10 Amendments of Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the commitments of the EC to provide the necessary resources to protect the external borders of the EU, to reinforce security inside and outside the Union, to provide MS support for the reception of people in need for international protection and to address the root causes of migration flows in the countries of origin and transit; points out however that the EUR 5.2 billion programmed in 2017 for Heading III and IV to address challenges posed by the refugee and migration crisis and unprecedented threat levels posed to the security of European citizens by terrorism, cybercrime and other serious organized crime of increasingly complex and cross-border nature represent less than 3,5% of the total Union budget, which is little considering existential stakes involved for the EU; considers that the Union should show solidarity with those in real need and the preservation of the European democratic values, when they are under threat by terrorism and intolerance aimed at destroying the European tolerance;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that while the budgetary resources and the number of posts for the European Border and Coast Guard seem adequate for now, the future needs of the agency in terms of operational resources and staff will have to be closely monitored so that the agency does not lack behind reality; suggests, that the grades of temporary posts shall be increased to meet the complex nature of the new tasks assigned to the agency by the revised regulation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Acknowledges that the budgetary resources and staff of EASO proposed by the Commission are meeting the Agency's needs. Stresses the importance, that these figures must not be decreased and that there should be a revision of these figures if a situation of an increased inflow of migrants emerges again;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the budget increase of the efficient JHA agencies involved with migration and security; requests to further justify the dramatic 92%,would welcome further detailed explanations about the EUR 73 million increase of the budget of EU-LISA for the Entry Exit System and the revision of Dublin legislation as well as to explain break-down of appropriations between EU-LISA budget and the ISF;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the budget increase of the efficient JHA agencies involved with migration and security especially EUROPOL, EUROJUST; requests to further justify the dramatic 92%, EUR 73 million increase of the budget of EU-LISA for the Entry Exit System and the revision of Dublin legislation as well as to explain break-down of appropriations between EU- LISA budget and the ISF;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that a coordinated approach between the Member States to fight organised crime, cybercrime, terrorism and other serious crime with cross-border dimension is more important than ever and urges for an increase of Europol and Eurojust operational resources and staff; underlines especially Europol's need for sufficient human and operational resources; In this context is very concerned about the vulnerability of unaccompanied minors and young women during the migration crisis who can easily become victims of criminals; additional posts are needed to improve among others the identification of victims, to intensify the persecution of criminals, to destroy the organized networks of sexual abusers and to accelerate the detection, analysis and removal of child abuse material on- and offline; also stresses the urgency to combat terrorists misusing the migration flow for terrorist purposes and to combat organised crime networks misusing the hardship of migrants for their criminal intents;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the additional resources dedicated for the development of the European database on New Drugs of European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Calls on the Commission to ensure in the budgetary planning that EMCDDA is provided with sufficient resources required for the implementation of the envisaged legislative amendment of the EMCDDA founding regulation concerning the Early Warning System and the Risk Assessment of New Psychoactive Substances.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is provided with sufficient resources to be able to execute the additional tasks delegated to it by the EU legislation, particularly by the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive and for the tasks related to preventing and fighting cybercrime;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for strengthening EMCDDA in the connection with the planned adoption of the regulation on new psychoactive substances with additional tasks for the agency.
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 b (new)
Paragraph 60 b (new)
60 b. stresses that the Parliament and the Council, in order to create long term savings in the Union budget, must address the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as requested by the large majority of this Parliament in several resolutions;