Activities of Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that the 2020 Union budget is the bridge to the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027 ~~and should contrib~~; points oute t~~o creating a common, long-term vision on the future political priorities of the Union; expects that, at the time of adoption of~~he need to avoid previous mistakes and emphasises that EU citizens expect the 2020 Union budget, the Council and Parliament will be engaged in fully-fledged MFF negotiations, following a political agreement in the European Council; believes that a strong, responsible and forward-looking 2020 budget will facilitate an agreement and the transition towards the next MFFo be more efficient, transparent, performance-based, with concrete reductions of the administrative expenditures and wastes of money;

2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers, therefore, that the EU budget for next year should define ~~clear~~new political priorities and enable the Union to further invest in innovation and research capacities for future solutions, boost competitiveness and economic growth, ensure a safe, secure and peaceful Europe, strengthen citizens’ work and living conditions, and bolster the Union in its fight against environmental challenges and climate changetaking into account that the EU budget's funds failed in supplying concrete answers to citizen's needs and to the growing difficulties they are facing, such as unemployment, economic recession, poverty, the migration crisis and the security threats; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to fully respect the principle of subsidiarity;

2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that, 2020 being the last year of the current MFF, the implementation of EU programmes, including those under shared management in cohesion policy, will be further accelerated and reach its closing phase, which will be reflected in a substantial increase in payment requests; anticipates, therefore, a peak in the annual level of payment appropriations for 2020 and is determined to secure the necessary payments in 2020 and to prevent another payment crisis in the first years of the 2021-2027 MFF, as was the case during the current period; asks not to increase the commitment appropriations in the budget of the European Union until a definitive solution on the stabilisation of the backlog of outstanding payment claims is defined;

2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that ~~the~~Member States should be supported in fighting against youth unemployment ~~requires substantial additional financial efforts to create opportunities for education, training and employment; underlines, in this respect, the positive impact of the Youth Employment I~~as well as in building their national policies for education, training and employment; believes that social policy initiative,s s~~upporting approx~~hould come primaterily ~~1.7 million young people until the end of 2017, thanks also to additional appropriations that Parliament secured for~~from the Member States since they are best placed to meet citizens expectations and recalls that the solution to thise pro~~gramme in the EU budget over the year~~blems of citizens cannot be found by imposing any additional EU constraints;

2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG

2019/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Regrets the outrageous and steady increase of the EU’s administrative expenditure, which does not take into account the economic restrictions experienced in several Member States either; believes that changes to the approach to administrative expenditure should be considered, starting from a reduction in the highest salaries and pensions of EU staff;

2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG

2019/2001(BUD)

André ELISSEN, Marco ZANNI, Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Underlines that any funding to Turkey, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy, must be immediately stopped;

2019/02/15
Committee: BUDG

2018/2275(BUD)

Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Regrets that the new proposal, with an increased overall amount for the EU budget, will lead to a further waste of taxpayers’ money to finance programs and instruments which failed in tackling major problems such as unemployment, economic recession, poverty, the migration crisis and security threats, not providing any concrete answer to the needs of our citizens and Member States;

2018/12/07
Committee: BUDG

2018/2275(BUD)

Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~Welcomes the reinforcement to the EEAS budget line on Strategic Communication Capacity, to deliver a stronger coordinated Union response to the challenge of disinformation;~~deleted

2018/12/07
Committee: BUDG

2018/2048(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Regrets the fact that the EGF is often mobilised for cases where large companies either moved their production facilities to cheap labour countries or/and have been badly managed for years;

2018/05/02
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas, in the case of the US House of Representatives, the total appropriations dedicated to the representational allowance of Members amounted to 500 million for 435 Representatives8 , whereas for Parliament, those appropriations amounted to 458 million for 751 MEPs9 ; __________________ 8CRS report on Legislative Branch: FY2016 Appropriations, 1 February 2016. 9 Report of the Secretary General to the Bureau on the Preliminary Draft Estimates of the European Parliament for the Financial Year 2019;deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the share of Parliament’s budget in 2019 should be maintained under 20 % of heading V; notes that the level of estimates for 2019 corresponds to 18,79%, which is lower than that achieved in 2018 (18,85 %) and the lowest part of heading V in more than fifteen yearsRegrets the increase proposed by the Secretary-General for Parliament’s preliminary draft estimates reaching the outrageous amount of more than EUR 2 billion for 2019;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Emphasis~~Notes that the largest part of Parliament's budget is fixed by statutory or contractual obligations and is subject to annual indexation; asks therefore for a revision of the Statute for Members and the Staff Regulations in order to abolish unacceptable benefits;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Highlights Parliament's role in building European political awareness and promoting the Union values;~~deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that savings compared to the proposal of the Secretary-General are required~~, but the priority is the efficient use of the budget, without undermining the core competences of the European Parliament~~;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the response to the request from the Committee on Budgets expressed in various budget resolutions on additional information on medium- and long-term planning, investments, statutory obligations, operational expenditure and a methodology on the basis of the current needs rather than of coefficients; ~~notes that lump sums are a useful and recognised tool to add flexibility and transparency;~~

