Activities of Pierre LARROUTUROU related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021
Amendments (1)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. In order to finance this budget, reminds that, as expressed in its legislative resolution of 16 September 2020, the new categories of own resources should be introduced as of 2021 and that any amounts generated by new own resources beyond the level necessary to cover the repayment obligations of the NGEU in a given year should remain in the Union budget as general revenue notably to top-up the 15 EU flagship programmes as of 2021 accompanied by the corresponding rise of the MFF ceilings; asks, in order to fulfil these objectives, for the introduction of a basket of new own resources and especially for the urgent adoption of those of the new own resources which are the most advanced in terms of technical preparation (directive proposal and impact assessment ready), and which can generate the highest volume of revenues ; Underlines that, as expressed in its report on SEIP adopted on 16 October 2020 in BUDG-ECON, the new own resource which meets these 2 criteria is a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) which, based on the original Commission proposal from 2012 and taking into account Brexit and economic growth, could raise up to 57bn EUR/year ; reiterates, in that connection, its call to all Member States to join the enhanced cooperation framework on the FTT ; Reminds that, since 2018, Parliament has reiterated several times that It will not give its consent for the MFF without an agreement on the reform of the EU’s own resources system ; Stresses that in 2020, in order to answer the climate, health and social crises, there is a need to fill an investment gap of 600bn € per year, as assessed by the European Commission and as recalled by the EP’s SEIP report ; adds therefore that Parliament will not give its consent to the 2021 Budget without a decision by the Council on the FTT allowing for revenues and increased spending of at least 50bn EUR/year, or, at least, first a decision in enhanced cooperation on the FTT allowing for revenues and increased spending of at least 30bn EUR/year to be implemented at the latest on 1st January 2024.