8 Amendments of Valentino GRANT related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas pursuant to Article 311 of the TFEU, the Union shall provide itself with the means necessary to attain its policy objectives and the budget shall be financed wholly from own resources;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists that the EU budget is vitalimportant to help Member States to respond to the challenges the Union isy are facing and reflects the degree of ambition of the Member States and the institutionssupplying concrete answers to the citizens’ needs; points out the need to avoid previous mistakes and emphasises that EU citizens expect the 2021 budget to be more efficient, transparent and performance-based, with concrete reductions in administrative expenditure and waste of money;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses, nevertheless, that the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, on which the safeguarding of our planet will depend, implies profound changes in the current free trade-based economic model ; calls, therefore, on the European Union to introduce smart protectionism, in particular by incorporating the environmental cost of the transport of goods into tariff barriers, in order to give an advantage to our local producers and to make consumers aware of their patterns of consumption;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates its position that commitment appropriations for the 2021- 2027 period should be set at EUR 1 324.1 billion in 2018 prices, which represents 1.3 not exceed 1% of the EU-27’s gross national income (GNI); reflecting this position, is determined to defendadopt a 2021 budget of EUR 192.1 billion in current priceswhich should not go beyond this ceiling (1% of GNI) in commitment appropriations (1.29% of GNI);
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls for the launch of an audit to establish the proportion of European funds that are earmarked to facilitate the reception and integration of illegal migrants in the Member States of the European Union;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that any funding to Turkey, a country that does not respect several of the basic principles of freedom and democracy, must be immediately stopped;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is determined to avoid a new payment crisis; reiterates that the overall payment ceiling must take into account the unprecedented volume of outstanding commitments at the end of 2020 to be settled under the next MFF; further notes that the focus of payment appropriations in 2021 will largely be on completion of 2014-2020 programmes; insists, however, that this should not hinder the launch of new programmes; calls, therefore, not to increase the commitment appropriations in the Budget of the European Union until a definitive solution on the stabilisation of the backlog of outstanding payment claims is found;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Underlines the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to ensure full respect for the principle of subsidiarity;