23 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NUnderlines that LIFE is the only programme dedicated specifically to environment and climate action and that it plays a crucial role in supporting the implementation of Union legislation in these areas; notes that a significant share of the proposed 50 % budget increase for LIFE+the LIFE Programme for 2021-2027 is directed towards the new Clean Energy Transition sub-programme; supports the establishment of a comprehensive programme for a clean energy transition, but considers that this should not be to the detriment of funding for nature and biodiversity, the circular economy, and climate adaptation and mitigation; reiterates, therefore, its call for the financial resources ofor these priorities to be LIFE Programme to be at least doubled;
Amendment 10 #
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas beyond the capacity of the action provided by the Multiannual Financial Framework, the European Union is called upon to meet the global challenges and threats that Member States cannot afford anymore alone. The recognition of some “European common goods” (agriculture, solidarity, defense and security, management of the migration policy, climate protection, digital economy, space) leads to evaluate the effectiveness of national public spending and to study the European added value that would result from the transfer of all or part of the corresponding appropriations to the European Union level. The MFF 2021- 2027 must/should be sufficiently flexible to deal with unforeseen events and must/should allow initiatives to increase the volume of appropriations in the Union budget, and this development would strengthen its strategic autonomy without necessarily increasing the overall burden of public expenditure within the EU;
Amendment 30 #
Paragraph 4
4. Declares, moreover, its opposition to any reduction in the level of key EU policies, such as the EU cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy (CAP), ERASMUS+, youth employment, research and innovation as well as SMEs; is particularly opposed to any radical cuts that will adversely impact on the very nature and objectives of these policies, such as the cuts proposed for the Cohesion Fund or for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; opposes, in this context, the proposal to reduce the European Social Fund despite its enlarged scope and the integration of the Youth Employment Initiative; recalls the need to strengthen the focus of future spending on performance and results, based on ambitious and relevant performance targets, in particular under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), following the Briefing paper of the European Court of Auditors: Future of the CAP (March 2018);
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the risk of falling short of the current climate-related spending target and notes in this regard the proposed increase of this target to at least 25 % of the EU budget for 2021-2027; calls, however, for a more ambitious increase in climate-related spending to 30 % by 2027 at the latestof the EU budget for 2021-2027 and for the development of a reliable and transparent tracking method;
Amendment 39 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the effectiveness of the centralised governance structure laid down by the CEF Regulation; notes that transferring part of Cohesion Fund funding to the CEF has been a great success and that the degree of satisfaction of the Member States concerned confirms that this mechanism shall be continued under the next MFF and be sufficient to complete the currently ongoing projects funded through the Cohesion Fund contribution; accordingly proposes an allocation of EUR 20 billion from the European Regional Development Fund to the CEF, with the same management rules to be managed under similar rules to those which apply to Cohesion Fund funding for the CEF, albeit accessible for all Member States; believes that, in view of the big difference between available funding and what is needed, more attention needs to be paid to solutions with a big EU- added value such as missing cross-border links, such as rail, and this transfer would ensure that TEN- T projects in Europe made significant headway;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the proposed 5 % decrease in financial resources for the decentralised agencies under the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ECHA, ECDC, EEA, EFSA, EMA); calls for the decentralised agencies to be allocated more financial and human resources, at least at the level of 2014-2020 in real terms, where appropriate and based on their individual needs, in particular if new tasks are allocated;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reiterates that the mission of the European Environment Agency (EEA) is to help the Union and the Member States make informed decisions about protecting and improving the environment, integrating environmental considerations into economic policies and moving towards sustainability; underlines that the Commission has demanded additional tasks of the EEA, including, but not limited to, monitoring new legislation and policy developments on the Low Carbon Economy, Circular Economy agenda and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and stresses that this should be appropriately reflected by the financial envelope of the agency, which should at least be categorised as stable in real terms in the budget for 2021-2027;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesTakes note of the proposal for an own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and calls for its revenues to be directedon the Commission to look into the possibilities of directing its revenues as a priority towards fostering the packaging waste recycling targets; stresses that the steering effect of a possible contribution must be coherent with the waste hierarchy and give priority to the prevention of waste generation; calls for effective registration and control mechanisms and a clarification of the calculation method;
Amendment 49 #
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines, furthermore, the importance of the horizontal principles that should underpin the MFF and all related EU policies; reaffirms, in this context, its position that the EU must deliver on its commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and deplores the lack of a clear and visible commitment to that end in the MFF proposals; requests, therefore, the mainstreaming of the SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives of the next MFF; further emphasises that the elimination of discrimination is vital to fulfil the EU’s commitments towards an inclusive Europe and deplores the lack of gender mainstreaming and gender equality commitments in EU policies, as presented in the MFF proposals; underlines also its position that, followingthat to reach the obligations of the Paris Agreement, climate-related spending should be significantly increased to at least 30% in comparison with the current MFF and reach 30 % as soon as possiblewith a swift achievement of 30%, both annually and atfor the latest by 2027MFF as a whole;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. EncouragNotes ongoing efforts to establish a financial transaction tax (FTT) and calls for the chosen method to differentiate according to sustainable finance criteria, in order to foster investment in the low- carbon, resource- efficient and circular economy; believes thatconsiders that the Commission could examine whether a share of a possible common FTT could be used as a future own resource.
