Activities of Luigi MORGANO related to 2015/2074(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the 2016 Budget - Mandate for the Trilogue
Amendments (5)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas investments in education, training, cultural and creative industries, as well as research, should form part of the general objectives of the European Fund for Strategic Investments as they are a key factor for social inclusion which at a later stage will translate into investment decisions and sustainable economic growth, and in the long term support competitiveness;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the MFF enters in 2016 into its third year and needs to be reviewed at its mid-term as a means of putting an end to the untenable situation whereby programmes which have already been approved, and which are therefore being implemented, are compromised by a lack of resources and non-payment of funding by the Union; is particularly worried that a similar situation might develop in the context of the new programmes, which - taking into account the great number of citizens directly involved in such as programmes, notably Erasmus+ - would in turn determine a dangerous loss of credibility by the European Union and would undermine the citizens' trust in the European institutions;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the importance of programs in the field of education and culture and their need for sufficient commitment and payment appropriation in order to ensure that programs reach the intended number of beneficiaries and thus produce the intended impact;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to urgently revise the current limitation, set at €5 million (€10 million for UNESCO sites) in the European Fund for Regional Development, for small- scale infrastructure projects which in the cultural sector risks to reduce the scope for investment in culture, which is of vital importance to the social and economic development in the EU;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the current high level of youth unemployment and asks for strong budget commitments to address this problem, namely by strengthening the links between education, research and innovation, without which the objectives of Europe2020 would be unattainable.