The European Parliament adopted by 530 votes to 115, with 30 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adjusting with the effect from 1 July 2011 the remuneration and pension of the officials and other servants of the European Union and the correction coefficients applied thereto.
Parliament adopted its position at first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise reached between the European Parliament and the Council. They amended the proposal as follows:
Remuneration adjustments: it is recalled that the Court of Justice confirmed that, under the exception clause, the European Parliament and the Council have a wide margin of discretion as regards the adjustment of remuneration and pensions. Economic and social data for the period from 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2011, such as the financial and economic crisis affecting a number of Member States in autumn 2011 which caused an immediate deterioration in the economic and social situation in the Union and resulted in substantial macro-economic adjustments, the high level of unemployment and the high level of public deficit and debt in the Union, make it appropriate to set the adjustment of remuneration and pensions in Belgium and Luxembourg to 0% for 2011. That adjustment is part of a global approach to settle the disputes regarding the 2011 and 2012 adjustments of remuneration and pensions, which also involves an adjustment of 0.8% for 2012
Impact of the global approach for the 2010- 2014 period: the text stated that consequently, during a period of five years (2010-2014), the adjustment of remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Union should be as follows:
Technical modifications adapting salaries: a series of technical amendments have been made to the text of the Commission proposal including the amount of allowances, emoluments and reimbursements due to officials and other servants of the Union covered by the measure, to take account of the global approach defined above.