8 Amendments of Urmas PAET related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for reversing the proposed budget cuts for the countries in the Southern Neighbourhood under the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI); emphasises the need to prioritise the stability of the Eastern and Southern neighbourhood of the EU; reiterates that contributions from ENI to the Syria pledge and the EU Trust Fund for Africa must not come at the expense of the ENI core priorities and calls for these additional commitments to be fully offset by reinforcements;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the need to increase the financial contributions to the Syrian Trust Fund “Madad”, underlines the efforts by organisations working on evidence gathering in Syria and calls for the evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by all sides to the conflict to be preserved as a fundamental priority;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for the reinstatement of the mandate of the EU Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean, leading EU engagement with the region and providing heightened EU visibility;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses the importance of a progressive framing of the common EU’s defence policy and the need to support further funding to ensure its implementation;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reaffirms its strong support to the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry; reiterates that EDIDP contributes to the relevance of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Basis until a fully-fledged European Defence Fund as of 2021.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the responsibility of the EU to support the protection of the Arctic; underlines the importance of investing into a more coherent EU Arctic policy.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls for an increased funding for projects focussed on the support of refugees from Venezuela who have fled to the neighbouring countries including EU Member States’ territories in the Caribbean.
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights the critical need to eradicate sexual and gender based violence by addressing their widespread and systematic use as a weapon of war; calls for the use of EU funds to provide support to victims of gender based violence.