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that, as was the case for budgets for previous years, it is proposed to set aside an amount for ‘extraordinary’ investment and expenditure, i.e. investment and expenditure that is unusual or atypical for Parliament and arises infrequently; ~~notes that in 2019, those~~ underlinves~~tments and~~ that expenditure ~~amount to EUR 71,6 million, including EUR 37,3 million for the change~~s related to European Elections 2019 should not be considered as "extraordinary", since the length of pa Parliamentary term ~~and EUR 34,3 million for other extraordinary expenditur~~is known in advance;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs confirmed with the vote in plenary in February 2018 an own- initiative report on Parliament’s composition, and notably the reduction to 705 Members after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union; notes that in the event that the United Kingdom is still a Member State at the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, the number of Members shall be 751, until the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union becomes legally effective; points out, however, that the procedure requires a unanimous decision by the European Council after having obtained the consent of Parliament; underlines that Parliament’s estimates, for the moment, reflect a status- quo situation with a Parliament composed of 751 Members from 28 Member States; recalls that any decrease of the number of Members should be reflected in a due reduction the Parliament’s estimates;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Welcom~~Deplores the communication campaign as a helpful effort to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; underlines that this campaign should aim, among other things, at explaining the role of the Union, the power of the Parliament, its functions, including the election of the President of the Commission, and its impact on the lives of citizepropaganda tool to the exclusive benefit of the EU policies and institutions;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Re~~callsthat, as approved in the 2018 budget procedure,~~grets that the total budget of the campaign amounts to EUR 33,3 million for the two years, of which EUR 25 million for 2018 (due to the time needed to run procurement procedures and conclude the contracts) and EUR 8.33 million for 2019; notes that the strategy for the campaign based on an analysis of the lessons learnt at the last elections was approved at the Bureau in November 2017and EUR 8.33 million for 2019;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines that the communication processes for the European elections are characterised by three tiers: the most visible tier is for national and European political parties and their candidates, the second tier is the leading candidate process (Spitzenkandidaten), introduced for the first time in 2014, and the third tier is the institutional campaign as in reminding what the Parliament is, what it does, how it affects citizens’ lives and why engaging in the elections is important;deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights that Parliament alone lacks the resources necessary to reach out to 400 million eligible voters and must therefore make the best use of its own multiplier networks to do that; points out that at European level, a series of citizens and stakeholders conferences will be organised in 2018 and that at national level, the role of the Liaison Offices will be crucial; considers that as in the final run-up to the elections, the European political parties and the national parties will play an essential role alongside, in particular in the framework of the “Spitzenkandidaten” process; proposes, therefore, to enable them to carry out this mission with funding specifically increased for 2019;deleted

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Takes note of the updated mission statement for~~Questions the added value of the Information Offices, which are now to be known as “Liaison Offices”, in accordance with the the Bureau Decision of November 2017; notes that the main function of the Liaison Offices is to inform and communicate locally on behalf of Parliament, in order to provide information about the Union and its policies through the activities of external stakeholder; regrets the excessive expenditures for the new installations oin ~~local, regional and national level~~Berlin and Paris;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/2001(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34 a. Notes with regrets the extremely late forwarding of the documents from the Secretary-General and the Bureau to the Budgets Committee Members that did not allow a proper work on the file;

