16 Amendments of Marco VALLI related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in its resolution of 15 March 2017, Parliament confirmed that sustainable growth, jobs and security are the core issues and main priorities for the 2018 EU budget;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
2. Believes that in general terms the Commission proposal corresponds to Parliament’s view that the 2018 EU budget must enable the EU to continue to generate growth and jobs while ensuring the security of its citizensshould enable the EU to generate sustainable growth and jobs while ensuring the security of its citizens; stresses that the austerity measures must be ended, in order to respond adequately and efficiently to multiple crises simultaneously; reminds the respect the principle of solidarity and calls the Commission to provides as more savings as possible on projects that so far have not shown a real added value;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Reiterates its firm conviction that in order to achieve sustainable growth and job creation in the EU, investments in research, innovation, real added-value infrastructure, education and SMEs are key; welcomes in this respect the proposed reinforcements to Horizon 2020, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and Erasmus+ as these programmes will contribute directly to reaching these goals; regrets, however, that the proposed allocation for COSME is lower in comparison with the 2017 budget and points to the need to further reinforce SMEs, which are the main source of job creation in the EU and have a crucial role in reducing the investment gap and contributing to the prosperity of the EU; considers that the financing of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) must aim at objectives which ensure a real economic, environmental and social added-value for the Member States and should not be used to finance projects marked out by a controversial realization;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Commends the role ofUnderlines that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in bridging the investment gap across the EU and supports its extensionhas proved to be ineffective in reducing the investment gap in Europe, and stresses that the results achieved so far are insignificant and do not deliver any additionality or economic, environmental and social added-value in comparison with the existing EIB programmes; deplores the Commission proposal for extending the EFSI until 2020; underlines its position in the on-going legislative negotiations that no further cuts should be incurred on existing EU programmes in order to finance this extension;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. WBelcomesieves that the EU initiatives in the field of defence research, which will contribute to achieving economies of scale in the sector and thus lead to greater coordination among Member States in the field should be aimed at encouraging better cooperation between Member States in compliance with their national sovereignty, as well as at meeting the security challenges that the EU is facing;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. RegretNotes that the Commission has not followed up on Parliament’s request to put forward an assessment and relevant proposals for an ‘18th Birthday Interrail Pass for Europe’; is convincedbelieves that this proposal has the potential to boost European consciousness and identity and can serve as a concrete example of European added value; strongly reiterates its previous call on the Commission to put forward relevant proposals in this regardgram should not be financed at the expense of other successful EU programmes and should be as socially inclusive as possible; intends to call for a focused financing for the programme in the 2018 budget and to evaluate its functioning and added-value for the younger generation;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the fact that the draft budget 2018 includes an additional allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), responding thus to Parliament’s previous calls for the continuation of the programme; notes, in parallel, the proposal for draft amending budget 3/2017 that integrates the provision of EUR 500 million in commitments for YEI, as agreed upon by Parliament and the Council in the 2017 budgetary conciliation; is convinced that while the proposed amounts alone will not be sufficient to tackle youth unemployment, YEI will continue toould contribute to the Union’s priority objective of growth and jobs; regrets the poor results achieved by the Youth Guarantee in many Member States and underlines that YEI can be further improved and become more efficient;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
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9. Stresses that in 2018, cohesion policy programmes are expected to reach cruising speed and emphasises Parliament’s commitment to ensuring adequate appropriations for these programmes; is however preoccupied by the unacceptable delays in the implementation of operational programmes at national level; calls on Member States to ensure that the designation of managing, auditing and certifying authorities is concluded and implementation is accelerated; stresses the importance of considering sustainable reconstructions and any anti-seismic investment, including the ones co-financed through ESI Funds and allocated to the Thematic Objective 5 "prevention, promotion of climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management" to be excluded from the calculation of national deficits in the framework of the Stability and Growth Pact;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 10
