4 Amendments of Paul TANG related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the Union is currently facing a number of serious emergencies, notably the unprecedented migration and refugee crisis; is convinced that the necessary financial resources need to be deployed in the Union budget, in order to match the political challenges and allow the Union to deliver and effectively respond to those crises, as a matter of utmost urgency and priority; considers that extraordinary times require extraordinary measures and that a strong political commitment is needed to secure fresh appropriations for this purpose; underlines, in this regard, that solidarity is an underlying principle of the Union budget; is concerned that, in the refugee crisis, solidarity appears in an uneven way across Member States; asks the Commission to come up with a proposal on how the Union budget can prompt Member States towards a more balanced approach to solidarity;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of fully respecting the joint statement on a payment plan 2015-2016 agreed between Parliament, Council and Commission, following the shared commitment to reduce the backlog of outstanding payment claims for the 2007-2013 cohesion programmes to around EUR 2 billion by the end of 2016 and to avoid any future build-up of such an unsustainable backlog; calls on the Commission and the Council to engage in a fundamental conversation on the causes of the backlog, leading towards concrete proposals that address the dynamics that create recurring payment problems; considers, for this reason, that the frontloading of EUR 1 billion in 2016 for Greece should be financed by additional appropriations within the MFF payments' ceiling; stresses its long-standing position that payments deriving from commitments mobilised under the Flexibility Instrument are counted over and above that ceiling;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Restores all cuts proposed by Council to the DB (EUR 563,6 million in commitments and EUR 1 421,8 million in payments); regrets the tendency of the Council to consider the budget as a financial item added as a burden to national budgets, and to disregard the Union added value of Union expenditure; fails to understand the reasoning behind the proposed cuts, for example those to Horizon 2020 and CEF, two programmes already affected by redeployments to EFSI, and to development and neighbourhood policies, especially in light of recent events; contests, in any event, Council’'s declared intention to target budget lines with a low execution rate or absorption capacity, as this is not substantiated by the actual implementation figures and ignores the varying implementation patterns of certain programmes;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Recalls that current efforts to manage the risk of an unsustainable backlog should be complemented by efforts that address the innate conflict between the Council on the one hand and the Parliament and Commission on the other hand; calls for ways to convert this tension in a more productive exchange of opinions; hopes that the openness to new attitudes and proposals will ultimately lead to structural changes that reflect the ambitions and concerns of both the Parliament and the Council;