4 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2017/2044(BUD)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that cohesion policy has been characterised by under-implementation during the first years of the 2014-2020 period and that, until 30 June 2017, according to the data provided by Commission's Directorate-General for Budget, there have been only about 60 billion EUR of accumulated payments in the Union for all the European Structural and Investment Funds (the ‘ESI Funds’), with an average accumulated pay rate of 23,72% (and 19,76% in less developed regions); stresses the unacceptable delays in implementing the current programmes; calls on the Commission and Member States to conclude the designation of the respective managing, certifying and auditing authorities and to collaborate actively in order to accelerate implementation;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for greater synergies of European Structural and Investment Funds programmes with European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and other financial instruments to leverage additional financing, as well asother Union programmes such as Horizon 2020; in that context strongly opposes the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) extension until 2020, as this latter has proved to be ineffective in reducing the investment gap in the Union, as the results achieved so foar greater complementarities with the other Union programmes; in that context supports the EFSI extension until 2020are insignificant and do not deliver any addition or economic, environmental and social added-value in comparison with the existing European Investment Bank programmes;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the draft 2018 budget incorporates the elements of the mid-term revision package, which will allow greater flexibility; calls on the Commission to continue to focus the Union budget implementation on the results, supports all steps undertaken towards a performance-based approach; points out that the 2018 budget should be implemented in line with the increased potential of the proposed simplificexpresses its concern over the Omnibus package, insofar as the alleged simplification and flexibility contained in its provisions, and namely the possibility of combining EFSI and ESI Funds, may have the potential to endanger the rationale and flexibility within the “Omnibus package”.objectives of the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Regrets that the lack of a current effective system of redistribution of migrants causes an unequal load for some Member States, notably Italy and Greece, and that this may endanger the economic, social and territorial cohesion in some areas;recalls, in this regards, that the principle of solidarity should be of paramount importance in the implementation of EU policies;believes that cohesion policy cannot deal alone with this unprecedented challenge and that, accordingly, other budgetary headings should be used;