Activities of Ingeborg GRÄSSLE related to 2017/2131(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
The situation in Hungary (debate) DE
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas in the 2007-2013 period, Hungary was allocated EUR 25,3 billion, and for the 2014-2020 period Hungary has been allocated EUR 25 billion under the cohesion and structural funds;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Union financial contribution for participants in Hungary is EUR 288,1 million under the FP7 and EUR 174,9 million under Horizon 2020;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Hungary had one of the highest absorption rates of Union funds among the Member States who joined the Union after 2004;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the Hungarian GDP has grown 16,1 % between 2004 and 2016, which is just slightly above the Union average and considerably lower than the growth rates of the other Visegrád countries (Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia);
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Worldwide Governance Indicators 2016 underline that Hungary has made steps backwards in the field of government effectiveness, rule of law and control of corruption;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Country Specificcil Recommendations of the Commission11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Hungary and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Hungary1a highlighted the need to improve the transparency of public finances and, to strengthen public procurement structures and the anti-corruption framework;transparency and competition in public procurement by implementing a comprehensive and efficient e-procurement system, and to strengthen the anti-corruption framework; _________________ 1a OJ C 261 9.8.2017, p. 71
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) was established in in the framework of enhanced cooperation between 21 Member States but Hungary decided not to participate in its establishment;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NCriticizes shortcomings in public procurement practices in Hungary; notes with concern that the share of contracts awarded after public procurement procedures that received only a single bid remains very high, at 36% in 2016, in Hungary, which is the second highest number in the Union; after Poland and Croatia (45 %)1a; requests information about the companies that act as single bidders in Hungary; demands an investigation on whether the tenders are made with the aim of earmarking contracts to certain companies; _________________ 1aSee Public procurement – a study on administrative capacity in the EU, p. 101 onwards
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that government effectiveness in Hungary has diminished since 19961b and that it is one of the Member States with the least effective governments in the Union; notes with concern that all Hungarian regions are well below the Union average in terms of quality of government; notes that the low quality of government in Hungary1c hinders economic development and reduces the impact of public investment; _________________ 1bSee Seventh report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, Quality of governance varies substantially in Europe, p. 137 1cSee Seventh report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, Map 6 European Quality of Government index, 2017
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that the regional innovation performance1d in the Hungarian regions is still only moderate; notes that Hungary has not yet reached the Europe 2020 target to invest 3 % of its GDP in Research and Development (R&D)1e; asks Hungary to foster growth and employment and to invest Union funds in innovation; _________________ 1dSee Seventh report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, Map 5 Regional innovation performance, 2017 1eSee Seventh report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, Map 6 European Quality of Government index, 2017
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Encourages Hungary to use Union funds to continue modernising its economy and to strengthen its support for SMEs; underlines the fact that in Hungary 30,24 % of the Union financial contribution under Horizon 2020 is for SME participants while the SME applicant success rate stands at 7,26 %, which is lower that the EU-28 SME applicant success rate; notes furthermore that the success rate for all applications dropped from 20,3 % (FP7) to 10,8 % (Horizon 2020), which ranks Hungary 26th for Horizon 2020;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores the fact that the Commission suspended the publication of the anti-corruption report; urges the Commission to change its decision and to regularly publish such a report;