10 Amendments of Julien SANCHEZ related to 2024/0252(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the increased payment needs for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), coupled with those for the Common Agricultural Policy in the Global Transfer (DEC 11/24), as a sign that programme implementation is gathering pace after a worryingly slow start in the 2021-2027 period; underlines that the EUR 2,9 billion increase for the ERDF, primarily for the STEP platform, reveals unpredictable budget management; regrets that such a significant amount was not foreseen from the outset, highlighting major shortcomings in the Commission’s planning;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the increased payment needs are almost entirely covered through revenue from fines and penalties, in particular the EUR 2,4 billion competition fine imposed on Google for antitrust infringements; expresses concern about the growing dependence on revenue from fines and penalties to fulfil payment appropriation requirements; notes that this opportunistic approach raises doubts regarding the long-term sustainability of a budget reliant on unpredictable income sources, such as the EUR 2,4 billion from competition fines;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the inclusion of revenue and expenditure budget lines for the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism; underlines the importance of sustained financial support to Ukraine in a context where financing under the Ukraine Facility and existing macro-financial assistance (MFA) arrangements falls short of needs;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the inclusion of revenue and expenditure budget lines for the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism; underlines the importance of sustained financial support to Ukraine in a context where financing under the Ukraine Facility and existing macro-financial assistance (MFA) arrangements falls short of needs; underlines that peace is the only viable and sustainable path to resolve the conflict; stresses the importance of a peaceful solution and calls on all parties to prioritise dialogue to reach a solid and lasting agreement;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the higher-than- budgeted salary adjustment for 2024, which impacts both remuneration and pensions, with a higher-than-forecast number of new pensioners in 2024 further pushing up pension costs; welcomes the fact that almost all additional costs across institutions have been covered through internal redeployments and that recourse to the Single Margin Instrument is therefore contained; notes with concern, however, the increase of EUR 68,5 million to cover salary and pension expenses, as a result of a salary adjustment that significantly exceeds forecasts;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that the salary adjustment also affects decentralised agencies, which have been struggling with inflation above the 2 % deflator by which their annual budgets increase and are particular insofar as staff and operating costs represent a large portion of their outgoings; welcomes the fact that agencies that could not find the resources through redeployments see a 1,7 % increase in the Union contribution; reiterates that the current treatment of decentralised agencies’ budgets as separate from administrative spending under Heading 7 of the MFF requires further reflection as part of the Commission’s preparations for the post- 2027 MFF; reiterates that decentralised agencies should prioritise optimising their expenditure rather than relying on budgetary adjustments for personnel expenses; stresses that any increase in the Union’s contribution should be an exceptional measure and not a systematic solution;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the increase in appropriations for European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) to cover rising costs and the corresponding decrease in appropriations for the European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA); recalls that the EUAA was reinforced as part of the mid- term revision of the MFF in order to enable it to cCommission has requested an increase in Frontex staffing to 30 000 agents and that it is therefore essential to implement the necessarry out new tasks in accordance with the Pameasures to achieve this goal; requests, on an experimental basis and for a duration of three years, that the correct ion Migration and Asylum; calls on the Commission to work closely with the agency to ensure that it is equipped to perform those new tasks and absorb the additional appropriations from 2025coefficient applied to Warsaw and Poland be set at 100, aligning it with that of Brussels; calls on the Commission to stop relying on Frontex’s vacancy rate to justify the lack of reinforcement, as this criterion is unsuitable given the specific nature of the agency’s operations, particularly with regard to the recruitment method for operational personnel in the European Standing Corps (Category 1 under EU public agent status); demands a staff increase for Frontex, equivalent to that of other decentralised agencies;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the additional appropriations for the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) in 2024 in the wake of the June 2024 cyber-attack on the agency; insists on the need for lessons to be learnt and for further technical support to be provided to other agencies by the Cybersecurity Service for the Union entities (CERT-EU),regrets, nevertheless, that the increase in funding for cybersecurity at the CEPOL results from a reactive management approach to cyber-attacks, highlighting the urgent need for a preventive strategy to ensure the security of all agencies’ infrastructures in view of the high cybersecurity threat;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the fact that, with the recast Financial Regulation now in force, it is possible to include negative revenue in the budget for the payment of compensatory interest in lost court cases; notes that the Commission is currently establishing the precise amount of such interest and calls on the Commission to provide this information to the budgetary authority as soon as possible in 2025; urges the Union to adopt a stricter policy of financial responsibility to reduce losses due to compensatory interest in cases of legal disputes, as such expenses could be avoided with better management of procedures and rigorous oversight;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. regrets the increasingly frequent use of the Flexibility Instrument established in Article 12 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093;