Activities of Bernd KÖLMEL related to 2019/2001(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on general guidelines for the preparation of the 2020 budget, Section III – Commission PDF (182 KB) DOC (62 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes, with reference to its resolution of 25 October 2018 on the use of Facebook users’ data by Cambridge Analytica and the impact on data protection, that the fight against disinformation and any other type of foreign interference is a priority to ensure fair and democratic elections, in particular in the year of the European elections; requests additional financial resources to invest in tools such as the recent What the EU does for me initiative to inform citizens on the Union’s work and highlight the efforts undertaken to promote peace, democracy, the rule of law and freedom of speech;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. StressNotes that the fight against youth unemployment requires substantial additional financial effortmeasures to create opportunities for education, training and employment; underlinesuggests, in this respect, the positivcontext, to examine the impact of the Youth Employment Initiative, supporting approximately 1.7 million young people until the end of 2017, thanks also to additional appropriationin particular how many new jobs that Parliament secured for this programme in the EU budget over the yearsve been created;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the need for solidarity in the area of miBelieves that the European Union needs a plan for "Integration", with a focus on effective integration of migrants and refugees in the Member States, as well as fair and mutual beneficial partnerships with countries in needhich shows both the integration tasks as well as the solution and the financing, and that immigration and asylum/refugee policies are strictly separate; stresses that, in doing so, the application of existing law must again take precedence;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. StressNotes that the 2020 budget must can contribute to tackling environmental challenges and climate change; recalls the Union’s pledge to make the transition to a low-carbon circular economy, but regrets that the Union might fall short of its climate goals; requests increasedat all efforts must be made to ensure that the main contributors of global CO2 emissions comply with the Paris Agreement, otherwise European efforts would have very little impact on the global climate; requests financial resources for LIFE and other programmes to support projects with European added value contributing to a clean energy transition and resource efficiency, as well as nature conservation, with a focus on biodiversity, habitats and endangered species;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expects the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union in March 2019 not to have a direct impact on the 2020 budget, as the United Kingdom will contribute to, and participate in, the implementation of the budget; urges the Commission nonetheless to assess and prepare for all possible scenarios to ensure sound financial management of the Union budget; believes that the maintenance of the overall spending level at the expense of taxpayers in the remaining EU Member States is not acceptable, and that instead the EU budget needs to be subject to a major reform; believes that in the modernised budget more attention needs to be paid to the benefits that can be more easily achieved by mutual cooperation among European countries, such as border protection, and that, by consistent adherence to the subsidiarity principle and increased efficiency, considerable savings can be accomplished without more contributions required from Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15