2018/03/14
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Recital C

C. whereas the MFF quickly proved its inadequacy in responding to a series of crises and new political challenges that were not anticipated at the time of adoption; whereas, for the purpose of securing the necessary funding, the MFF was pushed to its limits including an unprecedented recourse to the flexibility provisions and special instruand the European Union budgetary policy quickly proved their inefficiency in providing concrete answers for the needs of citizens and Member States and for their growing difficulties such as unemployments, ~~after exhausting the available margins; whereas high-priority EU programmes on research and infrastructures were even cut just two years after their adoption~~economic recession, poverty the migration crisis and security threats;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Recital E

E. whereas the establishment of the new MFF will be a critical moment for the Union of 27, as it will provide for the possibility to endorse a common vision and decide on the future political priorities as well as the ability of the Union to deliver them; whereas the Commission presented on 2 May 2018 a set of legislative proposals on the 2021- 2027 MFF and the EU own resources, followed by legislative proposals for the setting up of new EU programmes and instruments;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the 2021-2027 MFF must ~~guarantee the Union’s ability and responsibility to meet emerging needs~~ respond to the Europeand c~~hallenges and attain its political priorities and objectives; points to the serious problems linked to the underfinancing of the 2014-2020 MFF and declares~~itizens’ actual needs; points out the necessity to avoid ~~a repetition of~~ previous mistakes by ~~sec~~ensuring ~~from the outset a strong, ambitious and credible EU budget for the benefit of the citizens over the next seven- year period~~the Union Budget to be more efficient, transparent, performance-based and providing concrete reductions of administrative expenditures and waste of money;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 3

3. ~~Underlines tha~~Expresses its disappointment about the Commission proposal ~~regarding~~to increase the global level of the next MFF ~~set at 1,11 % of the EU-27 GNI (1,08% after deducting the European Development Fund), represents,~~ not taking into account the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU with all the related financial consequences, meaning t~~erms of GNI percentage, a reduction in real t~~hat the national taxpayerms compared to the current MFF; considers that this proposal will not allow the Union to deliver on its political commitments and respond to important challenges ahead and, therefore, cannot be accepted as suchwill have to pay more; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds can be better managed at national level in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 6

6. Is conscious of the serious challenges that the Union is facing and fully assumes its responsibility in securing, in a timely manner, a budget that is commensurate to the needs, expectations and concerns of EU citizens; stands ready to enter immediately into negotiations with the Council, in order to improve the Commission proposals and build a more ambitiouseconomic restrictions experienced in several Members States and assumes its responsibility to enter into negotiations with the Council, in order to build a more efficient, transparent and performance- based MFF;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 13

13. ~~Reconfirms its formal position~~Asks that the level of the 2021- 2027 MFF should be ~~set at EUR 1 324,1 billion in 2018 prices, representing 1,3 % of the EU-27 GNI, in order to ensure the necessary level of fu~~lower compared to the level of the current MFF, and in~~g for key EU policies that will enable them to fulfil their mission and objectives~~ any case it should not exceed the 1% of the EU-27 GNI;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 14 – point xv

xv. ~~Reinstate at least the 2020~~Decrease the level for all agencies;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 16

16. Intends to defend the Commission proposal on securing a sufficient level of funding for a strong, efficient and high- quality European public administration at the service of all Europeans; recalls that, during the current MFF, the EU institutions have implemented a 5% reduction in staff and believes that they should not be subject to any further reduction that would jeopardise directly the delivery of Union policiesRegrets the outrageous increase (around 20%) of the EU’s administrative expenditure, which does not take also in account the economic restrictions experienced in several member states either;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 26

26. Stresses the importance of the new sanction mechanism whereby Member States that do not respect the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) shall be subject to financial consequences; warns, however, that final beneficiaries of the Union budget shall in no way be affected by the disregarding from their government towards fundamental rights and the rule of law; therefore underlines that measures shall not affect the obligation of government entities or of Member States to make payments to final beneficiaries or recipientsRefuses and deplores any attempt to use political or economic conditionality for EU funds, as it will be under the new Heading II; considers it as a further attack against European Nations and their freedom and independence;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 31

~~31. Welcomes, in this context, as an important step towards a more ambitious reform, the Commission’s set of proposals adopted on 2 May 2018 on a new system of own resources;~~deleted

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 34

34. ~~Requ~~Suggests th~~e extension of~~at, instead of extending the list of potential new own resources, th~~at could include a share of a digital tax, to be presented in the years to come, as well as further consideration of the Financial Transaction Tax~~e European Union should proceed to rationalize its excessive administrative expenses, to cut all its wastes such as the EEAS and to evaluate if some funds could be managed more efficiently at national level, in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 36

