12 Amendments of Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO related to 2008/2054(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the advances brought about by the Lisbon Treaty in the area of the democratic scrutiny and transparency of the Union’s finances; draws attention to the need to introduceenhance and adapt interinstitutional conciliation mechanisms and internal concilioperation procedures in order to enable Parliament to exercise its new powers to the full;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the fact that the Lisbon Treaty provides for a minimum financial programming overperiod of five years, so that, if the necessary changes are introduced, the MFF can be made to coincide with Parliament's parliamentary term and the Commission's term of office, as democratic logic requires; underlines that particular arrangements to cope with the needs of specific policies for longer-term financial periods could be required;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view, moreover, that at debates in plenary and hearings before the parliamentary committees the nominee for the post of President of the Commission and Commissioners-designate should already be in a position to provide details of the likely financial implications of the political objectives they new Commission intends to pursue during their terms of office;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises that the switch to five-year financial programming, as referred to above, necessitates the extension of the current MFF to 2016 inclusivefor two years, so that the next five-year MFF can come into force in early 201761; considers that this extension could be envisaged when the next mid- term review is carried out in 2010;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises, in that connection, the importance of strengthening flexibility mechanisms operating between each heading and through specific flexibility fundinstruments which can be mobilised outside the margins;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Draws attention to the need, in good time prior to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, for the institutions to reach agreement on the arrangements for making the transition from the current interinstitutional agreement to an MFF contained in a legislative act, as provided for in the Lisbon Treaty; recalls that a period of eight weeks is required for scrutiny by national parliaments of draft legislative acts;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Draws attention to the fact that the new procedure incorporates only a single reading of the draft budget by each institution; emphasises that the new procedure and the single reading will no longer make it possible in de facto terms for the institutions to adjust their standpoints at second reading, as they were able to hitherto; is convinced, therefore, that this procedure will require Parliament to fincorporate a 'quality blueprint' (e tune its political priorities at an earlier stage and adapt accordingly its operational approach and organisational arrangements which enable it to achieve all the objectives set) into its working methods;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Takes the view that in future its resolution on the Commission's draft budget (adopted in July at the latest)before the first conciliation meeting will take on increased importance, since it will enable Parliament formally to set out its budgetary priorities for the coming financial year, unencumbered by tactical considerations linked to the Council's position on the draft budget; takes the view that that resolution will thus give the other institutions a clear picture of Parliament's priorities before the interinstitutional negotiations start; adds that this will also be the appropriate juncture for Parliament to take political decisions concerning the pilot projects and preparatory actions;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Emphasises that, without prejudice to the political nature of the procedure for the appointment of its members by the political groups, Parliament'’s delegation to the Conciliation Committee must necessarily be headed by the chairman of the Committee on Budgets and incorporate, if required and without prejudice to the political nature of the procedure for the appointment of its members by the political groups, in addition to the members of that committee, members of the specialist parliamentary committees whose work has significant budgetary implicin case a specific issue within their policy area is subject to the negotiations;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Points out, moreover, that the Lisbon Treaty extends to all Union institutions the obligation to enforce budgetary discipline; points out that Parliament's Rules of Procedure already lay down a specific procedure designed to ensure that that principle is observed; takes the view that this procedure will have to be made more workable and effective; calls on its committee responsible to review the Rules of Procedure in the light of these considerations;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Regards it as vital that the institutions should reach a political agreement on these matters before the end of 2008in due time so that, once the Lisbon Treaty has entered into force, the requisite changes to the Financial Regulation can quickly be made using the new procedure and, if needed, provide for provisional agreements to allow the smooth continuation of the budgetary procedure;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Calls on the Commission to put forward without delayin due time a proposal which enables Parliament and the Council to reach agreement on the application of the identification criteria referred to in paragraph 47 to the substance of the current interinstitutional agreement;