6 Amendments of María MUÑIZ DE URQUIZA related to 2011/2017(BUD)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for realistic and cost-based budget requests from the other institutions which take full account of the need to manage scarce resources in an optimal way; welcomes the establishment of a new Section X in the EU budget for the European External Action Service, with an allocation of EUR 464 m.,; draws attention to the fact that the initial proposed allocation, before the European Council of December 2010, was EUR 475 m.; and is ready to examine the EEAS’s needs as regards both real estate and personnel and determined to closely monitor its impact on heading 5, as its creation was intended to be budget- neutral; is not prepared to jeopardise the needs of the existing institutions;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Believes that the establishment of a new Section X in the EU budget for the European External Action Service responds to the need to provide the European Union with an institutional framework which, together with the new CFSP/CSDP provisions, can support the EU’s ambitions in foreign policy;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Regrets that in spite of this promising institutional framework, the proposed allocation of administrative resources for the European External Action Service (EEAS) can aggravate the chronic underfunding of external relations policies if no fresh money is foreseen to fund the one-third target for national diplomats; asks the Commission and the Council to clarify the impact of the EEAS on the budget;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. In order to maintain the principle of budgetary neutrality, considers that savings that Member States might make through the setting-up of the EEAS (since the suppression of certain national diplomatic services has already been foreseen) should be invested in funding the proper functioning of the EEAS to enable this new instrument to efficiently achieve its goals;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 d (new)
Paragraph 28 d (new)
28d. Is convinced that increased budgetary resources are not sufficient to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s external action - greater flexibility and rapidity in disbursing financial assistance are also required; calls, therefore, for greater flexibility between headings and above such headings of the financial perspectives;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 e (new)
Paragraph 28 e (new)
28e. Strongly believes that savings can be made by identifying overlaps and inefficiencies across all headings and flagging up areas where results are not in line with the expectations and the requests of the European Parliament;