6 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2014/2005(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the fiscal consolidation that Member States are currently facing did not facilitate a more ambitious agreement on the MFF 2014- 2020; deeply regrets, however, the fact that, as a result of these negotiations, the role of the EU budget as an important and common policy instrument for overcoming the current economic and social crisis andhas not been recognised; points out that the European budget is used mostly for investment and provides a single framework for coordinating and enhancing national efforts aimed ato regaining growth, boosting competitiveness, and generateing employment in the whole EU has been largely disregarded;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly rejects this purely accounting vision of the EU budget, which disregards the European added value, contradicts the principle of EU solidarity and underestimates the current and potential role of the EU budget in strengthening economic governance; stresses that the EU budget is predominantly an investment budget with a strong leverage effect and, in that it facilitates projects which would not have come into being or could not have happened without budget assistance, and that it acts as a catalyst for growth, competitiveness, and jobs across the Union; considers it regrettable, therefore, that some Member States seem to regard national contributions to the EU budget purely as a cost to be minimised;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is convinced, moreover, that tangible progress can only be achieved following an in-depth reform of the financing of the EU budget that should return to a system of genuine, clear, simple and fair own resources; stresses that this should firstly lead to the introduction of one or several new own resources that will considerably reduce the share of GNI-based contributions to the EU budget and, accordingly, the burden on national treasuries and secondly allow Parliament to scrutinise those resources; reiterates its strong commitment to any process leading to the reform of the current unfair, non-system of own resources, which at present is notable for its complexity, its lack of transparentcy, and complex system of own resourits poor performances;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Maintains that the approach being followed by the Member States is inconsistent to the extent that they are endeavouring, citing the fiscal consolidation now taking place at national level, to keep the overall volume of the European budget to a minimum and at the same time obstructing measures that would help to offset the present situation, in particular the establishment of new own resources and the use of innovative financial instruments;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the fact that, despite Parliament’s strong objections, all successive ‘negotiating boxes’ presented by different Council presidencies and, ultimately, the European Council MFF agreement of 8 February 2013 contained a significant number of legislative elements that should have been decided under the ordinary legislative procedure; stresses that the legally required unanimity in the Council on the MFF Regulation could only be achieved by pre-empting certain major policy changes in EU sectoral policies, thereby hindering Parliament’s prerogatives under co-decision, in particular the right of amendment, in clear contradiction with the Treaties;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for the MFF to be reviewed as regards its duration, which is currently seven years, whereas the term of office of Commissioners and MEPs is just five years; maintains that the budgetary time- frame should be aligned with the appointment of a new Commission and the election of a new Parliament, a point that does not apply to the Council, which is not replaced in a body at regular intervals;