59 Amendments of Tamás DEUTSCH related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas cohesion policy has a proven record of achieving good results in terms of jobs and growth, growth and competitiveness and generates EUR 2.74 of additional GDP for each euro of taxpayers’ money invested;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the proposed cut of 10 % to the allocations for cohesion policy unacceptable; reiterates its position that the 2021-2027 MFF needs to secure at least the same level of funding for cohesion policy, in constant prices, as under the current MFF; deplores that the proposed cuts to allocations affect mainly those regions which made the best use of EU funds and certain Member States would have to cope with a reduction of more than 20%;
Amendment 38 #
Paragraph 4
4. Declares, moreover, its opposition to any reduction in the level of key EU policies, such as the EU cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy (CAP); is particularly opposed to any radical cuts that will adversely impact on the very nature and objectives of these policies, such as the cuts proposed for the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund or for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; opposes, in this context, the proposal to reduce the European Social Fund despite its enlarged scope and the integration of the Youth Employment Initiative;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for EUR 20 billion from the proposed financial allocation for the Reform Delivery Tool to Support Structural Reforms to be used instead, in order to increase the financial allocation for cohesion policy, and the Interreg envelope within it; calls for EUR 5 billionpart of this amount to be used to increase the budget of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) programme;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines, furthermore, the importance of the horizontal principles that should underpin the MFF and all related EU policies; reaffirms, in this context, its position that the EU must deliver on its commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and deplores the lack of a clear and visible commitment to that end in the MFF proposals; requests, therefore, the mainstreaming of the SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives of the next MFF; further emphasises that the elimination of discrimination is vital to fulfil the EU’s commitments towards an inclusive Europe and deplores the lack of gender mainstreaming and gender equality commitments in EU policies, as presented in the MFF proposals; underlines also its position that, following the Paris Agreement, climate-related spending should be significantly increased in comparison with the current MFF and reach 30 % as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027, reminds that the EU shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that lower EU co-financing rates mightay result in difficulties for beneficiaries in the regions to access EU funding; recommends therefore the maintenance of current co-financing levels;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, following the Paris Agreement, climate-related spending should be significantly increased compared to the current MFF and should reach 30 % as soon as possible and, at the latest, by 2027.
Amendment 72 #
Paragraph 8
8. Expects, therefore, that the MFF will be placed at the top of Council’s political agenda and regrets that no tangible progress is observed so far; believes that the regular meetings between the successive Council presidencies and Parliament’s negotiating team should intensify and pave the way to official negotiations; expects that a good agreement is reached before the 2019 European Parliament elections, in order to avoid the serious setbacks for the launch of the new programmes due to the late adoption of the financial framework, as experienced in the past; underlines that this timetable does not prevent the newly elected European Parliament from adjusting the 2021-2027 MFF during the mandatory mid-term revisionew;
Amendment 73 #
Paragraph 9
Amendment 88 #
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. In case of enlargement of the EU and accession of a new Member State, the MFF shall be revised in order to take into account the expenditure needs resulting from it;
Amendment 108 #
Paragraph 14 – point xi
Amendment 116 #
Paragraph 14 – point xv
xv. Reinstate at least the 2020 level for all agenciesSufficient level for all agencies, taking into account the effects of Brexit;
Amendment 136 #
Paragraph 16
16. Intends to defend the Commission proposal on securing a sufficient level of funding for a strong, efficient and high- quality European public administration at the service of all Europeans; recalls that, during the current MFF, the EU institutions have implemented a 5% reduction in staff and beli; reminds howevesr, that they should not be subject to any further reduction that would jeopardise directly the delivery of Union policieEU institutions must reflect to the effects of Brexit in their further staff reductions;
Amendment 143 #
Point A – second subtitle
Mid-term Revisionew
Amendment 146 #
Paragraph 18 – point i
i. A compulsory and legally bindingvoluntary mid -term revisionew, following a review of the functioning of the MFF;
Amendment 148 #
Paragraph 18 – point ii
ii. The relevant Commission proposal to be presented in time for the next Parliament and Commission to conduct a meaningfuif necessary a technical adjustment of the 2021-2027 framework, and no later than 1 January 2023;
Amendment 152 #
