2 Amendments of Gianluca BUONANNO related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that Union funding, because it is linked to size-based parameters and not macroeconomic fundamentals and because it is designed to address structural not short-term problems, cannot offer effective protection against economic shocks, such as those triggered by the financial crisis of 2007- 2008;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. EmphasisNotes that Union funding can actually trigger and catalyse actions that Member States are unable to carry out on their own and create synergies and complementarities with Member States’ activities; encourages Member States to better explore ar, although intended as an instrument to offset imbalances between Member States, in practice magnifies those imbalances, in that the provision of funding is based on the twin principles of co-financing and conditionality; takes the view that Union funding can thus be seen as a particularly subtle means inby which the EU is not taking actionexercises control over Member State policies and spending;