# 2012 budget: general guidelines for the preparation

European Parliament procedure 2011/2042(BUD) (BUD - Budgetary procedure, 7th term, committee BUDG). Stage: Procedure completed. 79 committee amendments tabled by 14 Members between 2011-03-09 and 2011-03-09.

## What the amendments focus on

Budget dossier setting general guidelines for the preparation of the 2012 EU budget. Amendments frame the budget around enhanced economic governance, the European Semester and the Europe 2020 strategy and its flagship initiatives, the budget's added value to national expenditure, future-oriented investment, budgetary restraint and austerity, and references to peace-building, ecological conversion and developments in the Arab world.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James ELLES | United Kingdom | ECR | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1419.md |
| Miguel PORTAS | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28406.md |
| Jürgen KLUTE | Germany | GUE/NGL | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96769.md |
| Giovanni LA VIA | Italy | PPE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96816.md |
| Vladimír REMEK | Czechia | GUE/NGL | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28330.md |
| Carl HAGLUND | Finland | ALDE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96683.md |
| Monika HOHLMEIER | Germany | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96780.md |
| Göran FÄRM | Sweden | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4265.md |
| Franziska Katharina BRANTNER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96662.md |
| Helga TRÜPEL | Germany | Verts/ALE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28240.md |
| Barbara MATERA | Italy | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96813.md |
| Jens GEIER | Germany | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96833.md |
| Derek VAUGHAN | United Kingdom | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96918.md |
| Estelle GRELIER | France | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96953.md |

## Official source documents

- PE460.801: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.801+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-2042-BUD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-2042-BUD.json

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