European Parliament
Diogo Feio  (PPE ),
in writing.
(PT)
On 16 April, the Commission presented its draft amending budget No 3/2012 on the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2011. It was proposed that a surplus of EUR 1.49 billion be entered in the 2012 budget, diminishing by the same amount the global contribution of Member States to the EU budget (as a reminder, a surplus of EUR 4.54 billion was entered in the 2011 budget). As there are budget lines with urgent needs in terms of payments, I support the rapporteur’s proposal.