36. ~~Calls on the~~Rejects the proposed introduction of oth~~er revenue of which the allocation to the EU budget cannot be put into question: - fees link~~ree new EU own resources based on Emissions Trading System, Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base and a national contribution calculated ton the ~~implementation of mechanisms in direct re~~amount of non-recycled plasti~~on with the EU, such as the ETIAS system; - fines paid by companies for breaching the Union’s rules or fines for late payments~~c packaging waste, which will ultimately lead to further taxation of businesses and increased tax pressure ofn c~~ontributions; - financing a new investment stabilisation mechanism;~~itizens; Seigniorage, for the purpose of

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. Recalls that no European authority is entitled to collect taxes in the name of national taxpayers;

2018/10/18
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) Recalls that Member States are responsible for their fiscal policies, and underlines that the power to levy taxes lies at the heart of Member States’ sovereignty; underlines therefore the fact that no European authority is entitled to collect taxes in the name of national taxpayers.

2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) ~~Rules~~MFF should be laid down for other situations that may require the MFF to be adjusted. Those adjustments may be related to the delayed adoption of new rules or programmes under shared management, or to measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States adopted in accordance with the relevant basic actsperiodically be adjusted in order to respond to a real, continuous and effective spending review aimed to prevent wastes of national taxpayers’ money.

2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

(9a) Excludes the use of any form of conditionality to turn the financing under the cohesion policy into a political blackmail instrument.

2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7 – title

~~Adjustments related to measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States~~deleted

2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG

2018/0166R(APP)

Stanisław ŻÓŁTEK, André ELISSEN, Marco ZANNI

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7

In the case of the lifting, in accordance with the relevant basic acts, of a suspension of budgetary commitments concerning Union funds in the context of measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the amounts corresponding to the suspended commitments shall be transferred to the following years and the corresponding ceilings of the MFF shall be adjusted accordingly. Suspended commitments of year n may not be entered in the budget beyond year n+2.deleted

2018/10/23
Committee: BUDG

2018/0136(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2018/11/09
Committee: BUDG CONT

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the two arms of the budgetary authority must endeavour to avoid taking any decision on the 2019 budget that could hinder the setup of ~~an ambitious~~the future MFF;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas following the December 2017 agreement to launch its second phase of negotiations, the Brexit process should not have a direct impact on the 2019 budget; whereas Brexit, set for March 2019, would nevertheless impactBrexit should be not used as a trigger for reinforcing the revenue side onf the ~~positions of different actors~~EU budget;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

~~D. whereas support for populist and extremists movements in all Member States has been rising and has often led to misleading information about the EU and its budget;~~deleted

