3 Amendments of Anders VISTISEN related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Stresses theat there is no need to substantially increase appropriations for EU external action under the new multiannual financial framework (MFF) while preserving the EU’s values-based foreign policy; welcome; regrets the modest real-term funding increase proposed by the Commission, which needs to be preserved in the interinstitutional negotiations;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that reform of the current architecture of external financing instruments should enhance accountability, transparency, efficiency and coherence; stresses that these objectives cannot be achieved without a solid governance structure that allows for political control, is strategy-driven, inclusive and accountable, and includes clear objectives, benchmarks and monitoring and evaluation mechanisms including a performance-based budgeting approach; regrets that the Commission’s proposal for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) contains virtually no such provisions on governance aspects;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the need for enhanced flexibility; insists, however, that funds used under the proposed ‘emerging challenges and priorities’ cushion cannot be used to serve other objectives such as migration management and security, and that enhanced flexibility cannot come at the expense of reduced possibilities for the European Parliament to exercise its political steering and scrutiny rights; urges the Commission to incorporate fully a performance-based budgeting approach;