2 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2012/2016(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that at a time when the national budgets of all Member States are subject to severe austerity measures, the 2013 budgetary procedure must be part of the general effort to reduce expenditures; takes the view that, for the sake of exemplarity and solidarity, the EU must show a commensurate commitment to scale down or control increases in program funding; maintains that heading 4 in the EU budget cannot be exempted from this politically difficult exercise; in particular CSDP related expenses, such as military or civil- military(-training) missions within or outside the framework of the IfS, should be reduced drastically or even terminated rather than cuts in development aid;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that it is important for the EU that it promotes the Arctic and Northern dimension policies ensuring the highest priority of all to protecting the ecosystem of the Arctic region and it's inhabitants, and reiterates its support to all existing mechanisms that serve to strengthen this priority and cooperation;