7 Amendments of Dominique BILDE related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that Erasmus+ funding levels are now reaching their peak for the current multiannual financial framework (MFF); calls for the remaining top-up funding for the programme under the MFF revision to be allocated in 2019; reiterates its call for substantial additional funding for Erasmus+ in the next MFF, given the popularity of the programme and its capacity to build a European sense of belonging and enhance job prospects;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises the need to guarantee the integrity of funding under Erasmus+, the budget of which must not be used to fund any other programme, in particular the European Solidarity Corps, which has not been proven to be effective with regard to training and curbing youth unemployment in Europe;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that, with regard to the social inequalities inherent in access to academic mobility programmes, especially in the most economically disadvantaged Member States, it is important that the benefits of the Erasmus+ programme and of all other programmes or any other form of mobility assistance are strictly reserved for the citizens of Member States and no one else;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the value of Creative Europe in supporting the EU’s audiovisual and cultural sectors; insists that funding levels match the ambitions of the programme; considers that reinforcement of the cross-sectoral strand will enable the Commission to scale up efforts to tackle fake news, both through enhanced media literacy work and by fostering sectoral dialogue;
Amendment 17 #
3. CallsQuestions the need for extra funding in 2019 to secure the work of Euranet Plus for the remainder of the MFF; insists, however, that the network’s current ‘hand-to-mouth’ existence is unsustainable and calls forwithout a long-term financing basis in the next MFF; urges the Commission to conduct a full- scale review – to be provided to Parliament – of all activities under the ‘multimedia actions’ line to ensure that they deliver on their core aimsare useful and relevant, and that the next MFF strikes the right funding balance across actions;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to improve synergies between cultural and education programmes and funding available through other programmes and instruments, notably the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and Horizon 2020; recalls, in this connection, that culture- and education-related projects have accounted for at least EUR 11 billion in the 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) programming periods., and emphasises in particular that the cohesion policy could include cultural objectives and focus on the financing of innovative projects in the creative industries, in particular those spearheaded by European micro- enterprises and SMEs;