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for better spending and increased accountability and transparency of the Union funds by a strengthened focus on performance and results leading, based on ambitious and relevant performance targets;
Amendment 89 #
Paragraph 14 – point i
i. Increase the budget for research and innovationHorizon Europe to reach EUR 120 billion in 2018 prices;
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 14 – point vii
vii. Introduce a specific allocation (EUR 5.52 billion) for Child Guarantee;
Amendment 123 #
Paragraph 14 – point xviii a (new)
xviii a. Further reinforce the ‘Fiscalis’ programme for cooperation in the field of taxation;
Amendment 125 #
Paragraph 14 – point xviii b (new)
Amendment 127 #
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines the essential role played by the decentralised agencies in aiding the Union and the Member States make informed, science-based decisions, actively contributing to the implementation of Union policies and enhancing cooperation between Member States to address the concerns of Union citizens; stresses for at least the stability of envelopes in real terms of agencies that have been entrusted with additional tasks particular where recent legislative proposals foresee new activities for an agency including but not limited to fundamental rights, security and migration, environment, climate, health and safety and urges this is accurately reflected in the grouping of agencies;
Amendment 135 #
Paragraph 16
16. Intends to defend the Commission proposal on securing a sufficient level of funding for a strong, efficient and high- quality European public administration at the service of all Europeans; recalls that, during the current MFF, the EU institutions, bodies and agencies have implemented a 5% reduction inof the staff and believes that they should not be subject to any further reduction that would jeopardise directly the delivery of Union policiess in the establishment plan; recalls that this was achieving by eliminating posts that were vacant and by not replacing staff that left; notes, despite everything, that during the period 2012-2017, the total budget for contract staff increased by 33,4% in number; question, therefore, the relevance and the merits of such measure;
Amendment 149 #
Paragraph 18 – point ii
iii. The relevant Commission proposal to be presented in time for the next Parliament and Commission to conduct a meaningful adjustment of the 2021-2027 framework, and no later than 1 January 20234;
Amendment 175 #
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that detailed and effective review clauses should be included in the individual MFF programmes and instruments, in order to ensure that meaningful assessments of them are carried out and that Parliament is subsequently fully involved in any decisions taken on necessary adaptations; stresses that these reviews shall be carried out once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the programmes, but no later than three years after the start of the programmes implementation;
Amendment 188 #
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes, in this context, as an important step towards a more ambitious reform, the Commission’s set of proposals adopted on 2 May 2018 on a new system of own resources; invites the Commission to take into account the Opinion No 5/2018 of the European Court of Auditors concerning the Commission's proposal on the new system of Own Resources of the European Union, which underlines that better calculation and further simplification of the system is needed;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to fulfil the Union’s commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including gender equality, the MFF revision shall be prepared taking into account progress made in its implementation into all EU policies and initiatives of the 2021-2027 MFF, measured on the basis of performance indicators elaborated by the Commission; the MFF revision shall also be prepared taking into account progress made in swiftly achieving at least 30% climate-related spending, also measured on the basis of performance indicators.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Before 1 January 2024, the Commission shall present a review of the functioning of the MFF. This review shall, as appropriate, be accompanied by relevant proposalslegislative proposal for the revision of this Regulation in accordance with the procedures set out in the TFEU based on a review of the functioning of the MFF. Without prejudice to Article 6 of this Regulation, preallocated national envelopes shall not be reduced through such a revision. The proposal shall be prepared taking into account an assessment of the target of at least the 30% climate-related spending and the mainstreaming of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including gender equality.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 7 – Article 24
Chapter 7 – Article 24