15 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2022/2046(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that, from the very beginning of the new multiannual financial framework (MFF), the available margins under Heading 6 have been limited and have been shrinking further, including through early depletion of the cushiontoo high and not necessary; encourages the Commission to propose an ambitious early revision of the MFF in order to meet needs more effectivelycut costs and return a surplus to net paying Member States;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that a revision of the MFF may have to be accompanied by a revision of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation (NDICI) - Global Europe instrument and the third Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) to reflect any policy changes in the relevant instruments and any changes in countries’ status and eligibility for EU fundingis necessary; therefore calls for the EU-budget to be cut drastically to reflect political reality and the fact that the EU budget cannot be a panacea for all the ills of the world;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Regrets the Parliament's obsession with making EU external policies more visible;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines its undivided solidarity with the people of Ukraine and recalls the need to mobilise all available EU budget instruments to provide the strongest possible economic and financial support to Ukraine and to people fleeing the war; calls for work to start on a Marshall-Plan-like facility within the EU budget (Ukraine solidarity trust fund) to rebuild Ukraine after the war, and for a massive investment programme to be launched; recalls that the EU must continue to increase support to Ukraine as it defends itself against Russian aggression, highlights the need to support Ukraine with heavy weapons, artillery systems, fighter planes and tanks; regrets that most Western countries have demilitarised and have little conventional combat power at their disposal - thus enabling authoritarian regimes to dictate terms;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes the Commission’s upcoming proposal for a European Defence Investment Programme (EDIP), the aim of which would be to introduce joint procurement and life cycle management of military capabilities, in particular those necessary to harness EU defence over the decades to counter a military threat from Russia; recalls on all Member States to complement EU funding with funding from their national defence budgetthat while some Member States have military industrial capacities of highest level many EU states have cut their national defence budgets and dismantled arms production capabilities; invites the Commission to open this programme to key Western strategic partners and allies;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasises that the EU budget can never be a panacea for all the ills of the world; therefore urges restraint and welcomes all cuts and re-prioritisations within the EU budget;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for stronger defence cooperation with Ukraine and Moldova to be established, including by enhancing thequestions whether increased financial capabilities ofor the European Defence Agency (EDA) to help identify wherwould make any difference on the ground in Moldova or Ukraine as desk-generals are already oversupplied across Europe; calls for an increase in conventional combat power - not in armchair generals, headquarters or paper brigades; calls on Member States to invite Ukraine shouldto participate in EU defence capability development programmes over the years to come.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that EU support for Ukraine is miniscule compared with that provided by the United States; thanks the U.S. taxpayer for again coming to the aid of Europe; recognises that though European military support has been miniscule compared to U.S. contributions, Europe can do better and calls on the Commission to present proposals without delay to fully utilise the capacity of the European Peace Facility in order to provide military material for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including platforms designed to deliver lethal force;
Amendment 43 #
5 b. Calls for real term cuts of 90% to Heading 6 of the EU-budget, recognising that the EU should embrace drastic cost cutting and mandatory ex-ante cost- benefit analysis before any pilot or preparatory project is launched; calls for all surplus funds to be transferred back to net-paying Member States or be used solely for the purpose of repaying NextGenerationEU debts;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Notes with deep regret the financial support for non-violent Islamism from the EU budget which is undermining our European way of life; therefore calls for an in-depth examination followed by the complete stop of all funding from the EU-budget to islamist organisations or organisations with ties to islamists;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission to finance physical barriers at the Union's external borders as requested by 16 Member States in a joint statement of 21 January 2022;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Urges the Commission to, without delay, launch effective and wide-reaching communication campaigns targeting diaspora communities in the European Union representing the highest proportions of illegal arrivals and strategic communication campaigns targeting potential illegal migrants in source and transit countries with messages deterring potential migrants from considering illegal means of arrival to the Member States of the European Union;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5 g. Calls on the Commission to provide a strong and clear policy steer to ensure EU development aid and investments are not greenlighted unless the beneficiary state has agreed to migration management agreements that allow for returns of all citizen's with a valid deportation order in a Member State or the establishment of third country partner state asylum processing and reception centres;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5 h. Considers it of utmost importance that no funding from the EU budget undermine the lawful use and ownership of firearms; notes that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has reminded Europe of the added value provided by an armed citizenry as both a deterrent to foreign and domestic aggressors alike; respects and welcomes the fact that not all European countries demilitarised or disarmed their population following the end of the Cold War; rejects any and all attempts to justify going after legal firearms under the pretext of protecting the EU from arms sourced in the Russo- Ukrainian war;