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas years of austerity policies imposed by the EU Institutions have reinforced the mistrust of citizens towards the EU, which has been unable to solve their problems;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the ~~slow recovery from the~~ consequences of the financial, economic and social crisis, combined with the wrong policies imposed by the EU, hasve fallen short of influencing positively the day-to-day lives of EU citizens, while social inequalities keep on growing;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that~~, contrary to populist narrative,~~ EU citizens expect the Union to do more, and to protect them from the consequences of global competition, climate change and international security threats; believes that in order to fulfil these expectations, the EU must, within the remit of its competences, perform better, so as to narrow the gap in living standards between EU citizens, to prepare the European economy and EU citizens to face up to the challenge of digitalisation, to manage migration flows, and to put an end to various kinds of discrimination, such as discrimination against women or LGBTI people, while fully adhering to the EU 2020 strategy and UN Sustainable Development Goalsbudget to be more efficient, transparent, performance-based and with concrete reductions of the administrative expenditures and wastes of money;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to guarantee the full respecting of the subsidiarity principle;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcomes the fact that, at the strong request of Parliament, the result of the conciliation on the 2018 EU budget was to~~Regrets the increase of the ~~originally proposed specific~~ allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) ~~by EUR 116.7 million of fresh appropriations, bringing its total amount to EUR 350 million in 2018; expects the 2019 budget to demonstrate great~~, which failed the ambition to fight youth unemployment;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Recalls that~~Deplores the prolongation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) guarantee fund has been financed partly at the expense of Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); reiterates Parliament’s long-standing position that any new initiatives should be financed by new appropriations, which failed to accomplish the promises to guarantee growth and to tackle unemployment, leading to a useless waste of taxpayers' money;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the Member States’ recent commitment to a renewed EU defence agenda, which seeks to enhance both hard and soft power, and considers it to be in line with the concerns of citizens, in the light of rising global instability that is exacerbated by new types of threats; supports the recent Commission initiative to launch the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, as a first stage of the European Defence FundRefuses any attempt to use the EU budget for defence or military related expenditures;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Expects the negotiat~~Asks for a complete revisions onf the ~~2019 budget to lead to realistic operational and administrative fund~~role of the European agencies questioning oif the ~~EU agencies, enabling them to accomplish their growing tasks of fighting organised crime, terrorism and border management~~ir tasks and objectives could not be better accomplished by existing Directorates-General of the European Commission or by Member States in order to prevent duplication of roles and costs and also improving transparency;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Believes that both the EU and the Member States should demonstrate solidarity towards migrants arriving in Europe in facing up to this challe~~Underlines the failure of European policies on preventing migration flows and human traffickinge; believes that EU agencies and policies involved in or relating to the management of migration flows should be adequately financed to meet this challenge and that the EU, in order to mitigate the cost in the long term and by acting in a manner befitting its values, should also demonstrate solidarity in creating conditions for peace and prosperity in the countries of origin by placing greater emphasis on development policies; recalls that the redeployment of funding from development to securitrecognizes that, in spite of the mobilization of significant budgetary means in the last financial years to address the migration and refugee crisis, a solution still has not been found; reiterates its concerns about the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) in the management of the effects of the migratory and dref~~ence objectives must be avoided~~ugee crisis;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2286(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Asks not to increase the commitment appropriations in the Budget of the European Union until a definitive solution on the stabilisation of the backlog of outstanding payment claims is defined;

2018/02/06
Committee: BUDG

2017/2217(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Expresses serious concerns over~~Takes note of the payment surplus of EUR 7 719,7 million~~; is particularly astonished by the situation of European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds in subheading 1b, where the Member States, in their July submission, revised downward~~, meaning that "Union support" is not considered as a priority by Member States; asks their reforecasts for payment claims by EUR 5,9 billion due to continued delays in the implementation of the programmes, thereby preventing many potential projects and beneficiaries from Union support; also deplores that the Member States failed to launch their national programmes for the Asylum and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Internal Security Fund (ISF) at the expected pace and to properly implement the schemes for the relocation of refugees, resulting in a EUR 287,6 million cut in heading 3 for a reduction of the Union budget, taking into account the low level of implementation of several Union programmes;

2017/11/20
Committee: BUDG

2017/2217(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets the delays in the disbursement of Union funds in the pre- accession and neighbouring countries, which result in a significant reduction in payments (EUR -702,2 million) at a time when they would be most needed; acknowledges the unpredictable environment in which the Union is sometimes called on to operate; invites the Commission to take the necessary measures, including via increased policy dialogue and technical assistance, in order to prevent such delays;deleted

2017/11/20
Committee: BUDG

2017/2217(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Deplores again~~Underlines that amounts recovered from the under-implementation of Union programmes and from fines under the Union’s competition policy are destined to reduce Member States’ GNI contributions instead of being used for the funding of Union priorities; highlights that DAB 6/2017 generates a reflow of GNI contributions of EUR 9 829,6 to Member States on top of the reflow of EUR 6 405 million already approved in Amending Budget 2/2017; draws attention to the fact that the disagreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority as regards spending of the 2018 Union budget, after Parliament’s reading and at the beginning of the conciliation period, amounts to merely EUR 3 619,8 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 2 182,4 million in payment appropriations;

2017/11/20
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Suggests that, instead of raising its revenues, the European Union should proceed to rationalising its excessive administrative expenses, to cutting all its wastes such as the EEAS and to evaluating if some funds could be managed more efficiently at national level, in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that Member States are responsible for their fiscal policies, and underlines that the power to levy taxes lies at the heart of Member States’ sovereignty; recalls therefore the fact that no European authority is entitled to collect taxes in the name of national taxpayers;

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that the national contributions to the EU budget are clearly identified on the expenditure side of national budgets and are often perceived as a financial burden, outweighing the benefits triggered by areas of EU expenditure that are often less visible; stresses, in this regard, the need to address the lack of public awareness on the benefits of the EU budgetpresent a clear financial burden;

