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INTERIM REPORT on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position with a view to an agreement PDF (1 MB) DOC (289 KB)
Amendments (21)
Amendment 10 #
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas beyond the capacity of the action provided by the Multiannual Financial Framework, the European Union is called upon to meet the global challenges and threats that Member States cannot afford anymore alone. The recognition of some “European common goods” (agriculture, solidarity, defense and security, management of the migration policy, climate protection, digital economy, space) leads to evaluate the effectiveness of national public spending and to study the European added value that would result from the transfer of all or part of the corresponding appropriations to the European Union level. The MFF 2021- 2027 must/should be sufficiently flexible to deal with unforeseen events and must/should allow initiatives to increase the volume of appropriations in the Union budget, and this development would strengthen its strategic autonomy without necessarily increasing the overall burden of public expenditure within the EU;
Amendment 30 #
Paragraph 4
4. Declares, moreover, its opposition to any reduction in the level of key EU policies, such as the EU cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy (CAP), ERASMUS+, youth employment, research and innovation as well as SMEs; is particularly opposed to any radical cuts that will adversely impact on the very nature and objectives of these policies, such as the cuts proposed for the Cohesion Fund or for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; opposes, in this context, the proposal to reduce the European Social Fund despite its enlarged scope and the integration of the Youth Employment Initiative; recalls the need to strengthen the focus of future spending on performance and results, based on ambitious and relevant performance targets, in particular under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), following the Briefing paper of the European Court of Auditors: Future of the CAP (March 2018);
Amendment 39 #
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the effectiveness of the centralised governance structure laid down by the CEF Regulation; notes that transferring part of Cohesion Fund funding to the CEF has been a great success and that the degree of satisfaction of the Member States concerned confirms that this mechanism shall be continued under the next MFF and be sufficient to complete the currently ongoing projects funded through the Cohesion Fund contribution; accordingly proposes an allocation of EUR 20 billion from the European Regional Development Fund to the CEF, with the same management rules to be managed under similar rules to those which apply to Cohesion Fund funding for the CEF, albeit accessible for all Member States; believes that, in view of the big difference between available funding and what is needed, more attention needs to be paid to solutions with a big EU- added value such as missing cross-border links, such as rail, and this transfer would ensure that TEN- T projects in Europe made significant headway;
Amendment 49 #
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines, furthermore, the importance of the horizontal principles that should underpin the MFF and all related EU policies; reaffirms, in this context, its position that the EU must deliver on its commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and deplores the lack of a clear and visible commitment to that end in the MFF proposals; requests, therefore, the mainstreaming of the SDGs into all EU policies and initiatives of the next MFF; further emphasises that the elimination of discrimination is vital to fulfil the EU’s commitments towards an inclusive Europe and deplores the lack of gender mainstreaming and gender equality commitments in EU policies, as presented in the MFF proposals; underlines also its position that, followingthat to reach the obligations of the Paris Agreement, climate-related spending should be significantly increased to at least 30% in comparison with the current MFF and reach 30 % as soon as possiblewith a swift achievement of 30%, both annually and atfor the latest by 2027MFF as a whole;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for better spending and increased accountability and transparency of the Union funds by a strengthened focus on performance and results leading, based on ambitious and relevant performance targets;
Amendment 89 #
Paragraph 14 – point i
i. Increase the budget for research and innovationHorizon Europe to reach EUR 120 billion in 2018 prices;
Amendment 92 #
Paragraph 14 – point ii a (new)
ii a. Introduce a transfer from ERDF to CEF-Transport in line with the transfer from Cohesion Fund to CEF-Transport;
Amendment 102 #
Paragraph 14 – point vii
vii. Introduce a specific allocation (EUR 5.52 billion) for Child Guarantee;
Amendment 123 #
Paragraph 14 – point xviii a (new)
xviii a. Further reinforce the ‘Fiscalis’ programme for cooperation in the field of taxation;
Amendment 125 #
Paragraph 14 – point xviii b (new)
Amendment 127 #
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines the essential role played by the decentralised agencies in aiding the Union and the Member States make informed, science-based decisions, actively contributing to the implementation of Union policies and enhancing cooperation between Member States to address the concerns of Union citizens; stresses for at least the stability of envelopes in real terms of agencies that have been entrusted with additional tasks particular where recent legislative proposals foresee new activities for an agency including but not limited to fundamental rights, security and migration, environment, climate, health and safety and urges this is accurately reflected in the grouping of agencies;
