13 Amendments of Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL related to 2014/2221(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for greater uniformity in the presentation of public accounts so as to facilitate comparisons; calls in particular for the way in which Member States enter their contributions to the EU budget in their accounts to be standardised; is of the opinion that any operating expenses financed by borrowing ought to be shown as a separate figure which is added to investment expenditure when calculating the deficit;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to offset any democratic deficit in the semester by means of the package of measures announced for 2015 on deepening economic and monetary union; reiterates its demand that any additional funding or instruments, such as a solidarity mechanism, shall fall within the scope of Parliamentʼs budgetary oversight and shall be financed over and above the MFF ceiling for 2014-2020;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the principle of budgetary accuracy applies to the EU budget too and insists on there being sufficient financing for approved commitments; noteregrets that in spite of Parliamentʼs warnings, this principle is being compromised by the current level of outstanding payments and the growing gap between payments and commitments; regrets that this is proving detrimental leading to an unprecedented amount of unpaid bills of 24,7 billion euros ; recalls that the overall ceiling of payment appropriations as foreseen in the current MFF is historically low; deplores that this insidious debt undermines the credibility of the EU and is in contradiction to the goals set at the highest political level for growth and employment – notably youth employment – and fears that this will deepen the gulf between the European Union and its citizens;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Repeats its call for the MFF mid-term review to prepare for a possible reduction in the period for which the next MFF is agreed, so as to ensure its subsequent renegotiation during the mandatepost electoral revision to prepare the ground, on the basis of Recital 3 of the MFF 14- 20 Regulation and in accordance with the Commission's Declaration annexed to it, for the most suitable duration of the MFF post 2020 with a view of striking the right balance between the duration of the respective terms of each Parliament and Commission, thus ensuring democratic legitimacy for decisions on the financial perspectives of the European Union, while taking steps to meet the need for stability in programming cycles and investment predictability ;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the mid-termpost electoral reviewsion of the MFF to identify betterenhance the value added by EU funding to the goals of competitiveness, growth, employment and energy transition set by the European Union;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls once more on the Council to agree with Parliament and the Commission on a common method for assessing real payment needs in accordance with commitments made by the two arms of the budgetary authority; underlines that de- commitment is not a solution to the payment crisis;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets once again that Member States persist in viewing their contribution to the EU budget as an adjustment variable in their consolidation efforts, which in turn leads to an artificial reduction in the volume of payments available in the EU budget; proposes therefore and thus the implementation of important projects in favour of growth and jobs in the whole EU; recalls that wthen examining national budgets, the Commission shall enter in the calculations of deficits each country’s share of unpaid invoices in order to draw attention to the true state of affairs concerning liabilities attributable to each Member State; EU budget is an investment budget and invites therefore the European Commission to consider that GNI based national contributions to the EU budget are to be covered by the "investment clause" as interpreted by the Commission in its recent Communication on "making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the stability and growth pact " (COM 2015 -12 final) ; calls in that respect for the way in which Member States enter their contributions to the EU budget in their national budgets to be standardised;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point a (new)
(a) Very much welcomes the interpretation of the ´´investment clause" put forward by the Commission in its recent Communication on "making the best use of the flexibility within the existing rules of the stability and growth pact " (COM 2015 -12 final); welcomes in particular the fact that national expenditures on project co -funded by some EU key programmes to foster growth and jobs will fall under "the investment clause", but highlights that this clause will only have real economic effects if and only if the EU budget is sufficiently equipped in payment appropriations to pay the bills linked to the implementation of these projects;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point b (new)
Paragraph 10 – point b (new)
(b) Welcomes the fact that the Commission has underlined the economic significance of the European Structural and Investments Funds ( including the youth employment initiative) in its Annual Growth Survey 2015; recalls that these funds represent 10 % of total public investment on average in the EU but that the situation varies across countries and that in some countries, they can represent as much as 80 % of the public investment; emphasises that Structural and Investment funds constitute a good example of the synergy between the European budget and the national budgets on the basis of commonly agreed objectives enshrined in partnership agreements on growth and investment according to EUROPE 2020 Strategy; supports every effort in the direction of an intelligent pooling of European and national budgetary means in order to achieve efficiency gains, economic stimulation and lower national deficits thanks to a positive effect of shared resources;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point c (new)
Paragraph 10 – point c (new)
(c) Recalls that the existing system of own resources is complex, unfair and incomprehensible to citizens; underlines that the fiscal situation of Member States can be eased through a new system of own resources that will reduce GNI contributions, thus enabling Member States to meet their consolidation efforts without jeopardizing EU funding; stresses, therefore, the importance it attaches to the high level group on own resources and supports the debate on a new own resources system, which should lead to a true reform of EU financing, without increasing the taxation burden on citizens;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the EUR 315 billion investment plan presented by Commission President Mr Juncker as the first step to offset on the one hand the deficit in public and private investment brought about by fiscal consolidation efforts, and to stimulate economic activity on the other;the reduction of public spending in a context of economic crises, and to stimulate growth and job creation on the other; fears, however, that this plan will not be able to target some specific investments needed to foster the EUROPE 2020 Strategy (e.g. energy efficiency, education, public infrastructure)
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Confirms its willingness to examine with the utmost vigilance how financial commitments by the EU andto the EIB tofor the setting up of the European Strategic Investment Fund are entered in the EU budget and in the 2015 budget in particular; confirms its intention to closely monitor the way the EIB will engage its own funds in the ESIF;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to top up this fund and welcomes the Commissionʼs intention to exclude national contributions from stability pact calculations; rejects the idea of any attempts to renationalise the fund or argue for a fair return which could ensue from national contributions; wishes to see trans-European and supranational projectsriskier projects that have not found financing means so far and that serve the political ambitions of the EU and in particular the achievement of the EUROPE 2020 Strategy be it at local, regional, national, or trans-European level, chosen so that citizens may be able to associate the benefits arising from these projects with action by the European Union. ; insists that the EFSI must be clearly and unequivocally additional to existing EU programmes;