Activities of Luigi MORGANO related to 2014/2075(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that in 2013, the budget execution rate for the 2007–2013 programmes, in particular Lifelong Learning (LLP), Culture, Media and Youth in Action programmes was 100%; notesis particularly worried that at the end of the year, the mismatch between the adopted commitment and payment appropriations resulted in shortage of payments with grave negative repercussions on the following year; is concernedregrets that a similar situation might develop in the context of the new programmes, which would in turn determine a dangerous loss of credibility by the European Union and would undermine the citizens' trust in the European institutions;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes that since its launch in 1987, the Erasmus programme has reached and surpassed the 3 million students' benchmark; notes the sustained success this EU flagship programme – one that has contributed to European integration and the rising awareness of and sense of belonging to a common European citizenship – has enjoyed since its inception;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Is concerned that at the European level – as reported in the Eurobarometer Special Report 399 on cultural access and participation from 2013 – public budgets dedicated to the safeguard and promotion of cultural heritage are noticeably decreasing, as is participation in traditional cultural activities. Considers, therefore, that the new EU instruments to support the European Agenda for Culture – such as the Creative Europe and Horizon 2020 programmes, or the Europeana cultural platform – must be strengthened;