10 Amendments of Anders VISTISEN related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NotesUnderlines that tackling internal security must remain one of the Union’s main priorities and stresses the role of the Internal Security Fund (ISF) as the key financial instrument to support Member States in the area of security, including the fight against terrorism and radicalisation, serious and organised crime and cybercrime; Notes, however, the rebalancing of commitment appropriation between ISF and AMIF in favour of the latter following outcome of the mid-term review of the two programs and as a result of the continued pressure on the migration front; welcomnotes the very significant increase of AMIF commitment appropriation by 401.7 million euros (+56%) in order to finance the new Dublin legislation (assuming it is adopted by the end of 2018) and an envelope of 175 million euros requested for Greece following notably, the end of the Emergency Humanitarian Support instrument on 1 January 2019;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the establishment of a budget of 4.9 million euros for the EPPO which will prosecute cross-border crime; regrets howeverRegrets that Eurojust is the only JHA agency facing budgetary cuts in 2019, involving a counter-productive reduction of commitment appropriations for the Justice Program by -2.5 million euros (- 5.4%); expresses its concern that such a reduction is untenable given the operational growth and the political priorities in security and justice; calls on the Commission to provide Eurojust with a budget for 2019 that is at least at the same level than in 2018 (€38.6 million), while providing Eurojust with a total of 217 posts for 2019; points out as well in this context that the current Commission proposal for the funding of Eurojust in the next 2021- 2027 MFF is insufficient as iIt corresponds to a cut of 15% on an annual basis compared to 2018;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the reduction in the amount allocated to Turkey and the reorientation toward civil society in view of the continuing backsliding on the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rightsCalls for an immediate suspension of all funds allocated to Turkey;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the level of funding of EASO which according to the agency matches its initial request to the Commission; regrets however that this is not the caseRegrets the insufficient funding allocated for eu-LISA; points out that 2019 will be an extremely challenging year for eu-LISA given the substantial increase of its tasks and budget allocated and that it will need an adequate reinforcement of its resources to deliver according to its new mandate;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the increase in funding for Frontex; notes, however, that the proposed establishment plan does not take into account any anticipated needs for ETIAS applications system which should amount to a total of 20 TAs and 67 CAs staff to join the EBCGA in year 2020 in order to deliver in due time the core processes and infrastructures and to enable the starting date of operations in 2021. Such a frontloading of posts would need to go hand in hand with an increase of financial resources amounting to EUR 2 million.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Underlines Europol´s increasing role in combating terrorism and organized crime, as well as in strengthening cross- border cooperation in the field of law enforcement; deeply regrets that the draft EU budget for 2019 put forward by the Commission implies a reduction of 21 million EUR and 38 temporary agent posts compared to the proposal for 2019 agreed by the Member States in the Europol Management Board; asks for financial allocations of 152,3 million EUR, in line with the Agency´s draft budget for 2019 endorsed by the Member States and the Commission in the Management Board;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned by the fact that the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) will continue to be under considerable stress in 2019, exacerbated by the use of ENI funds to finance the Syria pledge and projects under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa; calls for these new commitments to be fully compensated by reinforcementa more efficient allocation and usage of funds;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the increase (16%) of EDPS administrative expenditure to cover its new responsibilities for the Secretariat of the European Data Protection Board, its additional needs in relation with the new data protection rules in the EU institutions and for the monitoring and ensuring compliance with the data protection rules of ex-third pillar agencies; regrets that the Budget of FRA was not increased as the agency is expected to beWelcomes the level of funding of FRA in order to confronted to its new tasks and responsibilities in 2019 as fundamental rights are under an ongoing pressure;.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. HighlightNotes the very significant increase from 10 billion euros in 2018 to 11.38 billion euros in 2019 (+13.1%) of commitment appropriations as well as of payment appropriations (17,0%) for heading IV (Global Europe); welcomes and the proposed full use for 2019 of the unallocated margin under heading IV, as well as 1 116,2 million euros from the Global margin for commitments in order to reinforce Humanitarian Aid and the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) for the pledges made at the 2018 Syria conference; noteRegrets that 1.45 billion euros are budgeted in the EU budget to finance the “Facility for Refugees in Turkey II” (FRT II) and that 560 million euros are budgeted for addressing the Syrian Crisis; stresses the very steep increase of EU contribution of the EU budget to the FRT II; calls on the Commission to effectively monitor the proper allocation and implementation of this contribution in view of the ongoing deterioration in fundamental rights and freedoms, the rule of law and the lack of judicial independence in Turkey.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls forNotes the Union's support for the Middle East Peace Process, the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA to be strengthened.calls for ensuring that funds are not used in any way towards terrorist activity, incitement or murder;