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Expects that, without prejudice to the financial settlement, the consequences of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU will represent an important challenge also for the next MFF and all related budgetary decisions; ~~considers that, ahead of a decis~~in any case, refuses and deplores any manipulation onf the ~~post-2020 MFF, options will need to be examined for bridging the ‘Brexit gap’ while excluding a decrease in EU~~ United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) as a trigger for reinforcing the revenue side of the budget, since this will ultimately lead to further taxation of businesses and increased tax presosurce on citizens;

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Supports the proposal made by~~Reject the ~~Pres~~identa of ~~the Commission, Jean- Claude Juncker, for the creation of~~a specific budget for the Eurozone, which would mean a s~~pec~~ignific line dedicated to the euro area within the EU budget, included in his ‘state of the union’ speech to the European Parliament and further developed in the Commission communication of 6 December 2017 on new budgetary instruments for a stable euro area within the Union framework;11 _________________ 11ant breakup between the countries that adopt the single currency and those who kept their national currency, leading to further cuts in national democratic sovereignty over technocratic architecture; COM(2017)0822

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Is in favour of setting a uniform levy rate (1 % to 2 %) on the revenue from the reformed VAT collected entirely by Member State administrations as a Union own resource; believes that such a system could provide significant and stable receipts for the EU at limited administrative cost;deleted

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

~~39. Calls therefore for the creation of a new own resource for the Union budget, to be calculated on the basis of Member States’ revenue from tax levied on companies subject to the CCCTB;~~deleted

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

~~50. Reiterates its conviction that only common energy or environmental taxes at EU level can ensure fair competition among businesses and the proper functioning of the single market;~~deleted

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59

59. Reiterates its long-standing position that any revenue resulting from fines imposed on companies for breaching EU competition law or linked to late payments of national contributions to the EU budget should constitute extra revenue for the EU budget without entailing a corresponding reduction in GNI contributions;deleted

2018/01/31
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the MFF 2014-2020 quickly proved its inadequacy in meeting actual needs and political ambitions, as, from the outset, it was called upon to address a series of crises and new challenges in the areas of investment, migration and refugees, youth employment, security, agriculture and the environment, which had not been anticipated at the time of its adoption; whereas, as a result, the current MFF had already been pushed to its limits after only two years of implementation as available margins had been exhausted, flexibility provisions and special instruments had been mobilised to a substantial extent, existing policies and programmes had been put under pressure or even reduced, and some off-budget mechanisms had been created as a way of compensating for the insufficient level of the EU budgeand the European Union budgetary policy proved their inefficiency in meeting actual needs in the areas of investment, migration and refugees, youth employment, security, agriculture and the environment;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the discussion about the next MFF as an opportunity to prepare the ground for a stronger Europe through one of its most tangible instruments, the Union budget; believes that the next MFF should be embedded in a broader strategy and narrative for the future of Europeimplement a severe and concrete rationalization of the EU budgetary policy to cut all the wastes and privileges linked to the EU’s administrative expenditure, taking into account all the economic restrictions imposed and experienced in several Member States;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the next MFF provides an opportunity for the Union to demonstrate that it stands together and is able to address political developments such as Brexit, the rise of nationalist movements and changes in global leadership; underlines that divisions and self-centredness are not an answer to global iRefuses and deplores any attempt of exploitation of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) in order to reinforce the revenue side of the budget which will ultimately lead to further taxation of businessues and to ~~citizens’ concerns; considers that the Brexit negotiations, in particular, show that the benefits of being a Union member greatly outweigh the cost of contributing to its budget~~an increase of the tax pressure on the citizens;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Union to assume its role in two emerging policy areas with internal and external dimensions, which have appeared in the course of the current MFF: on the one hand, by developing a comprehensive asylum, migration and integration policy and addressing the root causes of migration and displacement in third countries and on the other hand, by providing security to European citizens and promoting stability abroad, notably by pooling research efforts and capabilities in the area of defencReiterates its concern regarding funding under the EU budget and its role in supplying concrete answers for the needs of citizens and the growing difficulties they are facing, such as unemployment, economic recession, poverty, the migration crisis and security threats; underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to guarantee full respect for the subsidiarity principle;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Highlights that the future framework is expected to integrate two new types of financial support featuring~~Underlines that EFSI failed both in re-launching investments and in supporting SMEs, promvinently on the Union’s economic agenda, namely the continuation of the investment support schemes, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investment, and the development of a fiscal capacity for the euro area and of financial stabilisation functions, possibly through the proposed Europeg itself a waste of public funds; believes that the only way to support growth and fight unemployment is to give back to Member States all their fiscal and monetary powers, overcoming the disastrous effects caused by the Economic and Monetary ~~Fund~~Union;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Believes that a stronger and a more ambitious Europe can only be achieved if it is provided with reinforced financial means; calls, in the light of the above-mentioned challenges and priorities, and taking into account the UK’s withdrawal from the Union, for a significant increase of the Union’s budget; estimates the required MFF expenditure ceilings at 1.3 % of the GNI of the EU-27, notwithstanding the range of instruments to be counted over and above the ceilings;deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Is convinced that, unless the Council agrees to significantly increase the level of its national contributions to the EU budget, the introduction of new EU own resources remains the only option for adequately financing the next MFF;deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. ~~Calls, in particular, for a substantial increase in the financial envelope of the Flexibility Instrument of up to an annual allocation of at least EUR 2 billion; r~~Recalls that the Flexibility Instrument is not linked to any specific policy field and can thus be mobilised for any purpose that is deemed necessary; considers, therefore, that this instrument can be mobilised to cover any new financial needs as they occur during the MFF;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Points to the role of the Emergency Aid Reserve in providing a rapid response to specific aid requirements for third countries for unforeseen events, and stresses its particular importance in the current context; ~~calls for a substantial increase in its financial envelope of up to an annual allocation of EUR 1 billion;~~

