Activities of Rasmus ANDRESEN related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Shadow opinions (2)
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 Budget - Section III
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 Budget - Section III
Amendments (46)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the Member States have so far not managed to reach an agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, which puts at risk the timely start of the new programmes and thus the Union’s ability to reachieve its political priorities a net-zero greenhouse gas emission economy by 2040 at the latest and therewith linked political priorities under the European Green Deal; notes that the MFF is the basis for the annual budget and that, in the absence of an MFF regulation, guidelines on the 2021 budget can only reflect Parliament’s general position on the MFF;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points to the need to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated in the 2021 budget to allow the Union to rapidly take the concrete actions needed to address the climate, biodiversity and environment emergency; insists that the next budget must enable the Union to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, is fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 °C, and must contribute to reversing the decline in biodiversity;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regards to its resolution of 16 January 2020 on the COP151a, _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0015_EN.html
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that if the Union is to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest, as endorsed by the Commission's European Green Deal, then an ambitious and binding climate-related spending target for the 2021-2027 MFF is essential; in this regard calls for a target of at least 50%;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reiterates its call for the phase-out of harmful subsidies and for coherence between all EU funds and programmes; insists that projects and programmes which are inconsistent with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5, or with the objective of halting and reversing biodiversity loss, shall not be eligible for support under the EU budget;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recalls that, Article 2-1(c)of the Paris Agreement compels Parties to “make financial flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development”; calls on the Commission to incorporate the do no harm principle into the MFF-OR regulation and to ensure its implementation in the sectorial programmes;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Commission to provide for horizontal guidance on climate and biodiversity proofing that should guide all policy planning documents for the next MFF;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission to report annually on how the mainstreaming targets for climate and biodiversity are being met, on the basis of actual expenditure rather than estimates; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to put forward a correction mechanism in case climate and biodiversity spending falls below the foreseen targets;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Demands that the planning of climate and biodiversity spending take place systematically during the development of all policies and programmes and not simply as an accountancy exercise ex-post as part of the annual budgetary procedure;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and detailed legislative proposal on tracking, accounting and proofing for the climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets by July 2020, and requests that the Parliament is closely involved in the development of these methodologies;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the Council of Europe defines gender budgeting as a ‘gender based assessment of budgets incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality’; whereas the purpose of gender budgeting is to promote accountability and transparency in fiscal planning, to increase gender responsive participation in the budget process, for example by undertaking steps to involve women and men equally in budget preparation, and to advance gender equality and women’s rights;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the new Heading 1 (‘Single Market, Innovation and Digital’) will be instrumental for boosting innovation-led economic growthand sustainable development in line with the SDGs and contributing to the transition towards a climate-neutral economy and society in line with the Paris Agreement; highlights furthermore the importance of the new Heading 5 (‘Security and Defence’), which includes the new European Defence Fund and essential funds for nuclear safety and decommissioningand sufficient funding for the safely decommissioning of the nuclear plants in Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that high-tech industries require materials that are not always readily available and, in parallel with encouraging the development of supply chains in full compliance with European standards and values, calls for measures towards labelling the material content of products in view of easing the recovery of the limited resources further down the products lifecycle. In the same high-tech sectors and especially in the digitalisation, process calls for the identification and support of efficiency gains of digitalisation that result in a carbon negative net result;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls Parliament’'s position on the overall financial envelope for Horizon Europe of EUR 120 billion (in 2018 prices); calls on the Commission in this regard to present the 2021 draft budget accordingly to ensure that research and innovation activities will continue in areas that are essential for the EU’s strategic autonomyaddressing pressing societal challenges, such as climate change, the realisation of a net-zero GHG emission economy and SDGs, the EU's strategic leadership, and benefit its citizens and society, such as the digital, energy and transport transformation, healthcare and space; recalls in this context the importance of fundamental research; EU research and innovation funding should especially support areas suffering from serious market failure and neglected societal challenges; recalls in this context the importance of fundamental research as well as international cooperation in research and innovation and urges the Commission to bolster international S&;T agreements and global partnerships, to revert the decreasing trend in international participation in Horizon 2020;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Insists that the EU budget is vital and plays a crucial role to respond to the challenges the Union is facing and reflects the degree of ambition of the Member States and the institutions;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls the importance of research and innovation to address the key challenge of tackling climate change on