Amendment to European-budget-act-2012
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Debate begins NOW and will last until 22:08 GMT on September 24th, 2021.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor for Spain -
No.
Bp. Karinn Lallana
Councillor for Inquista -
I do not believe this amendment is needed, this is a non-issue and will just seek to overcomplicate a fairly simple system. If the Councillor has an issue with a surplus he should propose an amendment to lower the contribution level.
Cllr. Lallana put it simply, "no".
Carita Falk
Councilor for Vayinaod -
In light of what has been said I am proposing an ammendment to the ammendment :
c.Revenues shall exceed expenses in a budget by no more than 10% with contributions by nations reduced accordingly according to projected budget. Contributions shall be readjusted and recalculated if a budget is projected to have revenues exceed expenses by more than 10%.This would remove the more complex rule and simply make this act lower the contribution to a level far more in line with projected expenses.
James Mizrachi-Roscoe , Counillour for United Duchies
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For the first time in a while, I have to agree with the simple but clear statement from Councillor Lallana. And also note, Councillor Mizrachi-Roscoue, that this amendment will be completely stupid after you amended the part of the text that regulated the revenues total amount, so you are now making member states contribute even more to the European Union, from a 0.001% to a 0.033%.
If you are against a huge revenue, then this amendment will just make it higher as it now stands. Pointless, to be clear.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor for Spain -
As said by our friend from Vayanoid, If the Councillor has an issue with a surplus he should propose an amendment to lower the contribution level.
Emma Granger,
Councillor for Montenbourg -
I oppose this amendment. Contribution levels should not be decreased to any more than 0.05 percent; that about the balancing of the budget is simply overcomplicated.
Iras Tilkanas
Councillor for the Republic of Istkalen -
I would like to point out the amendment proposed to remove that section is on the table so if you vote for that and it passes then that issue is solved. And as for the maths I know it can be difficult in the chamber when debating quickly but 1 tenth of 1 percent is 0.1% . I believe 0.033% is lower than that though its understandable for such a mistake to get made.
James Mizrachi-Roscoe, Councillour for United Duchies
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Yeah you are right Cllr. Mizrachi-Roscoe, my fault. The proposed amount is lower than the current one. My apologies.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor for Spain -
I would like to please withdraw this to present it again with the changes needed.
James Mizrachi-Roscoe
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The bill has been withdrawn, per the request of the sponsor.
Charles Michel
Council Speaker
The Kingdom of Spain