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Considers that the Contingency Margin should be maintained as an instrument of last resort; stresses that this is a special instrument that can also be mobilised for payment appropriations only, and that its mobilisation was instrumental in responding to the 2014 payment crisis; ~~calls, therefore, for an upward adjustment of its maximum annual allocation to 0.05 % of EU GNI; considers, however, that no compulsory offsetting for it being mobilised should apply;~~

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9

~~Revenue – special reserve~~deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Reiterates its long-standing position that any revenue resulting from fines imposed on companies for breaching EU competition law or linked to late payments of national contributions to the EU budget should constitute an extra item of revenue for the EU budget without a corresponding decrease of the GNI contributions;deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Calls, to this end, for a special reserve to be established on the revenue side of the EU budget, which will be progressively filled up by all types of unforeseen other revenue; considers that this reserve should be deployed in order to cover additional payment needs, especially those linked to the mobilisation of the Global Margin for Commitments or the MFF special instruments;deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Agrees that ~~the search for European added value~~subsidiarity should be one of the main principles guiding the EU institutions when deciding about the type of spending in the next MFF; points out, however, the existence of multiple interpretations of the concept and calls for a clear definition of the criteria thereof that should take territorial specificities into account;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Considers that better spending~~, i.e.~~ and the efficient use of every single euro of the EU budget, can be achieved not only by directing EU resources towards actions with the highest European added value and the greatest increase in the performance of the EU’s policies and programmes, but also by achieving greater synergies between the EU budget and the national budgets, and by ensuring the tangible improvement of the spending architec should be the main priorities for the next MFF; rejects any further waste of public funds and calls for complete transparency for EU citizens when it comes to EU expenditure;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Reiterates, therefore, its long- standing position that the European Development Fund, alongside other instruments outside the MFF, should be integrated into the Union budget; underlines, however, that their respective financial envelopes should be added on top of the agreed MFF ceilings so that the budgetisation of these instruments has no detrimental impact either on their financing, or on other EU policies and programmes; welcomes, in principle, the proposal to incorporate the European Stability Mechanism in the Union’s finances in the form of a European Monetary Fund, without prejudice to its future design;deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72

72. Reiterates its strong commitment to EFSI that aims at mobilising EUR 500 billion in new investment in the real economy under the current MFF; believes that EFSI has already delivered a powerful and targeted boost to economic sectors that are conducive to sustainable growth and jobs; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to put forward a legislative proposal for the continuation and improvement of this investment scheme under the new MFF; stresses that any legislative proposal should be based on the conclusions of a Commission review and independent evaluation;deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84