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission proposals on flexibility that represent a good basis for the negotiations; strongly supports the clear provision that both commitment and payment appropriations deriving from the use of special instruments should be entered in the budget over and above the relevant MFF ceilings, as well as the removal of any capping to the adjustments flowing from the global margin for payments; calls for a number of additional improvements to be introduced, inter alia the following: i. Reserve with an amount equivalThe replenishment tof the revenue resulting from fines and penalties; ii. decommitments made during year n-2, including those resulting from commitments made in the current MFF;Union The immediate re-use of iii. The lapsed amounts of special instruments to be made available for all special instruments, and not just the Flexibility Instrument; iv. A higherSufficient allocation for the EU-27 at the level of the 2014-2020 budget in real terms for the Flexibility Instrument, the Emergency Aid Reserve, the EU Solidarity Fund, and the Contingency Margin, the latter without a compulsory offsetting.;
Amendment 153 #
Paragraph 20
Amendment 158 #
Paragraph 21
21. AcceptNotes the overall structure of seven MFF headings, as proposed by the Commission, which largelyin general corresponds to Parliament’s own proposal; considers that this structure provides for greater transparency, improves the visibility of EU expenditure, while maintaining the necessary degree of flexibility; agrees, moreover, with the creation of “programme clusters” that are expected to lead to a significant simplification and rationalisation of the EU budget structure and its clear alignment with the MFF headings; reiterates the need for maintaining the sub-heading for ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’;
Amendment 162 #
Paragraph 23
23. WelcomesPoints out that the proposed integration of the European Development Fund into the Union budget, which responds to a long-standing demand of Parliament for all off-budget instruments must be accompanied by a proportional increase of the MFF ceiling; recalls that the principle of unity, whereby all items of revenue and expenditure of the Union are shown in the budget, is both a Treaty requirement and a basic democratic precondition;
Amendment 163 #
Paragraph 24
Amendment 166 #
Paragraph 25
Amendment 168 #
Paragraph 26
Amendment 176 #
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that detailed and effective review clauses, which could not led to the reduction of the pre-allocated national envelopes, should be included in the individual MFF programmes and instruments, in order to ensure that meaningful assessments of them are carried out and that Parliament is subsequently fully involved in any decisions taken on necessary adaptations;
Amendment 182 #
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to present the relevant legislative proposals on top of those which it has already tabled, to be decided on under the ordinary legislative procedure; requests, in particular, a proposal for a Regulation establishing an energy transition fund; requests, furthermore, the introduction of the European Child Guarantee in the ESF+, a revision of the Regulation establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund and of the Regulation concerning humanitarian aid; considers that a revision of the Financial Regulation should also be proposed when the need arises as a result of the MFF negotiations;
Amendment 190 #
Paragraph 32
32. Supports the suggested modernisation of existing own resources, which implies: - maintaining the customs duties as traditional own resources for the EU, whilsthowever the timing is not appropriate for decreasing the percentage Member States retain as “collection cost”; - simplifyabolishing the Value Added Tax- based own resource, i.e. introducing a uniform call rate without exceptions; - maintaining the GNI-based own resource, with the objective of reducing, to less than 60%, its share in the financing of the EU budget, while; - increasing the GNI-based own resource, preserving its balancing function;
Amendment 195 #
Paragraph 33
Amendment 200 #
Paragraph 34
34. Requests the extension of the list of potential new own resources, that could include a share of a digital tax, to be presented in the years to come, as well as further consideration of the Financial Transaction Tax;
Amendment 207 #
Paragraph 35
35. Approves strongly the suppression of all rebates and other correction mechanisms, accompanied, should the need arise, by a limited period ofimmediately at the beginning of the next MFF without any phasing out period;
Amendment 209 #
Paragraph 36
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The following special instruments are necessary to allow the Union to react to specified unforeseen circumstances, or to allow the financing of clearly identified expenditure which cannot be financed within the limits of the ceilings available for one or more headings as laid down in the MFF in order to allow the budget procedure to run smoothly: the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the European Union Solidarity Fund, the Emergency Aid Reserve, the Global Margin for Commitments (Union Reserve), the Flexibility Instrument and the Contingency Margin. The Emergency Aid Reserve is not aimed at addressing the consequences of market related crises affecting the agricultural production or distribution. Specific provision should therefore be made for the possibility to enter commitment and corresponding payment appropriations into the budget over and above the ceilings set out in the MFF where it is necessary to use special instruments.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Rules should be laid down for other situations that may require the MFF to be adjusted. Those adjustments may be related to the delayed adoption of new rules or programmes under shared management, or to measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States adopted in accordance with the relevant basic acts.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 4 - paragraph 1
