# 2017 budget: estimates of revenue and expenditure, Section I – Parliament

European Parliament procedure 2016/2019(BUD) (BUD - Budgetary procedure, 8th term, committee BUDG). Stage: Procedure completed. 143 committee amendments tabled by 69 Members between 2016-03-15 and 2016-03-15.

## What the amendments focus on

Budget dossier on Parliament's 2017 estimates of revenue and expenditure (Section I). Amendments question the proposed overall increase over the 2016 budget and the inflation assumption, call for savings, rigour and efficiency, address extraordinary expenditure for security and cyber security and the phasing out of the Irish-language derogation, management of parliamentary assistance allowances, linguistic diversity, medium and long-term budgetary planning, and presenting the budget transparently to citizens on Parliament's website.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gérard DEPREZ | Belgium | ALDE | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1473.md |
| Jean-Paul DENANOT | France | S&D | 31 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/94282.md |
| Nils TORVALDS | Finland | RE | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/114268.md |
| Nedzhmi ALI | Bulgaria | ALDE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/34250.md |
| Louis MICHEL | Belgium | ALDE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96670.md |
| Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI | Finland | ALDE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28314.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Marco ZANNI | Italy | ID | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124780.md |
| Younous OMARJEE | France | GUE/NGL | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/30482.md |
| Richard ASHWORTH | United Kingdom | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28132.md |
| Paul RÜBIG | Austria | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2278.md |
| Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA | Spain | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/135490.md |
| Monika HOHLMEIER | Germany | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96780.md |
| Jean ARTHUIS | France | ALDE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124773.md |
| Isabelle THOMAS | France | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/114279.md |

## Official source documents

- PE578.714: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-578714_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-2019-BUD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-2019-BUD.json

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