Activities of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2024/0089(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2024 of the European Union for the financial year 2024 entering the surplus of the financial year 2023
Amendments (6)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, with Draft amending budget 2/2024, the annual GNI lump-sum reductions enjoyed by Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Austria amount to around EUR 5,4 billion net; whereas margins and flexibility in the Union budget remain very tight despite the revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the introduction of the new EURI Instrument to underwrite increased borrowing costs for the European Union Recovery Instrument; whereas it is deeply concerned about the impact of the inherent uncertainty for the European Union Recovery Instrument interest line; whereas the annual GNI lump-sum reductions coincide with NGEU borrowing costs that are much higher than forecast;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the Guidelines for the 2025 Budget - Section III reiterate that EURI borrowing costs should have been placed fully in a EURI special instrument over and above the MFF ceilings with a view to restoring some margin within Heading 2b and protecting budgetary space in the Flexibility and Single Margin Instruments;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the budgetary needs are increasing but annual budgets and programmes are significantly reduced, and margins limited or equal to zero;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the surplus reduces the total contribution of Member States to the financing of the 2024 budget at a time when financing needs remain high and space within the Union budget extremely limited; underlines that the surplus should stay within the EU annual budget in order to deal with the current challenges faced by the Union and cover the new priorities set at Union level;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the Union needs budgetary discipline in the following years to be able to cope with unforeseen events and major provocations; highlights that, over recent years, the Union has only added new political priorities, while keeping the same budgetary resources;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls its position on the amended Commission proposals, which endorse the introduction of new own resources; considers that the introduction of fresh genuine revenue sources, in line with the roadmap for the introduction of new own resources set out in Annex II of the IIA, would serve to cover the additional budgetary burden arising from NextGenerationEU borrowing and would thereby shield the margins and flexibility mechanisms, which in turn would facilitate budgetary decision-making on unforeseen needs as well as new strategic foresight initiatives; urges, furthermore, the Commission to continue its efforts to identify fresh, new and preferably genuine own resources and other revenue sources for the EU budget beyond the IIA;