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4 Amendments of Jonathan ARNOTT related to 2015/2342(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the financial response to the exceptional influx of refugees has been an ad hoc one and has demonstrated that the Union budget and the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 lack the necessary resources and flexibility for a rapid and comprehensive approach to a major external crisishas been a failure and furthermore believes that immigration and refugee policy should only be set and managed by individual Member States in accordance with international law;
2016/10/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the insufficient size of Heading 4 and the Emergency Aid Reserve in particular has led the Commission to resort to satellite budgetary mechanisms, such as trust funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, to top up the funding available; notes that this aim has not always been met with full success;deleted
2016/10/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes, however, the Commission proposal for a new European External Investment Plan, with a new focus on investment to promote economic and social development in the EU Neighbourhood and Africa; expresses doubts, however, as to whether the proposal is ambitious enough to fully harness the EU’s borrowing and lending potential;deleted
2016/10/19
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission proposal on the revision of the MFF, in particular with regard to endowing the EU budget with larger crisis instruments; expects the proposed revision of the financial rules to reconcile the necessary flexibility and accountability.deleted
2016/10/19
Committee: BUDG