8 Amendments of Jonás FERNÁNDEZ related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2020 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the priorities outlined in the European Semester, namely to deliver high-quality investment and reforms that increase productivity as well as sustainable and inclusive growth, continuing to ensure sound public finance macro-financial stability and sound public financeswhile safeguarding flexibility in the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact, and deepening the Single Market, as well as the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU);
Amendment 14 #
1a. Considers the 2020 budget should anticipate the announcement made by the designated European Commission President to refocus the European Semester into an instrument that integrates the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the EU budget should continue to support economic recovery in the European Union and provide sufficient resources to meet transnational challenges such as climate change and migration;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for adequately increased resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their new tasks; underlines that the ESAs should continue to increase their efficiency without compromising on the quality of their work with a focus on continuous re- deriving from the adoption of the revision of the Regulation establishing EASs 2017/0230(COD) ; underlines that the ESAs should continue to increase their efficiency via assessments of working methods and of effective use of human and financial resources; notes however that this will not be sufficient to cover the new tasks assigned by the revision of the Regulation establishing EASs 2017/0230(COD); emphasises that the ESAs must stick to the tasks and to the mandate assigned to them by the European legislator, including playing a central role in coordinating national competent authorities;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the recent revision of the European System for Financial Supervision concentrated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) powers related to the financial sector into the European Banking Authority (EBA); highlights that the revision strengthened the EBA’s mandate to ensure that all relevant authorities effectively and consistently supervise the risks of money-laundering and that they cooperate and share information; notes that in 2018 and according to the Reflection paper on possible elements of a Roadmap for seamless cooperation between Anti Money Laundering Supervisors and Prudential Supervisors in the European Union, the ESAs had only 2.2 full time equivalent units (FTE) working directly on AML issues, of which 1.8 FTE were at the EBA; notes that, according to the EBA and the European Commission , at least 10 additional FTEs would be required to allow the EBA to perform the AML supervision obligations recently attributed to the Authority by the new legislation;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that funding to accounting entities and tax authorities should continue, underlines the need to ensure adequate resources to support the Union action to fight aggressive tax planning, tax fraud and tax evasion; therefore worries about the Council’s proposal to reduce staff expenditure in the European Directorate General dedicated to taxation, while the implementation of recently adopted legislation is to be monitored and while a new international tax reform is on-going at both G20 and Inclusive Framework levels;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes the remaining lack of quantification of losses due to tax evasion and tax avoidance; deplores the lack of reliable and unbiased statistics on the magnitude of tax evasion and tax avoidance; stresses the urgent need for quality and transparent methodologies to allow for sound decision making on tax issues; therefore calls for the establishment of a Union tax observatory, a specialized and independent observatory on Union tax and financial crime;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that the 2020 budget should allocate more resources to the welcoming and support of refugees and migrants, particularly for Member States on the southern and eastern border of the Union and for those that are meeting their commitments in this regard;