time to reach a net-zero emission economy by 2040 at the latest; in this context, deplores the continuous funding through EU tax-payers money of projects that will not be climate-proof; calls therefore for transferring the EU budget of ITER to renewables and energy savings; recalls in this context the adopted ‘energy efficiency first’ principle as well as the target for the EU to become number one in renewables;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55 % by 2030 represents an enormous challenge, notably with regard to building insulation, developing public transport and achieving both an agricultural transition and a socially just transition; recalls additionally that the IPCC report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C underlines the need to cut carbon emissions by 65% by 2030; insists that in order to succeed in this unprecedented enterprise in only ten years, urgent action is needed, backed by a strong EU budget as of 2021;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that all areas of the budget need to contribute to the overall goals of the European Green Deal and the full implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; recalls in this context the importance of the introduction of a Just Transition Fund to address societal, socio- economic and environmental impacts on workers and communities adversely affected by the transition from coal and carbon dependence, and calls for solid financing of the fund; recalls that Just Transition funding must be conditional on progress on concrete and binding decarbonisation plans in line with the Paris Agreement, especially the phase out of coal and the transformation of carbon intensive economic regions;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out that climate and biodiversity-related expenditure must be tracked using more robust, transparent and comprehensive methodology including reformed performance indicators for defining ex-ante and ex- post tracking and accounting, which are needed in order to avoid the risk of overestimation of the allocated funds;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for all infrastructure investments to be in line with the Energy Efficiency First Principle and the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5°C as well as resilience to adverse climate change impacts; calls for the integration GHG emissions in the mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration to avoid stranded assets;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need for an ambitious draft budget, in particular for new programmes such as the Digital Europe Programme, which need to become operational as soon as possible in order to help make the EU more competitive; strongly opposes any cuts, especially in areas that aim at ensuring a human- centric, secure and future-oriented digitalised society, fit for the digital age;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that for achieving the goals of the Green Deal and ensuring proper monitoring of its progress while supporting an important economic activity in the European Union, the European Space Programme in general and the Copernicus component in particular are essential; to that regard calls for an increase of resources dedicated to environmental monitoring from space and an ecological approach to space traffic and debris management;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of SMEs as an essential part of the economy, as they provide a high number of jobs in the EU and play a vital role in research and innovation; urges the Commission therefore to ensure a smooth transition from COSME to the new Single Market Programme and from the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and other financial instruments to InvestEU; stresses that InvestEU and other financial instruments should support the entire research, development and innovation cycle, make sure that underfunded areas of research are prioritised and that innovations reach the market and benefit society;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Insists that the selection of priority energy infrastructure projects needs urgent revision and that further spending must be fully aligned with Green Deal policies, climate objectives and EIB energy lending policy;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the important role that EU agencies play in helping to achieve policy objectives set by the legislator; calls therefore for sufficient funding and staffing for all agencies in line with their tasks and responsibilities; underlines in particular the need to substantially reinforce the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), which has been underfunded and understaffed for many years risking to jeopardise ACER’s functioning and its ability to perform its tasks on monitoring and market transparency as well as the additional tasks conferred on it through recent legislation including the Clean Energy Package; insists that the Commission address this problem already in its draft budget.
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for “financing the European Green Deal” was set in its resolution on the European Green Deal in which it supported the introduction of new green own resources, such as the Carbon border adjustment tax, a share of ETS revenue, a Kerosene tax and a Plastic tax and a tax on financial transactions, that correspond to the objectives of the European Green Deal and promoted and facilitated a green and socially fair transition, including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; and it saw the Commission’s proposals as a starting point in this regard;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers, therefore, that the whole 2021 budget must comply with the 55 % GHG emissions reduction target, as requested in its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, but also aim at a 65% reduction target as recommended by the IPCC latest reports; considers that the 2021 budget should also comply and with the social commitments made by the President of the Commission, in order to send the right signals to EU citizens and businesses;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for biodiversity was set in its resolution on COP15[1]in which it called on the Commission and the Council to set a clear spending target for biodiversity mainstreaming of at least 10 % in the MFF, in addition to the target for spending on climate mainstreaming1b; _________________ 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0015_EN.html
