be focused on areas for which funding at European level is indispensable, or where funding at national level would be insufficient to achieve the European goal, and that if programmes have to date not been shown to provide any added value, they should be thoroughly reviewed in order to be discontinued;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the use of own resources should be oriented to public EU goods that can benefit all Member States equally; notes twohe areas of increased EAV that also enjoy a high approval rating among citizens, namely research and development, and both internal and external securityclimate action, and safeguarding land against man-made and natural disasters;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses its concern about the low share of the Union budget devoted to climate-related spending; maintains that the revenues obtained from own resources should be spent oin projects that generate higher EAV, including the fight against climate changeorder to fight climate change and depollute sites affected by industrial activities with a high environmental impact;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for an own resources system with no financial impact on national budgets, citizens, or SMEs; points out that the introduction of a tax – on as international a basis as possible – on financial transactions by the most aggressive and expert investors could be a way not just to finance the EU budget, but also to combat financial speculation; calls also for a tax on CO2 emissions to be levied on multinationals;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Deplores the disparities in the customs checks carried out within the EU and the large amounts involved in fraud affecting the own resource collection system; calls on the Commission to strengthen the common policy on customs checks by providing for genuine harmonisation with a view to improving the collection of traditional own resources;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that long-term projects, such as Horizon 2020 and the Juncker Commission’s 10 priorities, should be taken into account when own resources are allocated; calls on the Commission to orient its priorities towards the successful achievement of these long-term projects;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Draws attention to the increasing instances of transnational VAT fraud, also known as ‘carousel fraud’, and calls on the Commission to further strengthen measures to prevent and avert fraud of this kind; considers it essential for the VAT resource to be optimised at the practical level without imposing an additional burden on EU citizens and Member States;