Activities of Joachim KUHS related to 2022/2046(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, pursuant to Article 311 TFEU, the Union must provide itself with the means necessary to attain its objectives and carry through its policies as well as finance its budget wholly from own resources;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the central role that the EU budget plays in delivering on the Union’s political priorities, including making a success of the green and digital transitions, fostering an inclusive and social recovery, promoting growth, strategic autonomy and energy independence, providing support for small and medium-sized enterprises, fostering sustainable development that leaves no one behind and ensures cohesion and upward convergence, ensuring a more robust European Health Union in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, promoting the rule of law, EU values and fundamental rightsprotection of the EU budget, contributing to greater opportunities for all, and ensuring a stronger Union for its people and in the world;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that there is a clear consensus among the institutions that, in the wake of the unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine, the EU should provide the strongest possible social, economic and financial assistance to Ukraine, while addressing the economic and social consequences of the crisis within the Union and delivering the necessary support to its citizens; underlines, in this context, the shared Union goals of delivering on the European Green Deal and the digital transition, scaling up defence cooperation and coordination, improving its strategic autonomy and energy independence and security, ensuring food security, and addressing the challenges caused by high inflationof high inflation engendered by the monetary policy of the ECB in years of 2020 and 2021;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes the decision to grant Ukraine and Moldova candidate country status; emphasises that this decision entails a considerable, long-term financial and budgetary commitment to supporting the necessary reforms specific to each country, as has been the case with other candidate countries, as well as to reconstruction and recovery;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that essentialthe explosion of new policy initiatives put forward since the adoption of the current MFF have come with proposals to shift money away from key EU policies and objectivesignores budgetary principles such as efficiency and of budgetary equilibrium; reminds that according to the Article 17 of the Financial regulation "the Union and the Union bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 shall not raise loans within the framework of the budget";
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the MFF is increased annually on the basis of a 2 % deflator applied to 2018 prices; underlines that spiralling energy prices and extreme energy market volatility caused mainly by Russia’s decision to cut gas supply coupled with aggressive monetary policies of the ECB have been feeding soaring inflation, with severe impacts on citizens, businesses and consumers; is deeply concerned that such unexpectedly high levels of inflation are placing the MFF under severe strain and reducing its purchasing power further, in a context where its overall level is already lower than previous MFFs; stresses that, in practice, this means that fewer Union projects and actions can be funded, thereby negatively impacting beneficiaries;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Concludes that, in this context, the need for an urgent efficiency-driven review and revision of the MFF is beyond any doubt and that a ‘business as usual’ approach will not remotely suffice to tackle the array of challenges posed and could thereby undermine confidence in the Union in the long term;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that the unanimity requirement for adoption of the MFF Regulation impedes thes necessary to take decisions in the revision process; calls, in that regard, on the European Council to activate the passerelle clause set out in Article 312(2) TFEU to allow for adoption of the MFF Regulation by qualified majority;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Insists that the principle of unity, whereby all items of the Union’s revenue and expenditure are shown in the budget, is both a Treaty requirement and a basic precondition for accountability, democratic legitimacy and the transparency of the EU’s public finances; stresses the need for an upscaled MFF to ensure a stronger and more agileefficient EU budget which meets the highest standards of transparency and democratic accountability; requesprohibits, therefore, an increase in the MFF ceilings until the end of the current budgetary period, as well as requires an increase in and redesign of budgetary flexibilitybudgetary discipline and significantly greater parliamentary control over all EU spending, including off-budget instruments, funds and common borrowing and lending programmes;
Amendment 146 #
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that many of the policy ambitions recently stated – notably in the fields of energy and strategic and industrial autonomy – and the new policy initiatives since January 2021 (Chips Act, Secure Connectivity, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority) imply spending under Heading 1; opposes the use of agreed programme envelopes to finance new initiatives and believes that the margins are insufficient to accommodate the greater long-term needs; calls, therefore, for an increase in the cei reshuffling of Heading 1 priorities;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 20
Amendment 191 #
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Deplores the fact that, even prior to the war against Ukraine, funds available under Heading 6 were woefully inadequate and that pressure has since increased substantially; underlines that the continued funding for the needs of refugees from Syria, Iraq and other countries was not factored into the MFF or NDICI-Global Europe negotiations and should therefore have been financed by fresh appropriations with a corresponding increase in the ceiling ofcalls, therefore, to put on pause programmes targeting the refugees from Syria, Iraq and other countries given the scarcity of the resources under the Heading 6; highlights that, owing to the risk of default on MFA loans provided to Ukraine, a far higher rate of provisioning than the standard 9 % is likely to be required as further loans are rolled out; underlines that additional needs in Ukraine must notwill potentially lead to money being diverted away from other geographic regions in need; insists, therefore, on an increase in the ceiling forreshuffling of the Heading 6 to fully cover the current and projected future needs of the Union’s external action, which have dramatically increased both in neighbouring countries and worldwide as a result of the food, energy and economic crises;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Underlines that many of the shortcomings and inadequacies in the current MFF are inherent in driven by the inflated appetites logic and deof the European Commissigon, whermeanwhile predictability of spending drives decisions on structureis violated on and amounts and curbs flexibilitynnual basis;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on the Commission, furthermore, to begin a longer-term reflection on the EU budget post-2027 in the light of evolving spending needs and building on the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe with respect to own resources and the budget; insists that the successor to the current MFF be equipped to deal fully and flexibly with a range of policy priorities and spending needs and to ensure resilience in the event of crises;