6 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2017/2061(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with considerable concern the significant under-implementation of EUR 4 889 million in 2016, despite the fact that Amending budget No 4/2016 had already reduced the level of payment appropriations by EUR 7 284,3 million; points out that the very low implementation of payment appropriations in the area of cohesion (Heading 1b) is partially due to inaccurate forecasts by Member States and to delays in the designation of managing and certifying authorities at national level; insists on the necessity that all stakeholders honour their commitments and that policies thereof are fully implemented;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Observes that the adoption of Draft amending budget No 2/2017 will reduce the share of GNI contributions from Member States to the Union budget in 2017 by EUR 6 405 million; once more, urges Member States to use the opportunity of such a reflow to honour their pledges in relation to the refugee crisis and to match the Union contribution to Union trust funds and to the new European Fund for Sustainable Development1; as well as to carry on with their commitments with the Eastern Partnership; ____________________ 1 Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Fund for Sustainable Development and establishing the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund (COM(2016) 586 final).
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Observes that the adoption of Draft amending budget No 2/2017 will reduce the share of GNI contributions from Member States to the Union budget in 2017 by EUR 6 405 million; once more, urges Member States to use the opportunity of such a reflow to honour their pledges in relation to the refugee crisis and to match the Union contribution to Union trust funds and to the new European Fund for Sustainable Development1; ____________________ 1Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Fund for Sustainable Development and establishing the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund (COM(2016) 586 final).Eastern Partnership and Republic of Moldova;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to further encourage youth integration in the workforce as a mean to reduce social inequalities and promote sustainable development, by presenting swiftly its upcoming draft amending budgets for the Youth Employment Initiative and for the European Fund for Sustainable Development so that the Parliament and the Council process them rapidly, in line with the commitments taken as part of the outcome of the conciliation on the 2017 budget;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores in the context of this Draft amending budget that the Council has not yet approved the mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); reminds the Council that Parliament has undertaken all necessary steps to ensure a swift adoption of the MFF revision; asks the British government to lift its blockade on the vote in the Council as soon as possible; hopes that the reflow of financial resources to Member States will ease the upcoming negotiations on the settlement of financial obligations between the UK and the Union; highlights that any expenses incurred due to Brexit shall not affect existing commitments regarding, inter alia, cohesion policies and their correlative funding;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Further insists that all decisions on the Union’s budget shall be made with respect to the principles of accuracy, equilibrium and transparency and that European citizens must have a clear view and the possibility to have a say in the decisions impacting them;