9 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2018/0166R(APP)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in its proposal for the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the years 2021-2027, the Commission has proposed a budget for cohesion policy of EUR 330.6 billion in 2018 prices; whereas this level of funding means a reduction of 10 % compared to the current MFF, while funding for Member States is reduced by as much as 24 %;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the Commission’s proposal for the 2021-2027 MFF is not ambitious enough; insists that the EU budget for 2021-2027, in order to maintain traditional policies with a positive track record while ensuring the EU’s ability to respond to new challenges, needs to be set at 1.3 % of GNI in order to provide adequate additional funding;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the cohesion policy proposed for 2021-2027 remains, under the Commission’s proposals, a policy for all regions, and calls for the territorial reforms enacted between 2016 and 2018 – including the formation of the NUTS 2 regions in the Czech Republic, Lithuania and others – to be taken into account when formulating it;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers the proposed cut of 10 % to the allocations for cohesion policy unacceptable; reiterates its position that the 2021-2027 MFF needs to secure at least the same level of funding for cohesion policy, in constant prices, as under the current MFF; calls on Member States that have reached 75 % but not exceeded 80 % of EU GDP in terms of the PPS average, to reduce cohesion funding by no more than 10 %, taking into account the current NUTS 2 regions;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the severe reduction in the Cohesion Fund’s budget; stresses the importance of investments under the Cohesion Fund in terms of reducing territorial disparities and progressing towards greater territorial cohesion in the EU, especially in post-2004 accession Member States characterised by low GDP levels but rapid growth;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its consistently held view of the importance of cross-border initiatives for growthsustainable growth and prosperity in border regions; notes with regret that the Commission’s proposals provide for a significant reduction in the financing of Interreg; considers that a level of funding equal at the very least to the 2014-2020 envelope, in constant prices, needs to be programmed under the 2021- 2027 MFF;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that lower EU co-financing rates might result inwill make it more difficulties for beneficiaries in the regions to access EU fundingparticular regions and smaller Member States to secure co- financing for EU investments, especially in those regions which the new MFF proposes moving to a higher level of development than the current MFF does; calls, therefore, for the Member States’ work in transforming EU support programming regions to be taken into account and, consequently, for the Commission’s proposal regarding the funding levels and co-financing indicators set out in the MFF to be adapted suitably;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that, following the Paris Agreement, funding for climate-related spendinginvestments should be significantly increased, in combination with a broader approach to cost eligibility, compared to the current MFF and should reach 30 % as soon as possible and, at the latest, by 2027.
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that in the period covered by the 2021-2027 MFF the convergence process must be fully completed in order both to achieve fair competition among Member States and to establish the principles of equality on an EU-wide basis and that the 2002 European Council decision has to be completely implemented (Council of the European Union, Presidency conclusions 14702/02 (2002)).