Activities of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2024/0252(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 5/2024 of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
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; highlights the key role of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in combatting fraud and protecting the Union’s financial interests;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Reiterates, in this respect, the need for long-term sustainable revenue for the Union budget, which has been severely stretched to respond to various crises in recent years; deplores, therefore, the absence of progress in the Council on the reform of the own resources system in line with the roadmap in the Interinstitutional Agreement; recalls its position in support of the amended Commission proposals and urges the Council and the Member States to adopt those proposals swiftly in order to increase the own resources available to the Union budget; recalls its long-standing position that fines and fees must be used as supplementary revenue for the Union budget;
Amendment 9 #
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 MFFrequires further reflection;
Amendment 12 #
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 reinforcedwelcomes the reinforcement of the EUAA as part of the mid- term revision of the MFF in order to enable it to carry out new tasks in accordance with the Pact on Migration and Asylum; calls on the Commission to work closely with the agency to ensure that it is equipped to perform those new taskse implementation of the Pact and absorb the additional appropriations from 2025;