Activities of Evin INCIR related to 2021/2106(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - Section III European Commission and executive agencies
Amendments (3)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is concerned that Horizon 2020 was implemented for projects located in the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, in full defiance of the “Guidelines on the eligibility of Israeli entities and their activities in the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 for grants, prizes and financial instruments funded by the EU from 2014 onwards”; reminds of the position of the Council, which expressed its commitment to ensure that all agreements between Israel and the EU must unequivocally and explicitly indicate the inapplicability to the territories occupied by Israel in 1967, as well as to continued implementation of existing EU legislation and bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products; calls on the Commission to establish the necessary legal and technical arrangements to guarantee that the geographical scope of the EU-Israel agreement under Horizon Europe for the 2021-2027 period will be limited to the territory of Israel as defined by international law in 1967.
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recognises the key role performed by UNRWA in providing Palestine refugees with vital services, including health and education, in the Middle East; commends the results of the study on Palestinian school books performed by the Georg Eckert Institute, which confirms that they adhere to UNESCO standards and adopt criteria which are prominent in international education discourse.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Considers that, in comparison to 2020, the budget line structure of the European Neighbourhood for the 2021- 2027 Multiannual Financial Framework is oversimplified, since it only includes two lines, respectively for the Southern Neighbourhood and the Eastern Partnership; regrets that such a simplified structure does not allow the budgetary authority to properly perform its scrutiny role in the annual discharge procedure; believes that the financial needs of each of the two geographical areas should be addressed at least by three budget lines, respectively targeting political, development and security related matters.