Activities of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections (A8-0014/2014 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Monika Hohlmeier) PT
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections (debate) PT
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Maintains that the 2015 budget, as regards the matters falling within the terms of reference of this committee, is cast in the same ideological mould as the EU now being built along federalist, neo- liberal lines, which is seeking to impose one governance model on all Member States, regardless of their specific nature and their level of development;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Notes that, accordingly, greater amounts are being allocated for analysis and control of the policies that the EU is imposing on its Member States;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Deplores the fact that the EU as such and coordination, supervision, and communication related to EMU in particular are accounting for a growing volume of expenditure, which is thus fuelling the propaganda machine – covering the European area and extending into non-EU countries – whose purpose is to disseminate the values of the current European model, even though these have already been rejected several times by referendum;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the European Parliament has strongly supported the creation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and believes that the Union needs to further improve the supervision at Union level; believes that, besides the ECB, the ESAs are a cornerstone of fully functioning financial markets in the Union and are essential for the economic recovery and the creation of jobs and growth in Europe, as well as for the prevention of future crises in the financial sector;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the cut of EUR 481 289 for the school milk programme and the cut of EUR 900 073 for the school fruit programme, as both programmes have proven to be useful and efficient within the Member States and considers this cut to be extremely inappropriate given the current crisis and levels of child malnutrition in the EU; asks to increase the fund for both programmes to previous levels; asks that both programmes are designed to be less bureaucratic and more user friendly;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Condemns the fact that greater amounts are being earmarked for international economic and financial affairs, or what is termed financial assistance, which follows the EU approach of encroaching on the sovereignty of nation-states, but is serving merely to impose structural reforms and open the door to multinationals;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that, faced with the financial crisis in the banking sector brought about by serious flaws in the workings of the market, the EU is responding with supervision by various agencies, in the hope that it can, by that shift, resolve inconsistencies inherent in the system;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the cut in funds to support beekeeping, as Parliament has consistently viewed beekeeping as a priority for the future of agriculture and for conservation of biodiversity;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a – new
Paragraph 15 a – new
15 a. Regrets the suggested cuts in rural development programmes. Asks the council to reconsider this given the current atmosphere given the ongoing increasing insecurity and depopulation in many rural communities;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 d – new
Paragraph 15 d – new
15 d. Calls on the council to use the money saved under 'enchancing public awareness of the Common Agricultural Policy' to increase the rural development budget.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes, however, that the response to the financial crisis in the banking sector, brought about by serious flaws in the workings of the market, is taking the form of supervision by various agencies, but the 2015 budget is completely overturning that approach by cutting the amounts earmarked for supervision, thus limiting the technical and human resources available to perform that task and creating an undoubted contradiction that is bound to cause confusion among the public about the EU’s real aims;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Objects to this budget, therefore, as it will not help to resolve any of the serious problems affecting the EU and its Member States and, indeed, constitutes a further stage in a policy that is causing the present economic stagnation, unemployment, and social inequalities.