Activities of István SZENT-IVÁNYI related to 2008/2026(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Draft general budget 2009 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers it necessary to set up a crisis management and reconstruction fund for the heavily damaged conflict areas in Georgia in order to provide humanitarian aid, facilitate the return of refugees and the reconstruction of homes and critical infrastructure, and offer instruments to mitigate the negative impacts of the conflict on the economy of Georgia;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Expresses its regret that, once more, heading 4 has been under steady pressure since its available margins are not sufficient to finance priorities that have arisen in the course of the year without jeopardising its traditional priorities; reiterates its concerns that the funds available in this heading do not, as they stand, allow the Union to assume its role as a global player despite its various declarations of intent; askscalls on the Commission to present an evaluation of the situation regarding heading 4 in order to examine the Union's budgetary capacity to assume its role as a global partner within the constraints of the annual budgetary procedand the Council not to use the Flexibility Instrument or the Emergency Aid Reserve for programmable long-term activities and expects the ongoing mid-term review of the current MFF to provide additional resources but also in a multiannual contextfor the growing commitments under heading 4; fears that the Union's credibility in third countries may be irreversibly altered for the worse if, year after year, the budgetary authority is not able to provide the adequate financing to its political commitments;