Chapter 2 – Article 4 - paragraph 1
1. Every year, starting in 2022, as part of the technical adjustment referred to in Article 5, the Commission shall adjust the payment ceiling for the years 2022- 2027 upwards by an amount equivalent to the difference between the executed payments and the MFF payment ceiling of the year n-1.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Chapter 2 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) calculation of the global margin for commitments (Union reserve) provided for in Article 12;
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7 - Title
Chapter 2 – Article 7 - Title
Adjustments related to measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 7
Chapter 2 – Article 7
In the case of the lifting, in accordance with the relevant basic acts, of a suspension of budgetary commitments concerning Union funds in the context of measures linked to sound economic governance or to the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, the amounts corresponding to the suspended commitments shall be transferred to the following years and the corresponding ceilings of the MFF shall be adjusted accordingly. Suspended commitments of year n may not be entered in the budget beyond year n+23.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 2 – Article 8
Chapter 2 – Article 8
In the event of the adoption after 1 January 2021 of new rules or programmes under shared management for the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the instrument for border management and visa under the Integrated Border Management Fund, the amounts corresponding to the allocations not used in 2021 shall be transferred in equal proportions to 2022 to 2025to the following years, and the corresponding ceilings of the MFF shall be adjusted accordingly.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 9 – paragraph 1
Chapter 3 – Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the objectives and scope of which are set out in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council1], shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 20150 million (2018 prices). ______________________________ 1 OJ L, , p. . OJ L, , p. .
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 10 – paragraph 1
Chapter 3 – Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The European Union Solidarity Fund, the objectives and scope of which are set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/20021, shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 6500 million (2018 prices). On 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of that annual amount shall remain available in order to cover needs arising until the end of that year. The portion of the annual amount not used in year n may be used up to year n+1. The portion of the annual amount stemming from the previous year shall be drawn on first. That portion of the annual amount from year n which is not used in year n+1 shall lapse. ___________________________ 1 Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3).
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 2
Chapter 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The annual amount of the Reserve is fixed at EUR 6500 million (2018 prices) and may be used up to year n+1 in accordance with the Financial Regulation. The Reserve shall be entered in the general budget of the Union as a provision. The portion of the annual amount stemming from the previous year shall be drawn on first. That portion of the annual amount from year n which is not used in year n+1 shall lapse.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – title
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – title
Global Margin for Commitments (Union Reserve)
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – paragraph 1
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Global Margin for Commitments (Union Reserve), to be made available over and above the ceilings established in the MFF for the years 2022 to 2027, shall comprise the following:
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – paragraph 2
Chapter 3 – Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Global Margin for Commitments (Union Reserve) or part thereof may be mobilised by the European Parliament and the Council in the framework of the budgetary procedure provided for in Article 314 TFEU.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – Article 13
Chapter 3 – Article 13
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Chapter 4 – Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Any revision of the MFF in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not lead to a reduction of preallocated national envelopes without prejudice to Article 6 of this Regulation.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Before 1 January 2024, the Commission shallmay present a review of the functioning of the MFF. This review shall, as appropriate, be accompanied by relevant proposals. Without prejudice to Article 6 of this regulation, preallocated national envelopes shall not be reduced through such a review.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 7 – Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Chapter 7 – Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If no Council regulation determining a new multiannual financial framework has been adopted before 31 December 2020, the ceilings and other provisions corresponding to the last year of the MFF shall be extended until a regulation determining a new financial framework is adopted. If a new Member State accedes to the Union after 2020, the extended financial framework shall, if necessary, be revised in order to take the accession into account.