Amendment 131 #
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Strongly emphasises the importance of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which should be streamlined into every policy proposals as a horizontal obligation of the Union; welcomes in this context the creation of new Justice, Rights and Values Fund aiming at inter alia promoting European justice area, rights, values and equality; JHA agencies, should support the Commission in its coordination and oversight tasks in respect to funds by assisting in monitoring and training activities; calls in particular for a close cooperation of the Fund with the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 135 #
Paragraph 16
16. Intends to defend the Commission proposal on securing a sufficient level of funding for a strong, efficient and high- quality European public administration at the service of all Europeans; recalls that, during the current MFF, the EU institutions, bodies and agencies have implemented a 5% reduction inof the staff and believes that they should not be subject to any further reduction that would jeopardise directly the delivery of Union policiess in the establishment plan; recalls that this was achieving by eliminating posts that were vacant and by not replacing staff that left; notes, despite everything, that during the period 2012-2017, the total budget for contract staff increased by 33,4% in number; question, therefore, the relevance and the merits of such measure;
Amendment 149 #
Paragraph 18 – point ii
iii. The relevant Commission proposal to be presented in time for the next Parliament and Commission to conduct a meaningful adjustment of the 2021-2027 framework, and no later than 1 January 20234;
Amendment 175 #
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that detailed and effective review clauses should be included in the individual MFF programmes and instruments, in order to ensure that meaningful assessments of them are carried out and that Parliament is subsequently fully involved in any decisions taken on necessary adaptations; stresses that these reviews shall be carried out once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the programmes, but no later than three years after the start of the programmes implementation;
Amendment 181 #
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to present the relevant legislative proposals on top of those which it has already tabled, to be decided on under the ordinary legislative procedure; requests, in particular, a proposal for a Regulation establishing an energy transition fund; requests, furthermore, the introduction of the European Child Guarantee in the ESF+, athe introduction of the internal European Democracy Fund in the Justice, Rights and Values, revision of the Regulation establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund and of the Regulation concerning humanitarian aid; considers that a revision of the Financial Regulation should also be proposed when the need arises as a result of the MFF negotiations;
Amendment 188 #
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes, in this context, as an important step towards a more ambitious reform, the Commission’s set of proposals adopted on 2 May 2018 on a new system of own resources; invites the Commission to take into account the Opinion No 5/2018 of the European Court of Auditors concerning the Commission's proposal on the new system of Own Resources of the European Union, which underlines that better calculation and further simplification of the system is needed;
Amendment 216 #
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal to address the paradoxical situation whereby contributions from the United Kingdom to the RAL pre-2021 will enter the budget as general revenue, thus being counted against the Own Resources ceiling, while that ceiling will be calculated on the basis of the EU 27 GNI, thus without the United Kingdom, once the country will have left the EU; considers that UK contributions should on the contrary be calculated on top of the Own Resources ceiling;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to fulfil the Union’s commitment to be a frontrunner in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including gender equality, the MFF revision shall be prepared taking into account progress made in its implementation into all EU policies and initiatives of the 2021-2027 MFF, measured on the basis of performance indicators elaborated by the Commission; the MFF revision shall also be prepared taking into account progress made in swiftly achieving at least 30% climate-related spending, also measured on the basis of performance indicators.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Chapter 4 – Article 16
Before 1 January 2024, the Commission shall present a review of the functioning of the MFF. This review shall, as appropriate, be accompanied by relevant proposalslegislative proposal for the revision of this Regulation in accordance with the procedures set out in the TFEU based on a review of the functioning of the MFF. Without prejudice to Article 6 of this Regulation, preallocated national envelopes shall not be reduced through such a revision. The proposal shall be prepared taking into account an assessment of the target of at least the 30% climate-related spending and the mainstreaming of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including gender equality.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 7 – Article 24
Chapter 7 – Article 24