13 Amendments of Roberts ZĪLE related to 2022/2172(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine has led to a major humanitarian crisis and has triggered an enormous economic and social shock of uncertain duration worldwide;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine has led to a major humanitarian crisis and has triggered an enormous economic and social shock of uncertain duration worldwide;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reminds that direct taxation remains the sole prerogative of individual member states, subject to the fundamental freedoms fixed in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and that Article 311 TFEU provides no basis that would give the EU any powers of taxation;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Expresses its concerns about the excessively regressive impact of the ETS- based own resource in low-income and carbon-intensive Member States; considers therefore the ETS-based own resource very problematic from the perspective of social sustainability;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Is worried of additional EU own resources. Reminds instead of the fact that member states are closer to the citizens and thereby allow better democratic accountability for the EU budget;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes with concern that Next Generation EU, which was supposed to be an extraordinary one-off, has established a precedent by which the cost of future crises are moved to EU-level;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Notes with concern that the EU raising additional revenue by way of taxation will diminish the 'power of the purse' currently in the hands of Member States;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Reminds that the Commission has stated that the unforeseen needs created by war in Europe are well beyond the means available in the current multiannual financial framework, necessitating better prioritization of existing EU funds;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Regrets that the Commission has not presented an alternative repayment solution instead of the introduction of new EU taxes;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Underlines that a joint borrowing may not poses threat to the underlining EU fabric particularly in respect to the subsidiarity and the exclusive competences of the Member States;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that the current way in which the EU budget is financed subjects it to national budgetary constraints, thus leading to undue downward pressure on its – already modest – overall volume and a ‘Considers it unlikely that establishing new sources of financing will succeed in eliminating the 'juste retour’' logic that does not reflect the solidarity principle at the core of EU integration; believes that this structure is one of the maibecause the offsetting of new own resources against the GNI-based own reasons preventing the EU from fulfilling all its tasks effectively; is very concerned by the slow progress in the modernisation of the own resources system since the creation of the European Communitiurce would immediately raise the issue of burden-sharing among the member states;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to cease all funding from the EU-budget of Islamism and organisations with ties to Islamism as well as campaigns glorifying or legitimizing the Hijab;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises the merits ofAcknowledges that the GNI- based own resource in view of its reliable balancing function; notes the endurhas proved to be a reliable, transparent, and fair source of funding; predominance of the share of national contributions in the own resources system, now amounting to approximately 80 %; points out the modest share of traditional and genuine own resources, especially customs duties, which stands at around 13 % todoints out that the fact that the member states themselves can decide how to raise the money for their EU contributions is in line with the subsidiarity principle and ensures that taxes are collected in an effective way;