7 Amendments of Georgi PIRINSKI related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Committee on Budget of the European Parliament, in coordination with the sectorial committees of this Parliaments, to promote a real culture of “result orientation” aiming at optimizincreasing the use of funds and consider reallocating funds from programmes showing low performancelevels of implementation and achieving the envisaged results and objectives;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Europe 2020 Strategy
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that the Europe 2020 Strategy contains priority targets and objectives for the current programming period, therefore, the Union budget is a crucial instrument for the implementation of the Strategy’s targets and results envisaged; is concerned, however, that according to key economic and social indicators the Union has still not achieved these objectives and results, while inequalities and divergences within the Union and its Member States have persisted, thus putting at risk the European project itself;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Notes that, according to the Commission, the contribution of the total 2019 draft budget to the Europe 2020 Strategy is estimated to be 66.2 % (EUR 106 958,3 million) thus remaining at the level of previous years; insists, in the light of resource constraints, that the Commission should make every effort for better targeting the available resources and for more efficient utilization of funds committed in order to significantly improve the implementation of the main objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy where lack of progress is most worrying - the reduction of poverty levels and the advancement of social inclusion;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is worried that more than three years after the start of the 2014-2020 period, Member States have designated only 77 % of the programme authorities responsible for cohesion policy funds; as of 1 March 2017 the Commission received final accounts with expenditure covering just 0,7 % of the budget allocated for the entire programming period; as of mid- 2017, the delays in budget implementation were greater than they were at the same point in the 2007-2013 period; notes that consequently, the outstanding commitments at the end of the current financing period could be even higher than in the previous oneCalls attention to the recurring danger that the outstanding commitments at the end of the current financing period could be even greater than in the previous one, as a consequence of the seriously delayed implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds; is deeply concerned that as of mid-2018 there still remain 13 programmes out of a total of 564 for which responsible national authorities have yet to be designated, and that the implementation rate for the 2014-2020 period amounts to no more than 20% as of 31 July, 2018 - which is twice less than the rate at the same point of time in the 2007-2013 period;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to speed up the delivery of cohesion policy programmes and related payments, as well as to use resources at its disposal to assist Member States to strengthen their administrative capacity, with a view to reducing the length of the implementation period, initially,time to year n+2;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to build stronger coordination between cohesion, economic governance and the European semester. with a view of rebalancing the Semester, ensuring priority for policies promoting greater social equity and social cohesion;