Activities of Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Plenary speeches (1)
Interim report on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Parliament's position with a view to an agreement (debate) EL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the interim report on the MFF 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position in view of an agreement
Amendments (9)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that a significant share of the proposed 50 % budget increase for LIFE+ for 2021-2027 is directed towards the new Clean Energy Transition sub-programme; supports the establishment of a comprehensive programme for energy transition, but considers that this should not be to the detriment of funding for nature and biodiversity, the circular economy, and climate adaptation and mitigation; reiterates, therefore, its call for the financial resources for these priorities to be doubledLIFE+ to be doubled with a budget of at least EUR 6.442 billion;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the proposed increase in the budget earmarked for Horizon Europe and, in particular, the dedicated envelopes for research and innovation in Health (EUR 6.83 billion), Climate, Energy and Mobility (EUR 13.31 billion), and Food and Natural Resources (EUR 8.87 billion); reiterates, however, its call for the 9th Framework Programme to be financed more heavily, with a budget of at least EUR 116.895 billion of which 8,183% earmarked for cluster 'Health', 15,940% for cluster 'Climate, Energy and Mobility' and 10,627% for cluster 'Food and Natural Resources';
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Expresses serious concern over the proposed reduction in funding for the health programme; reiterates its call for the health programme to be restored as a robust stand-alone programme with increased funding in the next MFF 2021- 2027, in order to ensure an ambitious health policy, including in particular a thorough increase in common EU efforts in the fight against cancer and easier access to cross-border healthcareto implement SDG on public health, health systems and environment-related health problems on a cross-border basis , and to support Member States in eliminating growing health inequalities;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the risk of falling short of the current climate-related spending target and consequently achieving the EU's international commitments such as a the Paris agreements; notes the proposed increase of this target to at least 25 % of the EU budget for 2021-2027; calls, however, for a more ambitious increase in climate-related spending to 30 % by 2027as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027 and for the development of a reliable and transparent tracking method; reiterates that the EU should not finance projects and investments that undermine the achievement of EU climate goals in the mid- and the long-term);
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the proposed 5 % decrease in financial resources for the decentralised agencies under the remit of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ECHA, ECDC, EEA, EFSA, EMA); calls for the decentralised agencies to be allocated more financial and human resources, at least at the level of 2014-2020 in real terms, where appropriate and based on their individual needs, in particular if new tasks are allocated;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the proposal for an own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and calls for its revenues to be directed as a priority towards fostering the packaging waste recycling targets; stresses that the steering effect of a possible contribution must be coherent with the waste hierarchy and give priority; underlines therefore that priority should be given to the prevention of waste generation; calls for effective registration and control mechanisms and a clarification of the calculation method;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for an important share of the increasing emissions trading system (ETS) auctioning revenue, from phase 4 (2021) onwards, to be directed graduallconsidered as EU own resource and to be directed as a matter of priority towards EU projects for low-carbon innovation in industry and cross-border energy infrastructure across-border energy infrastructure and storage for the integration of renewable energy, and investments in breakthrough low-carbon innovation in ind ustoragery; considers that this should be a gradual exercise, in order to avoid putting pressure on national budgets dedicated to climate and energy policy (as 50 % of revenues are earmarked for this purpose in the ETS Directive (Directive 2003/87/EC));
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the introduction of a carbon border adjustment mechanism, as a new own resource for the EU budget, which should also have the effect of ensuring a level playing field in international trade and reducing the offshoring of production, while internalising the costs of climate change into the prices of imported goods;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages ongoing efforts to establish a financial transaction tax (FTT) and calls for the chosen method to differentiate according to sustainable finance criteria, in order to foster; considers that the FTT will shift funds from short-term and speculative investments towards long-term investments in the real economy and will therefore increase investments in the low- carbon, resource- efficient and circular economy; believes that a share of a common FTT cshould be used as a future own resource.