Activities of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2017/2053(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020 - Reform of the European Union’s system of own resources (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on reform of the European Union’s system of own resources
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, in a situation of scarce resources, greaternew importance should be attached to monitoring whether the revenues obtained from the EU’s own resources are being spent efficiently and effectively, and if these payments are being used to address issues of concern to citizenthe protection of the EU financial interests when increasing revenues in the EU budget from increased imputes from own resources, such increased importance should also be accorded to enhanced cooperation and joint work between the Commission and Member States;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU budget is primarily an investment budget with some redistributive functions between the Member States, and serves mainly to support common EU policies and objectives, providing seed money for medium- to long-term investmentand thus would benefit from an increased volume and share of own resources;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the main goal of the EU budget should be to support accelerated growth and jobs in less developed regions to achieve an equivalent level of social and economic development within all Member States to which an increased use of own resources should significantly contribute;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Supports the introduction of new own resources, which will reduce the EU budget dependence on GNI-based contributions from the Member States and will permit better dedication of EU financing to EU policies and priorities; is of the opinion that the share of new genuine own resources should increase to at least 50% of the revenue side of the EU budget;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the forthcoming negotiations of the next MFF, as well as Brexit, give an opportunity for the EU to reform its system of own resources; calls, therefore, on the Member States to undertake a real and in-depth reform of the system of own resources, and to make future EU financing more stable, sustainable and predictable, as well as more transparent and accountable to EU citizens;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for using the reform for introducing incentives and for encouraging the Member States to invest in the European project; considers, in this regard, that national contributions to the EU Budget should be excluded from the deficit calculations under the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Member States to take into consideration the risks which the increase of own resources may entail to the system of collecting revenues, and thus requiring the necessary safeguards to be introduced in it;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Draws attention to the need of strengthening the existing systems of control and of introducing new mechanisms for prevention of fraud and irregularities which may threaten the EU financial interests in the process of collecting new own resources; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to be prepared to propose relevant measures for protection of the EU financial interests when and if new own resources for the Union budget are introduced by Member States;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the use of own resources should be oriented to European public EU goods that can benefit all Member States equally and for which action at EU level is not only relevant, but indispensable, or where national financing possibilities are insufficient for achieving EU priorities and goals; underlines, in this regard, the importance of EU budget for supporting further EU integration and cohesion among Member States; notes two areas of increased EAV that also enjoy a high approval rating among citizens, namely research and development, and both internal and external security;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to submit a communication to Parliament explaining how it intends to reconcile long-term political objectives, such as the Europe 2020 Strategy, with the situation that will ensue after the 2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF), within the course of the next year; strongly believes that an EU agenda for the next decade should play a decisive role in the process of developing successive MFFsgenerating increased own resources for the EU budget;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the policies which would benefit all EU citizens and provide more EAV are not attractiveEU-wide effect of policies that provide significant EAV are not adequately evaluated in terms of the net balances; believes approach; urges the Commission, therefore, thato propose a new method of measuring the value of projects should be developed and streamlined reporting should be introduced;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that it is crucial to allocate own resources to projects that can generate the highest EAV rather than simply looking at eachExpresses concern that the current system of own resources, dominated by the GNI own resource creates “contributors” and “beneficiaries” among the Member State’s accounts; expresses concern about the zero suputting them agame policy that some EU countries are currently applying.inst each other;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Is also concerned about the zero sum game policy that some EU countries are currently applying and that budgetary negotiations are not driven by the European added value principle, but by the national “fair return” logic and budgetary balances; insist, therefore, on abolition of all correction mechanisms and rebates;