Translation of "économies budgétaires à réaliser " (French → English) :

13. Welcomes the savings the European External Action Service (EEAS) has been able to make in its budget but notes with concern rising costs and suggests steps should be taken towards the purchase of delegation buildings where economically sensible; similarly welcomes attempts made to reduce the number of senior level posts but emphasises that the efforts made so far are still insufficient; continues to believe that the special situation of the EEAS requires a partial exemption from the strict savings goals imposed on other institutions; urges in line with its recommendation on the 2013 review of the organisation and the functioning o ...[+++]f the EEAS to carry out a systematic and in-depth audit to overcome current duplications with EU external policy-related structures of the Commission and Council Secretariat, which could result in considerable administrative cost-savings;

75. Believes that in times of increasing financial difficulties for numerous Europeans and ongoing austerity policies, Parliament should show an example of restraint by reducing its travel costs; asks the Bureau to create conditions for making savings of 5% in all kind of travel expenditure including delegations of committees and interparliamentary delegations in full respect of the Statute for Members and its implementing measures; believes that a reduction in business flights by Members of Parliament would help to achieve such savings; requests that 15% of the travel appropriations be placed in reserve pending a report by the Secretary General of Parliament to be delivered to the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets by 31 March 2012; c ...[+++]alls for such a report to examine the feasibility of measures to ensure the utmost efficiency of Members' travel with a view to making recommendations for potential budgetary savings by considering all proposals and resolutions which Parliament has already adopted on this question, by presenting proposals to reduce its number of business class flights, encouraging the purchase of economy / flexi-economy class airfares, ensuring a proper treatment of the Frequent Flyer Points and revising the rules of the Members' Registry opening hours, in particular on Fridays; expects that the appropriations for the travels are reduced in 2012 and in the following years till the end of the legislature; suggests that savings in institutional visits have to take into account the primacy of pluralism over proportionality when defining the delegations' composition;

71. Believes that in times of increasing financial difficulties for numerous Europeans and ongoing austerity policies, Parliament should give an example of restraint by reducing its number of all kind of travels; asks the Bureau to create conditions for making savings of 5% in all kind of travel expenditure including delegations of committees and interparliamentary delegations in full respect of the Statute for Members and its implementing measures; requests that 15% of the travel appropriation be placed in reserve pending a report by the Secretary General of the EP to be delivered to the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets by 31 March; calls for such a report to examine the feasibility of measures to ensure the utmost efficiency of Memb ...[+++]ers’ travel with a view to making recommendations for potential budgetary savings by considering all proposals and resolutions which the Parliament has already adopted on this question; expects that the appropriations for the travels are reduced in 2012 till the end of the legislature; suggests that savings in the institutional visits have to take into account the primacy of pluralism over the proportionality when defining the delegations composition;

On balance, the Commission considers the latter option to be the most advantageous since it would result in significant savings in the budget and increase the outlets for must.

Your rapporteur would also warn against providing Community funding for this measure, since this could not be cannot be deemed to have any added value for the European Union; it would merely allow Member States to make budget savings without having to make any further commitment to common policies seeking to establish an area of freedom, security and justice.

Furthermore, the Commission has planned considerable economy measures for the period 2000-2006.