3 Amendments of Philip BRADBOURN related to 2011/2206(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Grants the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee/Postpones discharge in respect of the implementation of the Economic and Social Committee budget for the financial year 2010;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EESC, as a body designed to offer privileged access to the Union's legislative and policy-making processes, to fund its activities by means of subscription for those few bodies that have secured representation;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates the call made in its resolution1 on discharge to the EESC for the financial year 2009 to undertake with urgency a comprehensive spending review of all areas of activity to ensure all expenditure is delivering value for money in order to identify savings which will reduce the pressure on the budget in this period of austerity; calls on the EESC to adopt the principle of zero-based budgeting to identify savings, rather than simply adding a nominal percentage increase for inflation to existing budgets during each budget cycle; 1 OJ L 250, 27.9.2011, p.98.