Activities of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2017/2286(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Guidelines for the 2019 budget - Section III (debate) FR
Amendments (5)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that, at the strong request of Parliament, the result of the conciliation on the 2018 EU budget was to increase the originally proposed specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) by EUR 116.7 million of fresh appropriations, bringing its total amount to EUR 350 million in 2018; expects the 2019 budget to demonstrate greater ambition to fight youth unemployment;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends providing EU companies, especially SMEs, with a favourable environment for innovation, by properly financingextended the funding of the EU’s research programmes, such as Horizon 2020, and programmes that support SMEs, such as COSME; considers this to be necessary in view of the rapidly changing and highly competitive world and the profound changes in all sectors brought on by digitalisation;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) guarantee fund has been financed partly at the expense of Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); reiterates Parliament’s long-standing position that any new initiatives shouldall be financed entirely by new appropriations;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Member States’ recent commitment to a renewed EU defence agenda, which seeks to enhance both hard and soft power, and considers it to be in line with the concerns of citizens, in the light of rising global instability that is exacerbated by new types of threats; supports the recent Commission initiative to launch the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, if it is drawn exclusively from margins or special instruments, as a first stage of the European Defence Fund;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expects the negotiations on the 2019 budget to lead to realistic operational and administrative funding of the EU agencies, enabling them to accomplish their duties, including their growing tasks of fighting organised crime, terrorism and border management;