Text as a whole without the words ‘underlines that contributions to this increase should result from an increase in the payments made by Member States with the highest gross national income (GNI) and the highest per capita income, correcting the current biased and unfair system of contribution keys;’
Second part
those words
Amendment 32
First part
Text as a whole without the words ‘more harmonised and’
Second part
those words
ALDE
§ 6
First part
‘Regrets that the Union budget has in recent years been a collateral victim of Member States’ duplicitous behaviour, which has led them to consider their contribution to the Union budget as a burden and to treat it as an adjustment variable;’
Second part
‘calls, in this context, for further flexibility regarding expenditures made by Member States in specific fields, such as investments in the framework of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and the fight against unemployment, poverty and inequality, also in the light of the need to deal with emerging security threats and the migrant and refugee crisis;’
Third part
‘underlines that the EU budget, as an investment budget, can bring particularly strong added value by boosting growth, competitiveness and job creation in the Member States; draws attention to the need for Member States’ contributions to the Union budget not to be treated as an adjustment variable subject to macroeconomic conditions; reiterates also the added value of the Union budget in terms of synergies and economies of scale; emphasises the special situation of isolated and peripheral regions;’
Fourth part
and considers that the contributions to the EU Budget from the Member States should not be accounted when calculating Member States’ structural deficits;’
Amendment 41
First part
‘Expresses its deep concern at the lack of adequate protection for unaccompanied minors all along the route to a safe place and calls for a thorough investigation into the case of the 10 000 missing children reported by EUROPOL;’
Second part
‘calls for a thorough investigation into all measures and projects, in particular those which have been benefiting from EU financial support and are being implemented with the support of the Member States in the field of migration, asylum and border management, in order to check their compliance with European and international law, in particular the UN Human Rights Charter, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Convention on the Rights of the Child , the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU;’
7. Interinstitutional agreement on Better law-making
‘Believes, also, that better use should be made of the arrangements for political dialogue with national parliaments; highlights, in this connection, the important role given to national parliaments by the Lisbon Treaty and stresses that, alongside the role which they play in monitoring respect for the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, they can and do make positive contributions in the framework of the political dialogue; encourages better use of the existing subsidiarity and proportionality mechanisms as laid down in the Treaties;’
Second part
‘emphasises the need for greater flexibility in the enforcement of the eight week deadline for national parliaments to issue a reasoned opinion on non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;’
Verts/ALE:
§ 7
First part
Text as a whole without the words ‘underlines the importance of the agreed "Annual Burden Survey" as a tool to identify and monitor, in a clear and transparent manner, the results of the Union’s efforts, in order to avoid and reduce any overregulation and administrative burdens, which should include a list relating specifically to SME’s and should distinguish between burdens that individual Commission proposals seek to impose and acts by individual Member States; points out that the feasibility and desirability of establishing objectives for the reduction of burdens in specific sectors must be carefully evaluated on a case-by-case basis in close cooperation between the institutions, while focusing on the quality of legislation, and without undermining relevant Union standards; expects the Commission to propose, on a regular basis, the repeal of legal acts where such repeal is deemed to be necessary; welcomes in this respect the fact that the three institutions have agreed that impact assessments should also address the impact of proposals on administrative burdens, particularly as regards SMEs;’
‘Notes that the Commission’s report indicates the large amounts of contraband present on the EU market and the sharp increase in seizures of ‘cheap whites’,’
Second part
‘and draws the conclusion that there has been no positive effect on public health stemming from the PMI agreement;’
‘Urges the Commission to pursue prompt ratification of the Protocol;’
Second part
‘believes, however, that renewal of the agreement would send a damaging and counterproductive message to third countries that the EU engages in inappropriate interactions with the tobacco industry even though the Protocol clearly prohibits such interactions;’
Miscellaneous
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL Group) had also signed motion for a resolution B8-0311/2016.