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Aims to set binding biodiversity and climate mainstreaming targets and to fix for the first to at least 10% and the latter to at least 350 % for 2021; reiterates its call on the Commission to lay down clear eligibility criteria of a stringent and comprehensive methodology for defining and tracking relevant climate and biodiversity expenditure; excepts the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and detailed proposal by July 2020 in form of a Framework Regulation; demands for the Parliament to be closely involved in the conception of such a methodology;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Demands that the planning of climate and biodiversity spending take place during the development of MFF programmes and not simply as an accountancy exercise ex-post as part of the annual budgetary procedure;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls on the Commission to report annually, on the basis of actual expenditure rather than estimates, to what degree the mainstreaming targets for climate and biodiversity are being met; Calls on the Commission to put forward a correction mechanism in case climate and biodiversity spending falls below the foreseen targets;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Reiterates its call for the phase-out of harmful subsidies and for coherence between all EU funds and programmes; Insists that projects and programmes which are inconsistent with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5oC,or with the objective of halting and reversing biodiversity loss, shall not be eligible for support under the EU budget, and shall be in line with the EU taxonomy framework for sustainable investment;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Insists that the MFF 2021-2027 exclude any direct or indirect support for fossil fuels and fossil-fuel related infrastructure, in the EU or abroad;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11 e. Calls for all infrastructure investments with an expected lifespan of more than 5 years to be in linked with the National Climate and Energy Plans, and in their planning prioritize of energy efficiency measures(Energy Efficiency First Principle) and the consideration of specific decarbonisation pathways compatible with the objective of limit global warming to under 1,5°C as well as resilience to adverse climate change impacts. Calls for the integration of all 3 scopes of GHG emissions in the mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration to avoid stranded assets;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11 f. Is particularly worried that the contribution of the Common Agricultural Policy(CAP) to climate spending has been grossly overestimated and is unrealistic, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors; reiterates its call for the CAP to be fully in line with the EU's increased climate and biodiversity ambition; Calls on the Commission to analyse to what extent the current CAP reform proposal contributes to these commitments and for it to come forward with the necessary changes to ensure that the CAP and its implementation are coherent with, and contribute to, the Union's increased climate and biodiversity ambitions;
Amendment 211 #
11 g. Calls on the Commission to urgently put forward a new CAP legislative package in order to ensure that it is fully compliant with Paris Climate Agreement as its budget repensent roughly half of the climate-related spending;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 h (new)
Paragraph 11 h (new)
11 h. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for “do no harm” principle was set in its resolution on the European Green Deal1c in which, amongst other things, it welcomed the commitment by the Commission to ensure that all EU actions should help the EU achieve a sustainable future and a just transition, including the use of green budgeting tools, and to update the better regulation guidelines accordingly; _________________ 1c https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2020-0005_EN.html
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 i (new)
Paragraph 11 i (new)
11 i. Reiterates that Parliament’s position for “financing the European Green Deal” was set in its resolution on the European Green Deal in which it stressed the instrumental role of the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the delivery of the European Green Deal and the urgent need for another quantum leap in political and financial efforts, including new budgetary appropriations, in order to achieve its objectives, as well as a just transition towards a carbon-neutral economy based on the highest social justice criteria so that no one and nowhere is left behind; and it expected the budgetary means over the next financial programming period to be commensurate with this ambition, while stressing that a reduced MFF would obviously represent a step backwards;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 j (new)
Paragraph 11 j (new)
11 j. Calls for the implementation of gender budgeting by assigning budget allocations taking into account a gender- responsive evaluation of the previous budgetary period and ensuring equal participation in the budgetary process; stresses that gender budgeting also requires linking the budget to gender equality objectives defined in each policy area, tracing spending on gender equality and ensuring agender-sensitive review of the programmes and spending to adjust them in the following period;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 k (new)
Paragraph 11 k (new)
11 k. Is convinced that any legal person who is a beneficial owner of legal entities receiving funds from the EU budget shall be prohibited from receiving any funds from the existing as well as the future European budget under the rules of this Regulation on Multinannual Financial Framework for 2021-2017, including direct agricultural payments and any disbursements, expenditures, guarantees or other benefits dealt with therein if s/he is in a clear conflict of interests as defined in Art. 61 of Financial Regulation (EU) 1046/2018;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that the EU budget’s revenue side shall be seen as a tool for the achievement of EU policies; believes that new green and single market-related own resources would be complementary to the European Green Deal’s strategy for climate and environment protection and fair taxation objectives respectively;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Deplores the recurring political dramas caused by the overwhelming share of national GNI contributions in the own resources system; considers, therefore, that their share should decrease to fulfil their balancing role only;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Recalls that the European Parliament will not give its consent to the MFF without an agreement on the reform of the EU own resources system, including the introduction of a basket of new own resources; underlines, therefore, that the 2021 budget will have to be financed through new additional own resources in order to avoid damaging political consequences;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its demand for a contingency plan to protect beneficiaries and ensure continuity of funding in the event that the current MFF needs to be extended beyond 2020; demands that the Commission present such a plan without delay, includingproposing either the prolongation of the legal bases where relevant or to propose how to reallocate the new set of programmes under the extended and automatically adjusted MFF ceilings;