Activities of Rasmus ANDRESEN related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Union Budget for 2023 should address the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, by direct support for Ukraine and strengthening the Union’s strategic autonomy, energy independence from fossil fuels and nuclear, and defence capabilities, as well as the secondary consequences such as the all-time high energy prices; stresses that the Union budget for 2023 should ensure that adequate support is provided to the most vulnerable citizens and business that are most effected by the energy crisis and its social and economic consequences, including via dedicated energy efficiency and renewable deployment measures;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2023 EU budget to contribute to achieving the priorities set byof the green and digital transition as outlined in the Recovery and Resilience Facility and reflected in the European Semester;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for the 2023 Union budget to deliver the ambitions of the European Green Deal and be in line with the Union's climate commitments under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the budget should continue to support the post-pandemic recovery, building on the lessons learned from the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the cuts to the HEU proposed by the Council in its position on the 2023 budget; strongly believes that the Council is undermining the credibility of the Union by cutting the HEU budget while also approving ambitiousch is needed for the implementation of Union climate and digital legislation which will heavily depend on research and innovation delivering new technologiescal and non-technological innovation;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reiterates its call for the phase-out of harmful subsidies and for coherence between all Union funds and programmes; insists that projects and programmes which are inconsistent with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5°C, or with the objective of halting and reversing biodiversity loss, should not be eligible for support under the Union budget;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the provision of adequate resources for the coordination and surveillance of macroeconomic policies, for the fight against financial crime, money laundering and tax evasion, for the implementation of the OECD agreement on corporate taxation, for the enforcement of competition law, and for compliance with the economic governance framework and the European Green Deal;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Demands that all energy and infrastructure investments are in line with the Energy Efficiency First Principle and resilient to adverse climate change impacts and as well as the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5°C; calls for the integration of GHG emissions in the mandatory cost-benefit analysis over the lifecycle of the project against the most likely baseline and the explicit consideration of related additional investments and lock-in effects to avoid stranded assets;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Highlights the need to ensure that the do-no-significant-harm principle is mainstreamed in all Union activities through the budgetary implementation as agreed in the IIA and welcomes the Commission proposal for amending the Financial Regulation to include the do- no-significant-harm principle in line with the Union’s commitment to sustainable financing and the green transition; calls on the Commission to monitor the proper implementation of the do-no-significant- harm principle and to take immediate corrective measures if and when needed;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Welcomes the gender-budgeting classification undertaken by the Commission and expresses the need to work further on the analysis of the 0*programs as well as the methodology to track the implementation of the third gender action plan.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the need for adequate resources for producing and disseminating high-quality statistics in Europe; stresses that, despite some progress, there are still significant weaknesses and gaps in the usability, coverage and accessibility of statistics and urgent action is needed; considers therefore that part of the budget should be kept in reserve until Eurostat presents an ambitious action plan to sustainably increase the user-friendliness of its website, to ensure the accessibility to data and information in all EU official languages and to develop new statistics and indicators contributing to the implementation of Union policies and priorities;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines the importance of adequate resources to support the development of robust and reliable financial and non-financial reporting and auditing standards globally and across the Union; however, believes that part of the allocated budget should be suspended until the IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board have properly followed up on the relevant long-standing demands outlined in the European Parliament's own initiative report (2016/2006(INI) - Rapporteur MEP Stolojan);
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the need to ensure adequate public funding for EFRAG for its upcoming work on developing EU sustainability reporting standards, which should account for 75% of the total budget related to sustainability matters; highlights that, in order to ensure high quality standards and independence, additional funding should only be released on the condition that EFRAG adopts a clear work plan outlining measures to ensure a proper transparent due process and public oversight, with independence and balanced representation for civil society organisations and trade unions;