9 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering a number of EU objectives, such as in the areas of food security, job creation, the environment, innovation, sustainable development and territorial balance, and the fact that agriculture and rural development constitute an important part of the overall EU budget; recalls that spending on agriculture has declined in relative terms;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that it is essential that funds earmarked for research in the agri- food sector, in particular from the Horizon 2020 budget, remain fully available as such in order to stimulate innovation in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 16 #
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor, in a timely way, the price volatility of agricultural products which has adverse effects on farmers' incomes, and to react promptly and effectively when needed, giving farmers directly the option of combating such price volatility;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends the role of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in reducing the investment gap in the EU; reiterates its longstanding position that any new initiatives within the MFF must be financed by new appropriations and not to the detriment of the existing programmes; reiterates also that the cuts made to Horizon 2020 and CEF to finance the extension of EFSI should be reversed in the 2019 budget; believes that the EU budget appropriations should promote an optimal regional and sectoral balance of EFSI investments, taking into account sustainable transport, social infrastructure, renewables and energy storage;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underscores the importance of developing new markets for maintaining competitiveness and increasing the resistance of European agriculture to market crises such as in the case of Russia embargo; calls therefore for the financial support of new market opportunities;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Commends the fact that the Commission proposal would enable reaching the target of 20 % of the budget being dedicated to climate spending in 2019; regrets, however. that the Commission has not followed up on Parliament’s request regarding offsetting the lower allocations made during the first years of the MFF; is concerned in this regard that in total only 19.3% of the EU budget 2014-2020 would be dedicated to climate-related measures which would prevent the EU from meeting its target of climate mainstreaming of at least 20% during 2014-2020; believes that more should be done through the development of an action plan within programmes with massive potential, as for example under Horizon 2020, EAGF, EAFRD, EMFF or LIFE+;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Welcomes the commitment of the Commission to improve the biodiversity tracking methodology; disapproves, however, the proposed decrease of the total contribution to biodiversity protection to 8,2% which is in contrast to the objective of halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services by 2020;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that several important legislrecently proposed initiatives, initiatives under negotiation or in the early stages of implementation, such as the latest Mobility Package: Europe on the Move III, European Defence Industrial Development Programme, the revision of the Dublin Regulation, the establishment of the Entry/Exit System and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System, the upgrading of the Schengen Information System and the initiative on interoperability of EU information systems for security, borders and migration management are expected to have significant budgetary implications for the 2019 budget, and underlines the importance of adequate financing to match the Union’s ambition in these areas;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Notes the overall increase in the draft budget 2019 of the allocations for the decentralised agencies, of +10.8 % (without taking into account assigned revenues) and +259 posts; welcomes the fact that for the majority of the agencies their own budget increases while the EU contribution decreases; highlights in this regard that EFSA and ECHA should be granted sufficient resources from the EU budget in order to increase their capacity, to enable the commissioning of independent scientific studies and to further ensure that the highest scientific standards are upheld and the health and safety of EU citizens protected; notes in this regard that Parliament is currently exploring the possibilities of further extending the fee- financing of decentralised agencies; notes with satisfaction that agencies with ‘new tasks’ (ESMA, EU-LISA and FRONTEX) are granted a significant increase in appropriations and establishment plan staff;