10 Amendments of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the Europe 2020 strategy represents the main orientation and overarching priority that underpins the EU budget; believes, therefore, that the MFF review should include, besides the examination of the budgetary implementation of relevant EU programmes, a qualitative analysis of whether and to what extent the objectives set out in this strategy have been attained; insists that this assessment is coupled with a projection on whether the financial resources earmarked in support of this strategy for the remaining years of the current MFF will be sufficient to allow for its successful implementation;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines that, in response to this pressing problem, the new Commission in 2014 proposed an investment plan for Europe and the establishment of EFSI, with the aim of mobilising EUR 315 billion in new investment in the real economy; reiterates its strong commitment to EFSI that is expected to deliver a powerful and targeted boost to economic sectors that are conducive to growth and job; .notes that the guarantee provided by the Union for EFSI is covered by a Guarantee Fund of EUR 8 billion constituted in the EU budget;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is convinced, on the basis of the above analysis, that the review of the functioning of the current MFF entails the conclusion that a genuine mid-term revision of the MFF as provided for in the MFF Regulation is absolutely indispensable if the Union is to effectively confront a number of challenges while fulfilling its political objectives; recalls that delivering on the Europe 2020 strategy remains the main priority to be supported by the EU budget; stresses the need for the EU budget to be endowed with adequate resources to effectively ensure investments conducive to growth and jobs, achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion and promote solidarity;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Is convinced that decommitments across all headings, resulting from total or partial non-implementation of the actions for which they were earmarked, should be made available again in the EU budget and be mobilised by the budgetary authority in the framework of the annual budgetary procedure; strongly believes that, given the current constraints affecting the EU budget and the additional financing needs that the Union is facing, such provision should also apply to decommitments resulting from the implementation of the 2007-2013 programmes, including the closure of cohesion policy programmes; calls on the Commission to make appropriate legislative proposals in this regard;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Calls on the Commission to conduct an in-depth analysis of the use of the financial instruments since the beginning of the current programming period in the course of the mid-term review/revision; encourages the Commission to identify all EU policy areas where grants could be combined with financial instruments; is of the firm opinion that the possibility of a combination of various EU resources under harmonised management rules would help optimizing the synergies between available sources of financing at EU level;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Points to the political imperative of setting up a decision-making procedure that guarantees the availability of the necessary financial resources, either at EU or national level, in order to ensure the full implementation of the political decisions taken by the European Council;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)
Paragraph 57 a (new)
57a. Stresses that any future integration of such instruments into the EU budget entails that their respective financial envelopes are added on top of the MFF ceilings, which will need to be revised accordingly, in order not to jeopardise the financing of other EU policies and programmes;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Underlines that in addition to the ability to react flexibly to changing circumstances without prejudice to the agreed programming, there is also a necessity for the Union to be able to react quickly to developing crises; calls, therefore, for the establishment of a permanent EU crisis reserve within the Union budget over and above the MFF ceilings, in order to avoid ad hoc solutions like the setting-up of trust funds; stresses that such mechanism, meant to respond to crises and unforeseen situations, should by its very nature operate as an MFF special instrument and be counted over and above the MFF ceilings;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Considers that the unanimity requirement for the adoption of the MFF Regulation represents a true impediment in the process; calls on the European Council in that regard to activate the passerelle in Art 312(2) TFEU so as to allow for the adoption of the MFF Regulation by qualified majority; recalls, moreover, that the general passerelle clause of Art 48(7) TEU can also be deployed, in order to apply the ordinary legislative procedure; stresses that a shift towards qualified majority voting for the adoption of the MFF Regulation would be in line with the decision-making process for the adoption of virtually all EU multiannual programmes as well as for the annual procedure for adopting the EU budget;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Calls on the Member States to reach a rapid agreement on the next MFF in order toInsists that the legislative process to adopt the next MFF should be concluded by the end of 2018, following substantial negotiations between the European Parliament and Council; stresses that a timely MFF agreement will allow all new programmes to start without delay on 1 January 2021;