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4 Amendments of Raymond FINCH related to 2017/2044(BUD)

Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Draft Budget 2018 (DB 2018); regretwelcomes the reduction in both commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA) in Heading III compared to 2017; welcomeregrets the top-up of Heading III by an additional EUR 817.1 million above its ceiling using the flexibility instrument;
2017/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. BWelieves thatcomes the large budget reduction (49,7 % in PA) for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) undermines the importance and urgency of the AMIF policy objectives; challenges the Commission’s assertions in DB 2018 that justify its proposed reduction in AMIF funding; stresses that security for those who seek protection in the Union should not be adversely affected by budgetary cut; stresses that security for those who seek protection should be solely handled by the Member States;
2017/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. RegretNotes the significant budget reduction for the Internal Security Fund (ISF) (35,6 % in PA); stresses that in light of the continued security threat in the Union, ISF funding should be sufficient to aid Member States in dealing with threats to internal security; highlights the need to sufficiently fund efforts to improve information sharing and to fight cybercrime on a bilateral basis;
2017/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. NoteRegrets the proposed increases in the DB 2018 for expenditure and establishment plans for all agencies in the area of Justice and Home Affairs classified as holding “new tasks”; regretnotes however that the increases proposed are lower than those requested by most agencies; stresses the importance of staff increases for eu-LISA and Europol; welcomeregrets the budget increase for the European Data Protection Supervisor in view of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation1 . _________________ 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC ( General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
2017/07/27
Committee: LIBE