9 Amendments of Kostas CHRYSOGONOS related to 2018/2046(BUD)
Amendment 10 #
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 however 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 it corresponds to a cut of 15% on an annual basis compared to 2018;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Regrets the 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; welcomes the establishment of a budget of 4.9million euros for the EPPO which will prosecute crimes against the financial interest of the European Union (PIF crimes);
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Regrets the proposed reduction of the budget and establishment plan of Eurojust, in contrast to other JHA Agencies, which implies that the EU stops half-way in its actions to fight present security threats as it does not allow for an effective judicial follow-up. Eurojust is the only EU body in a position to guarantee this through coordination and cooperation of investigative authorities in the fight against terrorism, cybercrime, migrant smuggling and organised crime; providing Eurojust with sufficient financial means is an essential prerequisite for the agency’s proper functioning and for the development of all its strategic and operational activities; urges to reinforce Eurojust with a budget for 2019 of € 41.2 million and a total of 217 posts; stresses the need to match the budgetary needs of Eurojust with a realistic forecast in the MFF 2021-2027 in line with the position of the European Parliament on the need to provide sufficient resources in the MFF 2021- 2027 to JHA agencies, and in particular to Eurojust, to avoid systematic recourse to the flexibility provisions of the MFF every year;
Amendment 21 #
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 case 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; highlights that commitment appropriations are necessary for eu-LISA, especially for the execution of its planned activities in 2019, including the second phase of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and the Schengen Information System (SIS II);
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes 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 be confronted to new tasks and responsibilities in 2019 as fundamental rights are under an ongoing pressure; stresses, in particular, that the amount of additional tasks assigned to FRA have grown significantly since 2015, when the EU was confronted with an increased arrival of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers; proposes, therefore, to properly expand its financial and human resources in order to adequately perform its new tasks stemming from requests of the EU institutions, Member States and EU Agencies;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that the proposed EU 2019 subsidy to the EMCDDA shall be increased to meet essential operational needs, as EMCDDA is required to enhance its role regarding the coordination and development of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), as well as to fund properly non-routine data collection for wastewater analysis and for acute recreational drug and toxicity of new psychoactive substances in EU.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out that more human and financial resources are needed to enable CEPOL to fully implement its 2015 renewed legal basis, which broadened its target group from senior police officers to law enforcement officials across the EU and its neighbourhood; believes that this will help to close training gaps preventing Member State’s law enforcement services from fully utilising EU level cooperation instruments and systems in the fields of organised crime, terrorism and illegal migration, whilst addressing fundamental rights as a cross cutting issue in law enforcement training;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights 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 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; notes 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 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to revise the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), in order to strengthen the overall approach to disaster management; stresses that the increase in commitment (46,1%) and payment (33,6%) appropriations of UCPM in 2019 compared to 2018 reflects the expected uptake for actions in third countries; considers as positive that the 2019 allocation of Humanitarian Aid activities includes increases, relative to the financial programming, of 120 million euros and 3,2million euros for scaling up disaster-preparedness actions;