3 Amendments of Bernd KÖLMEL related to 2014/2059(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Finds it regrettable that the Member States continue to underestimate the role and contribution of the EU budget in strengthening economic governance and budget coordination throughout the Union, and therefore calls on them not to consider their contribution to the EU budget as an adjustment variable in their consolidation efforts and not to seek to artificially reduce the volume of the EU budget’s growth-enhancing expenditure, in contradiction with the political commitments they have made at the highest level; believes, on the contrary, that fundingBelieves that where there is EU added value, growth-enhancing expenditure at EU level can generate savings for the Member States’ budgets;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls its view that the fiscal situation of Member States can be eased through a new system of own resources to finance the Union budget that will reduce gross national income (GNI) contributionsa new system of own resources should be explored, thus enabling Member States to meet their consolidation efforts without jeopardising EU funding to support investment in economic recovery and reform measures; underlines, therefore, the importance it attaches to the new high-level group on own resources, which should lead to a true reform of EU financing;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the commitment by the President-elect of the Commission to deliver on the Commission’s roadmap entitled ‘Towards a genuine economic and monetary union’ of 5 December 2012; believes that any additional funding or instruments, such as a solidarity mechanism, must be an integral part of the EU budget, but over and above the agreed MFF ceilings.