Activities of Morten MESSERSCHMIDT related to 2017/2053(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a reform of the European Union’s system of own resources
Amendments (6)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the opportunity presented by Brexit to deeply reform the structural fund system, entrust the national Courts and Parliament to examine and evaluate the execution of the budget and expenses in their country, reconsider the current system of rebates and corrections, which are not only contrary to the letter and spirit of the Treaties, but which have also proven to shift the focus of discussions from the European added value of the EU budget to the ‘net balance’ effect on the contributions of Member States;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the EU’s powers are founded on the principle of representation of interests of Member States and according to the Art. 311 TFEU the adoption of provisions relating to the system of own EU resources requires a unanimous decision by the Council and approval by every Member States, thus retaining their fiscal sovereignty.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that any reform of the system of own resources should be based on the principles of subsidiarity and comprehensibility for European citizens;, that implies in particular the refusal of EU taxation, to lay down in the Treaty a ceiling of EU expenditure at 1% of the GDP and to broadly involve national Parliaments and Court of auditors in the discussion on their national contributions and EU expenses made on their territory.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that a reform of the EU own resources system should center on more efficient use of EU financial means, improved democratic control over the EU budget, and respect of the subsidiarity principle, which provides Member States with a right to decide about sources of financing for their contributions they pay to EU budget.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that reform on the revenue side should go hand in hand with reform on the expenditure side to ensure a visible link with EU policies and priorities and to support EU policies in key areas of EU competence, such as the single market, environmental protection and climate action, energy union, and reducing fiscal heterogeneity in the single market, as recommended in the Monti report1 ; by such a reform national Court of auditors and Parliaments should be entrusted to investigate and deliver an opinion on the execution of the budget and EU expenditure in their territory ; _________________ 1 Final report and recommendations of the High Level Group on Own Resources on the future financing of the EU, adopted in December 2016