10. Is particularly concerned at the possible reconstitution of a backlog of unpaid bills towards the end of the current MFF period, and recalls the unprecedented amount of EUR 24.7 billion reached at the end of 2014; welcomes the fact that the Commission, on the occasion of the MFF mid-term revision, provided a payment forecast until 2020 for the first time, but stresses that this needs to be duly updated every year, in order to allow the budgetary authority to take the necessary measures in time; is convinced that the credibility of the EU is also linked to its ability to ensure an adequatepropose a realistic level of payment appropriations in the EU budget that will allow it to deliver on its commitmentsproviding savings where possible;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms that tackling the root causes of the migratory and refugee crisis represent the long-term sustainable solution and that investments in the countries of origin of migrants and refugees are key to achieving this objective; notes therefore with surprisetakes note of the decreases in Heading 4 which cannot be fully justified in the framework of past budgetary increases or low implementation rate; is convinced that the EU cannot enter in a post-migratory crisis scenario yet and that the efforts to address the instability in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood must be enhanced;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
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18. Reiterategrets, regarding the extension of the EFSI, that Parliament opposes any further cuts to the CEF, and takes the view that the additional EUR 1.1 billion allocated to the EU guarantee should be taken only from unallocated margins (for an amount of EUR 650 billion) and expected net positive income (for an amount of EUR 450 billion); recalls that the CEF envelope (ICT strand) also integrates the new Wifi4EU initiative;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 32
32. Considers that 2018 will be a pivotal year in the establishment of the European Agenda on Migration, with several of its key components under development; underlines the need to carefully assess the budgetary implications of a number of legislative proposals on the table, such as the reform of the Dublin common asylum system, the new Entry- Exit and European Travel Information and Authorisation Systems, including the possibility of their late adoption; regrets that until now there is not an effective system of redistribution, that cause an unequal load for some Member States, notably Italy and Greece; reminds that in 2016 there are 361,678 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe, of which 181,405 in Italy and 173,447 in Greece and in 2017 Italy has already received the 85% of the refugees and migrants arrived in Europe; regrets that Italy has received until now only 147.6 millions of euro from the AMIF, which represents only the 3% of the total expenses for managing the migration crisis; stresses the importance of adequate financing to match the Union’s ambition in this regard and urgently achieve the set-up of an effective European asylum and migration policy;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
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38. Notes with concern the increased support for political reforms for Turkey (IPA II); expects however the same logic to apply to the Western Balkans which are in urgent need of financial support for reformstresses the necessity to a stronger link between financial support and democratic reforms, also in the Western Balkans;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 42
42. NoteRegrets that Heading 5 expenditure is increased by 3.1 % compared to the 2017 Budget, up to EUR 9 682.4 million (+EUR 287.9 million); notes that more than one third of this nominal increase is explained by additional appropriations needed for pensions (+EUR 108.5 million); takes note that the additional appropriation results mostly in a growing number of pensioners expected (+4.2 %); takes note also that the number of pensioners is expected to grow in the coming years; believes that a revision of the MEP pension scheme is necessary, in order to bring the pension entitlements of Members of the European Parliament into line with the social security systems for ordinary citizens of individual Member States; takes note of the rigorous approach towards administrative expenditure and the nominal freeze for all non-salary related expenditure;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 45
45. NoteRegrets the overall increase in draft budget 2018 for decentralised agencies by +3.1 % (not taking into account assigned revenues) and +146 posts but highlights wide differences between ‘cruising speed’ agencies (-11.2 %) and ‘new tasks’ agencies (+10.5%); assumes that these figures properly reflect the fact that since 2013 most agencies have completed or even exceeded the 5 % staff cuts (some are to complete them in 2018), while staff increases in the same period were confined to agencies dealing with migration and security (+183 posts), financial supervisory agencies (+28 posts) and some agencies entrusted with new tasks (ERA, EASA, GSA) (+18 posts); reiterates its call,asks for asn expressed in the 2015 discharge report, to safeguard and whhaustive analysis in order to merge necessary provide additional resources to ensure the proper functioning of the agencies, including the Agencies Network’s Permanent Secretariat (now called Shared Support Office)Agencies with similar tasks in order to provide savings and to improve the efficiency;