8 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2019/2001(BUD)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers, therefore, that the EU budget for next year should define clear political priorities and enable the Union to further invest in innovation and research capacities for future solutions, boost competitiveness and sustainable and inclusive economic growth, ensure a safe, secure and peaceful Europe, strengthen citizens’ work and living conditions, and bolster the Union in its fight against environmental challenges and climate change; recalls furthermore the importance of appropriate financial efforts to specifically tackle youth unemployment as well as poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to provide a 2020 EU Budget with a real added value for EU citizens that will not constitute an additional burden on top of Member States’ contributions; stresses the need for a mandatory spending review with a view to making savings where possible; believes that the national contributions of the Member States should be deducted from the calculation of the national deficit level;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Requests additional financial resources to meet future demand forCalls for a real spending review in order to provide as many savings as possible on programmes that, to date, have not shown a real added value in order to guarantee appropriate financial resources to well-functioning programmes, such as Erasmus+, the primary programme for education, training, youth and sport in Europe, also taking into account its external dimension; recalls; takes note that Parliament requested that the financial envelope for this programme be tripled in the next MFF; calls for cooperation to be strengthened between education and research;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the importance of a strong and effective action against poverty; calls, therefore, for appropriate resources for the European Social Fund with the aim of allowing Member States to implement minimum income schemes, which play a vital role in both preventing and alleviating poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recalls the importance to ensure a fair sharing of responsibilities among all Member States within the framework of the revision of the Common European Asylum System, in particular with regard to the Dublin Regulation; regrets that until now there is no effective system for the redistribution of refugees, which causes an unequal load for some Member States;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Underlines that EU appropriations should not be used to finance projects characterised by controversy and without real economic, environmental and social added value, such as the new Lyon-Turin rail link, and points out that the EU budget should instead finance projects that allow to improve effectively citizens’ life, as an example in some Italian regions which need truly to improve their infrastructures’ quality and efficiency;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses the fact that all administrative expenditures related to Union institutions should be reduced as much as possible in order to provide savings and to avoid any waste of taxpayers' money;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls, in particular, for a reduction of the Commissioners' salaries and benefits in order to give a political signal to the European citizens;