1 Amendments of Ernest MARAGALL related to 2014/2224(BUD)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Without prejudge the opinions of the High Level Group on Own Resources, it must be stated that "own resources" means that they are not Member States' resources but EU resources; the Member States collect them for the EU and therefore should not include them in their revenues, neither its transference to the EU account as expenses; the Member States are not contributors to the EU but collectors following the Treaties and they are net recipients through the EU programs that they implement;