Activities of Andrejs MAMIKINS related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for 2019 - all sections (A8-0313/2018 - Daniele Viotti, Paul Rübig)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the rebalancing of commitment appropriation between ISF and AMIF in favour of the latter following outcome of the mid-term review of the two programs and as a result of the continued pressure on the migration front; welcomes the very significant increase of AMIF commitment appropriation by 401.7 million euros (+56%) in order to finance the new Dublin legislation (assuming it is adopted by the end of 2018) and an, in that regard calls on the Commission, in any event, to prioritise relocations in 2019, welcomes also the envelope of 175 million euros requested for Greece following notably, the end of the Emergency Humanitarian Support instrument on 1 January 2019;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the fair and transparent distribution of funding between the different objectives of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund was a priority for Parliament during negotiations leading to the adoption of that fund; calls on the Commission accordingly to increase the number of budget lines under the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund to facilitate a better readability and transparency of how the financial resources allocated to the different objectives and thus to those budgetary lines that will be spent; calls, in particular, on the Commission to separate expenditure on enhancing fair return strategies from expenditure on legal migration and promoting the effective integration of third-country nationals in all future draft budgets as proposed in the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for the 2015, 2016 and2018 Budget;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the establishment of a budget of 4.9 million euros for the EPPO which will prosecute cross-border crime; regrets however that Eurojust is the only JHA aone of the JHA agency agencies together with the Fundamental Rights Agency facing budgetary cuts in 2019, involving a counter-productive reduction of commitment appropriations for the Justice Program by -2.5 million euros (- 5.4%); expresses its concern that such a reduction is untenable given the operational growth and the political priorities in security and justice; calls on the Commission to provide Eurojust with a budget for 2019 that is at least at the same level than in 2018 (€38.6 million), while providing Eurojust with a total of 217 posts for 2019; points out as well in this context that the current Commission proposal for the funding of Eurojust in the next 2021- 2027 MFF is insufficient as it corresponds to a cut of 15% on an annual basis compared to 2018;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to develop appropriate professional insertion schemes for contractual agents of agencies that incur personnel cuts due to decrease of budgetary and staffing allocations;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Reiterates that the Commission must continue to focus on Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights issues - particularly in view of democratic backsliding in some EU Member States - including by proposing stronger monitoring and redress mechanisms;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Encourages the Commission to strengthen support for investigative journalism, including cross-border investigative journalism, and media freedom though dedicated funds as a measure contributing to combatting crime and raising awareness among the EU citizens.