8 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas some of the proposals for new own resources presented in the final report and recommendations of the High Level Group on Own Resources of December 2016, such as a financial transaction tax, a carbon tax imposed on all sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and a European corporate income tax are worth analysing in a broader context and would also be consistent with both the targets of the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework and the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. States that cohesion policy should remain the EU’s main investment policy, but that more needs to be done to highlight the major role of cohesion policy in achieving some of the EU’s political objectives; underlines, in this regard, that cohesion policy is not supposed to be the solution and the funding instrument for every unforeseen event and that it should not contribute to the establishment of new programmes, such as EFSI or the Structural Reform Support Programme, which are manifestly inconsistent with the rationale and objectives of cohesion policy;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Asks the European Commission to present the proposal for the new regulation for the European Structural and Investment Funds as soon as possible, so as to enable a proper discussion with the European Parliament and the Council and a timely approval of the new legislative framework;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that regional funding should be protected and should continue to predominantly take the form of grants rather than financial instruments, which domay, however, have an important role to play in certain cases role to play in specific cases, but which should always undergo both an ex-ante and ex-post analysis; highlights the dangers of financial products such as equity, trust funds and other types of bonds, which have a high-risk profile and are always advertised as having a very high leverage effect; considers that it would be safer and more useful to promote other forms of low-risk instruments, such as easy-term loans, guarantees and forms of crowd funding; stresses that in the event of a reduction in the EU’s budgets, greater focus on the EU’s core goals is required;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that a 5+5 year MFF period might be preferable, provided that some kind of revision within the five-year period is also provided for;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the Commission to look into the possibilities for greater synergies between thecohesion policy and different EU funds, including cohesion policy,such as Horizon 2020 and EFSI;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that it is essential, in the context of the new MFF, to ensure not only that budgetary rules, and rules on cohesion policy spending, are at last simplified., but that a proper balance between simplification and controls is ensured;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for an increase in the budget, and the further revision, of the European Solidarity Fund, especially concerning the maximum threshold of advances (currently capped at EUR 30 million) laid down in article 4a of the Revised EUSF Regulation, in order to effectively and promptly address a greater part of the damages caused by natural disasters;