Activities of Valérie HAYER related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2022 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the Union budget must be equipped with the tools to enable it to respond to multiple crises simultaneously; reiterates Parliament’s view that the 2022 budget should play a pivotal role in ensuring a positive and tangible impact on citizens’ lives; against this background, supports increases to boost investment with a particular focus on SMEs, strengthen efforts towards the green and digital transitions, give fresh opportunities to young people in particular, build a strong European Health Union; reinforces, further, priorities in the fields of security, migration, fundamental rights, while acknowledging the recent deteriorating situation in external policy and humanitarian aid and the need to be able to react swiftly to the upcoming challenges; emphasises the leading role that the European Union must play in ending the pandemic by financing vaccination through COVAX in the low income countries;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the need to support research and innovation in the context of the current pandemic and the EU’s green and digital ambitions; Calls for making available to Horizon Europe Programme the research decommitments from 2020 in line with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation; calls for the expenditure on health research from the Union budget to be at least equal to that in the 2021 general budget, given the evolving pandemic situation; calls for allocation of Next Generation EU funds to sectors hard hit by the crisis and to instruments that can contribute directly to the recovery of the European economy; underlines the role of the EIC and EIT in supporting research and innovation in the Union, and the need to increase their financial resources in 2022;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for sufficient staffing for all agencies in line with their tasks and responsibilities; underlines in particular the need to substantially reinforce ACER and the EIT which have been understaffed for many years, as well as ensure sufficient budget for ENISA and BEREC to fulfil their missions; welcomes the addition of new establishment plan posts in the EUSPA, but calls for a gradual reduction of external personnel in order to prevent disruptions in security related activities.
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that youth remains an overarching priority for the Union budget; reinforces therefore funding to meet increasing demand for the Erasmus+ programme by a total amount of just over EUR 137 million, as a 5% increase represents an additional 40,000 mobility exchanges; calls the Commission to present a draft amending budget so that the unspent funds from the 2021 budget should be carried over into the 2022 budget in order to help students regaining the missed opportunities due to the pandemic, so that we do not have a lost generation for Erasmus; furthermore increases the European Solidarity Corps by EUR 5 million as the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should not adversely affect support for the youth;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Regrets that the increase for EPPO budget in 2021 voted by both arms of budgetary authority is not respected the Commission; reiterates the fundamental role that EPPO plays in protecting the financial interests of the Union, including the use of funds from Next Generation EU, as well as ensuring the respect of the rule of law; invites the Commission to clarify the blockade of the 7.3 million euro and to ensure that the budget for 2021 and 2022 of EPPO will be fully respected and implemented;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Highlights the need to ensure appropriate staff level to Europol as of the beginning of 2022, in line with relevant Commission proposal; Stresses that in the absence of the adoption of Europol’s revised legal basis by the end of 2021, the reserve retained on the agency's budget may lead to delayed recruitment of staff allocated to the Agency in 2022 which is required to ensure the preparation for an efficient implementation of Europol’s revised legal basis and mandate.
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Stresses that, given the new legislative proposals, such as and strategic initiatives arising from the European Green Deal, such as the Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, Fit for 55 package, and increased Union spending due to NGEU and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, some services, in particular the Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), will need staff reinforcements; asks the Commission as honest broker to reassess these needs promptly and to propose thesadequate reinforcements in its Amending letterduring the Conciliation, without undermining the actual human resources level in its other services or agencies;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 – point g
Paragraph 53 – point g
g) Expects all visitor groups to be informed by the Parliament services about the environmental impact of their transport and that a system of incentive reimbursement of travel costs based on environmental impact is established in 2022; welcomes the future proposal for a revision of the rules governing visitor groups; calls for the revised rules to be in line with Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future (COM(2020)0789), in particular its paragraph 9;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 – point i
Paragraph 53 – point i
i) rRecalls the support of the vast majority of Parliament’s Members for a single seat to ensure that Union taxpayers’ money is spent efficiently and for Parliament to assume its institutional responsibility to reduce its carbon footprintneed to find solutions to optimise parliamentary institutional work, financial costs and the carbon footprint with due regard for geographical distribution of European Parliament’s three seats; recalls that according to the Treaty on the European Union, the European Parliament is to have its seat in Strasbourg; notes that permanent changes would require a Treaty change for which unanimity is needed;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 53 – point n a (new)
n a) calls for faster and more secure wireless networks in the three places of work;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 – point n b (new)
Paragraph 53 – point n b (new)
n b) calls for increased digital means to directly engage with citizens; supports the establishment of Europa Experiences by 2024 in all Member States; supports the administration in its policy aimed at maximizing synergies;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 – point n c (new)
Paragraph 53 – point n c (new)
n c) calls to introduce the opportunity for the citizens and the residents of Member States and partner countries to make virtual guided tours in the Parliament in order to achieve better understanding of the work and values of the institution among broader public;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54 a. stresses that the European Data Protection Supervisor is a key institution, active in all aspects of the processing of personal data; that its tasks and responsibilities have grown, necessitating an increase in its human and financial resources; recalls that the Commission has integrated its expenditure estimates;