4 Amendments of Dan NICA related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls Parliament’s position on the overall financial envelope for Horizon Europe of EUR 120 billion (in 2018 prices); c as a strong commitment to deliver on the future challenges, including the new Green Deal; draws the attention that a Horizon Europe budget decrease by 10 billion EUR would result in GDP loss of 110 billion EUR over 25 years, job loss of 100.000 by 2040, 5.300 less R&I projects funded, 50.000 less researchers supported and a loss of 900 patents. Calls on the Commission in this regard to present the 2021 draft budget accordingly in order to ensure that research and innovation activities will contribute to reducing the R&I divide and to strengthen market deployment of innovative solutions; and will continue in areas that are essential for the EU’s strategic autonomy and benefit its citizens and, society and industry, such as digital transformation, healthcare and space; recalls in this context the importance of fundamental research;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that all areas of the budget need to contribute to the overall goals of the European Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals; recalls in this context the importance of the introduction of a Just Transition Fund to address societal, socio-economic, technological and environmental impacts on workers, sectors and communities adversely affected by the transition from coal and carbon dependence, and; calls for solid financing of the fund with additional fresh financial resources rather than reducing other funded programs;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the latest plans of the Council on the overall spending is not satisfactory and demand an increase of budget in line with the ambitious political goals to manage the climate and digital transition; reiterates the need to reform the EU own resources system, aiming at mitigating the predominance of GNI contributions from member states; stresses the need for an ambitious draft budget, in particular for new programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme, which need to become operational as soon as possible in order to help make the EU more competitive;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws the attention that significant investment is needed to achieve the ambitions set by the European Green Deal, which will require the mobilisation of funds from both the public and private sectors; calls on the Commission to reform the EU own resources system and propose, among other measures, taxation of big multinational companies in the country they generate profit, a financial transaction tax and a carbon adjustment mechanism.