12 Amendments of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the main objective of the 2017 draft budget will be to ensure that the Union budget is provided with the means it requires to fully deliver its reinforced contribution to economic, social and territorial cohesion, jobs, growth, investment and solidarity, and to respond to continuing challenges and new developments, and their impact onregarding delayed economic recovery and increasing inequalities, as well as immigration, humanitarian aid and security;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the dialogue between Parliament and the Commission provided for in Article 318 TFEU should stimulate a performance-oriented culture inside the Commission, including increased transparency and enhanced accountability;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Programme statements of operational expenditures attached to the draft budget 2017 as ithey partially responds to the request made by the Parliament concerning objectives, outputs and indicators; notes nevertheless that thoese statements complement the usual activity-based budgeting method with some performance data;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that as part of the budgetary authority the Parliament is entitled to express views on thosesaid objectives and indicators and their conformity with EU priorities as stipulated in the Treaties, and strategic documents such as the Europe 2020 Strategy, as well as that before adopting the budget, the Parliament should scrutinise the European added value of each budget line;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the MFF mid- term review, to be presented by the Commission by the end of 2016, is the first and best opportunity to tackle structurally a number of serious crises and the high level of RAL, as well as to take account of new political initiatives not anticipated at the time of the MFF’s adoption and the high level of RAL; asks the Commission to find an appropriate solution ins to (i) the adjustment ofupdating sectorial policies financed from the EU, (ii) making additionmaterial progress in the simplification process for both of content as well as procedural issues ofe regarding the Union budget´s utilisation, (iii) helping to create a functional mechanism to motivate subjects to utilise more the financial engineering instruments (FEIs)ensuring that financial instruments (FIs) are properly targeted to bring best results; urges the Commission to come up with a proposal to revise the MFF in order to fixaccommodate all respectiveulting budgetary consequences, among other matters the RAL;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is of the opinion that the sectorial policy adjustment within the mid-term review is to be considered as a preliminary step for the real MFF reform after 2020 under new rules and principles reflecting the expected Union needs and priorities for the third decade of 21st century; asks the Commission to adjust the Union budget in terms of a sharper focus on the real thematic development prioritiesbasic EU priorities as updated, including finding synergies among them;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that “societal challenge 6” of the Horizon 2020 programme (Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies) and in particular, the contribution of the social sciences and humanities to meeting this challenge, was a priority of Parliament, which it introduced during the development of Horizon 2020; recalls the importance of this component in the domains in which the Union is facing particular challenges, such as tackling unemployment, poverty, radicalisation, terrorism, supporting migrants, economic and monetary governance, and the fight against inequality; is concerned, therefore, that during the implementation phase of the programme, the social sciences and humanities have been downgraded through the loss of their dedicated leadership and the reduction in their commitment appropriations by 40%, at a time when the overall envelope for Horizon 2020 under the 2014-20202 MFF has increased;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that the Union budget cshould serve as an important trigger in accelerating long-term investment activities, also in reaction oncountering increasing inequalities and completely new social problems; notes that Union budget could more strongly support the investments into areas making and contributing the Union more cohesive and less vulnerable to external shocks, like the key projects in energy, mobility, IT as well as the research and development, which have also their social aspects and implications that have to be efficiently accented;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the budgetary authority to reflect onhighlight the Union's efforts to prevent and combat fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities affecting its financial interests; reiterates its calls on the Commission to provide adequate technical assistance to Member States and stimulate exchange of good practices as preventive measures against irregularities and errors when using EU funds, and is concerned, in this context, that the Commission has proposed reallocating resources from such technical assistance to activities of completely different nature;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that overregulation and gold- plating are key obstacles for the beneficiaries of the European Structural and Investments Funds (ESIFs) and for the relevant auditing bodies; urges the Commission and the Member States to reduce the administrative burden for the beneficiaries, e.g. through single audit strategy; is concerned, however, at the slow uptake of the simplifications by the Member States and calls on the Commission to assist national authorities in this regard;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that it is crucial to bring a results-oriented culture to the heart of Union spending; emphasises that performance and output-related assessment should become, where appropriate, a key principle; welcomes the Commission’s “Budget Focused on Results” initiative as a first step towards performance-based budgeting; underlines, however, that tangible results cannot be achieved without sufficient resources; urges the Commission and the Member States to strive to ensure the most efficient use of scarce financial resources, e.g. through moving the project implementation focus from quantity criteria such as RAL and RAC towards quality criteria such as results, effectiveness, efficiency and added value;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes with concern that the EFSI implementation figures show that the majority of the investments are concentrated in the EU top five economies, thus undermining the achievement of the Union's strategic objective for greater cohesion.