Activities of Lukas MANDL related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020
Amendments (10)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern the decrease of over EUR 1 billion in commitment appropriations for Heading 4 (Global Europe), which would result in a budget for external action lower than during any of the three preceding years; believes that in the current international context, the EU needs to assume more, not less responsibility and that it must be endowed with the necessary financial resources in order to be able to do so; calls for the margin of over EUR 200 million in Heading 4 to be allocated, in particular for crisis response, conflict prevention, peace- building and crisis preparedness;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the core aim of EU development policy is the eradication of poverty as outlined in Articles 3 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union and Article 208 TFEU;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the Union and its Member States must honour their collective commitment, reconfirmed in 2015, to raise their official development assistance (ODA) to 0,7% of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to present binding timelines for progressivepare and present a concrete plausible plan for a gradual increases towards this level; recalls the Union’s collective commitment to provide the least developed countries (LDCs) with 0,20% of GNI allocated to ODA; reiterates the commitment made by the Commission to dedicate at least 20% of its total ODA to human development and social inclusion;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the allocations for Turkey remain at a reduced level and believes that this is justified by the serious and persistent deficits in the areas of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Turkey; calls on the Commission to closely monitor the situation and, if deemed necessary, to withdraw financial support; welcomes the increased focus on support for civil society and the continuing shift toward direct management and encourages the Commission to further expedite this rebalancing;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the pivotal role of skills training, especially for young people, to increase their chances for employment and avoid an uprooting from their homes; stresses the need to enhance funding for vocational education and training programmes to achieve SDG 4 on quality education and SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to incorporate an incentive-based approach to allocating development aid, thus rewarding States that make progress towards achieving the SDGs according to performance-based indicators and cooperate with the Union on issues such as migration and allocating less money to those that do not.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that, in the context of ongoing budgetary constraints, it will be critical to make the best use of the 2020 general budget, including future skills policies, vocational education and training and measures to support labour market transition and better adjustment to demographic change, particularly by improved integration of potentially vulnerable and disadvantaged groups in the labour market;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines the importance of cooperation in the framework of the European Defence Fund and calls on Member States to make increased use of these funding opportunities.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. In order to have a precise view of the implementation of the association agreements and approximation towards the EU acquis in accession countries as well as associated countries of the Eastern Partnership, the EEAS should foresee the appointment of a local agent responsible for monitoring the developments in the national parliament; the EU could thus be informed of the politically relevant developments in the parliaments of these countries, with a reasonably small investment in the budgetary sense.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Reiterates the importance of vocational education and training in the age of digitalisation and welcomes the increased funding for the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; calls on the Commission to explore further opportunities to support vocational education and training programmes, especially in the areas of software development and information technologies;