Activities of Pavel TELIČKA related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NRejects Council cuts of 4,5% in commitment appropriations and 1,4% in payment appropriations in budget lines related to the remit of ITRE Committee under Heading 1a of the Union budget 2018 compared to the Commission’s proposal; notes the increase of 5,5 % in commitment appropriations and 5,3 % in payment appropriations in budget lines related to the remit of ITRE Committee under Heading 1a of the Union budget 2018 compared to 20167; welcomes the focus of 2018 budget on the success of young generations; calls on and on the creation of stable and high-quality jobs put forward by the Commission to provid; notes the new increased levels of support for young researchers proposed by the Commission; in this context disapproves Council cuts in funding of the entrepreneurship programmes provided by the EIT;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. IDeeply regrets the significant Council cuts in commitment appropriations of 0.5 billion EUR and of 120 million EUR in payment appropriations in the Common Strategic Framework for Research and Innovation with an overwhelmingly negative impact on Horizon2020; notes that these cuts are a contradiction to current lack of R&D investments of approximately 150 billion EUR per year; therefore intends to completely reverse the cuts proposed by the Council; is concerned that insufficient funding for Horizon 2020 has resulted in a low success rate for applications; calls the Commission to respect the breakdown of Horizon 2020 budget as described in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 1291/2013;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reminds that the goals of the Energy Union and the European climate goals are among the current main legislative priorities; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary financial resources for investments in this field; in this regard is concerned by the cuts proposed by the Council in commitments and payments appropriations of CEF-Energy;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that the goals of the Digital Single Market need to be achieved to promote digital inclusion for our economy, public sector and our people and that for this, legislative initiatives such as WIFI4EU are crucial;calls on the Commission to provide sufficient funding for related budget lines and to keep its investment commitment for WIFI4EU between 2017 and 2020;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Reminds that shift to a more circular economy will only happen with the right legislative framework, incentives and initiatives at the EU level;the Commission should in this regard provide the necessary financial resources for cooperation at the EU level and financing programmes which could spread the knowledge and promote best practices;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that, in light of the recent initiatives from the Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to give a priority to loans and new financial tools, it is important to provide sufficient resources for grants, as grants remain an appropriateessential financing tool in some areas or for some types of projects, especially thosethe transport sector, especially for infrastructure and for other projects where an absence of private investments is foreseen ; highlights the importance of synergies between different funding schemes such as CEF, EFSI and ESIF in order to maximise the impact of Union funds;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators(ACER) is provided with sufficient resources to be able to cope with the extension of their mandate; notes that the number of additional posts for European GNSS Agency and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology remains insufficient to fulfil the new tasks conferred to it by Union’s legislation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights the importance of the European transport agencies for the good-functioning of the European transport area;considers that they should be allocated with adequate budgetary resources, in accordance with recent or foreseeable changes in their responsibilities;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reminds that Russian import ban has still negative market impact on European agriculture and particularly on the dairy sector for those producers, which exported significantly to Russian market before the ban; Calls then on the Commission to provide additional support to those dairy farmers most affected from the Russian import ban;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri- food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget, remain fully available as such in order to stimulate and enhance innovation and smart solutions in the agricultural and rural development sectors;