4 Amendments of Bodil VALERO related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in view of the dynamic developments taking place in the global security and humanitarian situation, EU crisis response mechanisms need to be reinforced; strongly rejects the proposed cuts to26 % cut to the crisis response component of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace and stresses that weakening the Union’s unique crisis response, crisis preparedness and conflict prevention instrument would amount to a strategic mistake; highlights the importance of providing sufficient funds for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) budget, funding civilian crisis-management missions that contribute to the building of peace and security around the world;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Rejects the Commission proposal on a new preparatory action on defence research with a budget of EUR 25 million in 2017; recalls the decision of 19 November 2007 taken by the EU defence ministers on a framework for a joint Strategy on Defence Research and Technology which contained four benchmarks on collaborative spending, and in particular a benchmark on research and development aiming at increasing the percentage of collaborative research and development from 10 to 20 percent; notes that the Member States have been, on a national level, unable to implement their own decisions in this respect for the last 9 years and that according to the latest publications of the European Defence Agency the level of collaborative research is even decreasing; is convinced that any EU budget contribution in this field would not be justifiable under these circumstances;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes the proposal of the Commission of 5 July 2016 on Capacity Building in Support of Security and development (CBSD) amending the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace; rejects the attempt to use a development policy-based instrument for security and military objectives at the expense of its conflict prevention function; believes that the provision of military training, mentoring, advice, equipment, infrastructure and services to military actors cannot be funded by a regulation based on Articles 209 and 212 TFEU also for legal reasons, as a number of European Court of Justice rulings have already confirmed; urges the Commission to clarify the precise source of the additional EUR 100 Million funding for CBSD under the IcSP;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that youth exchange programs are one of the most successful measures to increase intercultural skills and to foster understanding and connectivity between people and countries; draws therefore particular attention to the funds which are annually transferred to the Erasmus+ Programme from ENI, IPA2 and the PI; believes that the potential of Erasmus+ as a foreign policy instrument is much underrated and urgently calls for an increase of the Youth programme, in particular, in the field of non-formal and informal learning (starting from the age of 13), which so far only receives 10% of the overall funds, but is in high demand.