Activities of Enrique CALVET CHAMBON related to 2017/2053(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the reform of the European Union’s system of own resources
Amendments (10)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the work of the High Level Group on Own Resources, and in particular the measures aimed at reducing the share of the GNI-based contribution, which is residual in nature; argues that this reduction should be compensated for by the use of the traditional and new genuine own resources;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that preference should be given to genuine, autonomous, transparent and fair European own resources, such as a tax based on the common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) and a contribution based on a drefinitive VAT systemormed European VAT system, which does not place a disproportionate burden only on income tax payers, thereby delivering a fairer system for European citizens with respect to the EU budget;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission intention to put forward a proposal on the creation of a dedicated euro area budget line within the EU budget providing for four functions: structural reform assistance, a stabilisation function, a backstop for the Banking Union, and a convergence instrument to give pre- accession assistance to Member States on their way to euro membership; Believes that a cohesion instrument is also needed.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Advocates the establishment of a budgetary capacity for the Eurozone with a dedicate budget line in the EU budget that would perform functions of macroeconomic stabilisation and bring aboutto safeguard investment and to prevent unemployment and insecurity and cushioning asymmetric shocks and incentives for Member States to conduct structural reforms to modernize their economies, taking into account the necessary economic and social convergence; considers, moreover, that this capacity should be financed through own resources specific to the euro area, such as a tax on financial transactions, a bank levy and a share of the ECB’s profits;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU should be able to issue zero-risk debt assets in order to offset the volatility in own resources’ revenues;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that all currently granted exceptions in form of rebates or corrective mechanisms should be abolished;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the creation of a dedicated euro area budget line within the EU budget to support the adoption of the euro by Member States not yet part of the euro area, but calls for it to be made separate from the Eurozone’s budgetary capacity; considers that the budgetary capacity of the Eurozone should be and excluded from ceiling calculations for commitments and payments under the multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the proposal to create the post, within the Commission, of European Finance Minister, who would be tasked with managing the budgetary and fiscal capacity and ensuring full democratic accountability of the EU’s economic governance;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Supports the transformation of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) into a European Monetary fund based on EU law;