3 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2012/2000(BUD)
Amendment 10 #
3. Recalls that the European Union’s budget is one of the most important instruments of solidarity between Member States and between generations, and that it provides a clear added value, given its extraordinary impact on the real economy and daily lives of European citizensbased on a transnational outlook, on the possibility to achieve synergies and economies of scale, and on best practices sharing; recalls that if the Union’s policies were to be financed solely by Member States, their costs would skyrocket and that, seen in this light, the European budget intrinsically represents a clear common saving for the wellbeing of all; takes the view that austerity measures undertaken at national level should not automatically lead to an equivalent decrease at EU level, since one euro spent at this level can generate savings in the 27 Member States;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that investments in high European added value infrastructures in the fields of transports, energy and telecommunications have a strong potential for growth, both directly and indirectly, by creating jobs and activity during the building phase and strengthening the competitiveness of the European economy as a whole;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the EU budget represents an investment solely directed towards policies and actions demonstrating EU added value; draws attention to the fact that the EU budget – which cannot run into deficit – has a leverage effect on growth and employment much higher than that of national spending, as does its capacity to gear up investment, deliver stability in Europe and help the EU out of the current economic and financial crisis; underlines the fact, moreover, that new financial instrumentshighlights the increasing relevance of innovative financial instruments to compensate budgetary constraints at national level, in that they further enhance the leverage effect of EU spending’s contribution to growth by attracting private investment, thus optimising public spending;