84. Emphasises in particular the continuous need to fight unemployment, especially among young people~~, and calls, therefore, for a doubling of the Youth Employment Initiative envelope in the next programming period~~; considers that investment to boost education and training, especially the development of digital skills, remains one of the top priorities ~~of the EU~~;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86

86. Expects that in the post-2020 period, the European Union will move from crisis-management mode to a permanent, European policy in the field of asylum and migration; stresses that the actions in this field should be covered by a dedicated instrument, i.e. the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund; emphasises that the future fund, as well as the relevant Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies, must be equipped with an adequate level of funding for the whole of the next MFF to address the comprehensive challenges in this area; believes, furthermore, that the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) should be complemented by additional components tackling this issue under other policies, in particular by the cohesion funds and the instruments financing external actions, as no single tool could hope to address the magnitude and complexity of needs in this field; recognises, moreover, the importance of cultural, educational and sports programmes in integrating refugees and migrants into European societyreiterates its concerns about the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) in the management of the effects of the migratory and refugee crisis;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93

93. Believes that the next MFF must support the establishment of a European Defence Union; awaits, following the Commission’s announcements in this area, the relevant legislative proposals, including a dedicated EU defence research programme and an industrial development programme complemented by Member States’ investment in collaborative equipment; recalls that increased defence cooperation, the pooling of research and equipment and the elimination of duplications could lead to considerable efficiency gains, often estimated at around EUR 26 billion per year;deleted

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95 a (new)

95a. Calls for a severe and concrete reduction in the EU’s administrative expenditure, taking into account the economic restrictions experienced in several Member States;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2052(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 a (new)

96a. Asks for a complete revision of the role of the European agencies questioning if their tasks and objectives could not be better accomplished by existing Directorates-General of the European Commission or by Member States in order to prevent duplication of roles and costs and also improving transparency;

2018/02/01
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Note~~Regrets that the amount set aside for extraordinary investment and expenditure in 2018 is EUR 47,6 million, the same level as in 2017; considers that ~~the 2019 communication campaign ought to not be considered as extraordinary expenditure~~extraordinary expenditure should be used only as a last resort for exceptional occurrences;

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Observe~~Condemns the request ~~for 75% of~~to include in the 2018 preliminary draft estimates the appropriations for the communication campaign in preparation for the 2019 elections ~~have been included in the 2018 preliminary draft estimates because most of the contracts will be signed in 2018~~; deplores the waste of taxpayers' money in a propaganda campaign for the exclusive benefit of the Union system;

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~Communication campaign for the 2019 European elections~~deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the communication campaign as a helpful effort to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; underlines, however, that this campaign should be limited to explaining the role of the European Union and the Parliament;deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that in advance of the forthcoming 2019 European elections, preparatory work on the communication campaign is already due to begin this year; welcomes a shorter two year pre- election period for the communication campaign compared to the three year pre- election period for the 2014 European elections;deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers the total amount proposed for the communication campaign for the 2019 elections to be too high, with EUR 25 million of expenditure in 2018 and EUR 8,33 million in 2019; notes that a higher amount of financial commitments are required in 2018, nevertheless considers that the distribution of appropriations could be adjusted by lowering spending in 2018;deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Believes the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) should act on the recommendations from the evaluation of the 2014 European election campaign11 , and prioritise the collection of data for campaign projects, per unit, based on predefined key indicators in order to measure their impact; __________________ 11 Deloitte, December 2015 study.deleted

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. ~~Welcomes, in light of these reduction measures,~~Regrets the proposal to convert 50 permanent AST posts into 50 permanent AD posts~~, which has a negligent budgetary impact; notes in addition,~~; condemns moreover the proposal to convert three temporary AST posts into three temporary AD post’s in the President’s cabinet;

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. ~~Notes that~~Condemns the 2018 augmentation of the approp~~osed expenditure relating to political parties amounts to EUR 32,4 million and the proposed expenditure relating to~~riations for the funding of European political parties and European political foundations, reaching a global amount~~s to~~ of EUR ~~19,3 million, totalling EUR 51,8 million or 2,6% of the Parliament’s budget for~~51 770 000, which represents an increase of more than 250 % as compared to 20108;

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42 a. Questions the added value of the Parliament's information offices, taking into account, in particular, the huge increase in related expenditure as compared to budget 2017;

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Sees no added value in financially supporting the European Parliamentary Association;

2017/03/16
Committee: BUDG

2017/2022(BUD)