Amendment 275 #
Part 1
Section A – point 7
7. The institutions shall, for the purposes of sound financial management, ensure as far as possible during the budgetary procedure and at the time of the budget’s adoption that sufficient margins are left available beneath the ceilings for the various headings of the MFF, except in sub heading social, economic and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 276 #
Part 1
Section A – point 8
8. In 2024 and afterwards each year the Commission shall update the forecasts for payment appropriations after 2027. That update shall take into account all relevant information, including the real implementation of budget appropriations for commitments and budget appropriations for payments, as well as the implementation forecasts. It shall also consider the rules designed to ensure that payment appropriations develop in an orderly manner compared to commitment appropriations and the growth forecasts of the Union’s Gross National Income.
Amendment 277 #
Part 1
Section B – point 10
10. When the conditions for mobilising the European Union Solidarity Fund as set out in the relevant basic act are met, the Commission shall make a proposal for the appropriate budgetary instrument in accordance with the Financial Regulationto mobilise it. Where there is scope for reallocating appropriations under the heading requiring additional expenditure, the Commission shall take that into account when making the necessary proposal, in accordance with the Financial Regulation, by means of the appropriate budgetary instrument. The decision to mobilise the Solidarity Fund shall be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the Council. The Council shall act by a qualified majority and the European Parliament shall act by a majority of its component members and three fifths of the votes cast. In the event of disagreement, a trilogue procedure shall be initiated.
Amendment 279 #
Part 2
Section A – point 15
15. The Commission shall prepare an annual report to accompany the general budget of the Union, bringing together available and non-confidential information relating to: – the assets and liabilities of the Union, including those arising from borrowing and lending operations carried out by the Union in accordance with its powers under the Treaties, – the revenue, expenditure, assets and liabilities of the European Development Fund (EDF), the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), and other possible future mechanisms, – the expenditure incurred by Member States in the framework of enhanced cooperation, to the extent that it is not included in the general budget of the Union. The Commission shall inform the budgetary authority about the autonomous transfers adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of the Financial Regulation.
Amendment 280 #
Part 2
Section B – point 16
16. Each legislative act, concerning a multiannual programme, adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure shall contain a provision in which the legislator lays down the financial envelope for the programme. That amount shall constitute the prime reference amount for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. The European Parliament and the Council, and the Commission when it draws up the draft budget, undertake not to depart by more than 150% from that amount for the entire duration of the programme concerned, unless new, objective, long- term circumstances arise for which explicit and precise reasons are given, with account being taken of the results obtained from implementing the programme, in particular on the basis of assessments. Any increase resulting from such variation shall remain beneath the existing ceiling for the heading concerned, without prejudice to the use of instruments mentioned in the MFF Regulation and in this Agreement. This Point does not apply to appropriations for cohesion adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure and pre-allocated by Member States, which contain a financial envelope for the entire duration of the programme nor to the large scale projects referred to in Article 21 of the MFF Regulation.
Amendment 281 #
Part 2
Section E – title
Involvement of the institutions as regards development policy issues and the European Development Fund
Amendment 282 #
Part 2
Section E – point 23
23. The Commission shall establish an informal dialogue with the European Parliament on development policy issues regardless of their source of financing. The scrutiny of the European Parliament of the European Development Fund (EDF) will be aligned on a voluntary basis to the scrutiny rights that exist under the general budget of the Union, specifically in relation to the Development Cooperation Instrument, pursuant to detailed arrangements to be fixed in the informal dialogue.
Amendment 283 #
Part 2
Section E a (new) – title
COOPERATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN THE BUDGETARY PROCEDURE ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE
Amendment 284 #
Part 2
Section E a (new) – point 23 a (new)
23a. The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agree to progressively render 10 % of the entire staff on 1 January 2021 This reduction should apply to all institutions, bodies and agencies, and be effected before the end of this financial framework.
Amendment 285 #
Part 3
Section A - point 24
24. The Commission shall submit twice a year, the first time together with the documents accompanying the draft budget and the second time after the adoption of the general budget of the Union, a complete financial programming for headings I, II (except the sub-ceilheading for ‘economic, social and territorial cohesion’), III (for ‘environment and climate’ and ‘maritime and fisheries’), IV, V, andVI, VII of the MFF. That programming, structured by heading, policy area and budget line, should identify:…