Activities of Henrike HAHN related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)
2022 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
Amendments (32)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 (the Paris Agreement),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) special report on global warming of 1,5 °C, its special report on climate change and land, and its special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law),
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
— having regard to the Communication from the Commission of 11 December 2019, on “The European Green Deal” (COM(2019)0640),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the Union budget must be equipped with the tools to enable it to respond to multiple crises simultaneously; reiterates Parliament’s view that the 2022 budget should play a pivotal role in ensuring a positive and tangible impact on citizens’ lives; against this background, supports increases to boost investment with a particular focus on SMEs, strengthen efforts towards the green and digital transitions, as well as to tackle climate change and halting and reversing the decline of biodiversity, give fresh opportunities to young people in particular, build a strong European Health Union; reinforces, further, priorities in the fields of security, migration, fundamental rights, while acknowledging the recent deteriorating situation in external policy and humanitarian aid and the need to be able to react swiftly to the upcoming challenges;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of Council’s position on the DB, cutting EUR 1,43 billion in commitment appropriations for the MFF headings compared to the Commission’s proposal; considers that the cuts proposed by the Council follow the usual top-down approach of implementing an overall arbitrary reduction target, which is neither driven by an objective assessment of implementation trends nor absorption capacities and does not reflect on the multitude of challenges the EU is facing including the severe impact of climate change and the biodiversity crisis; points out the contradiction with core shared policy priorities; concludes that the Council’s position is far from Parliament’s expectations for a recovery budget; decides therefore, as a general rule, to restore appropriations on all lines cut by the Council to the level of the DB, for both operational and administrative expenditure, and to take the DB as the starting point to build its position upon; accepts, however, to enter EUR 1 299 million in both commitment and payment appropriations in 2022 for the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) as this reflects the political agreement on the BAR Regulation;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the dedicated focus in the performance reporting of the European Commission on climate and biodiversity mainstreaming and calls the Commission to further refine and develop the reporting; reminds the Commission to fully involve the European Parliament; emphasizes that the Commission needs to establish the effective methodology in particular for tracking, halting and reversing biodiversity loss before the presentation of the draft budget for 2023 in order to ensure that the target set out in the IIA for 2024 can be met effectively; reminds that for the implementation of the Green Deal it is essential that funding from the multiannual financial framework and the NGEU is only awarded for activities which are in line with the ‘do no significant harm’ principle and are consistent with the Paris Agreement goal to limit the temperature rise to under 1.5 degrees Celsius; expects that the next performance report includes details on how the EU budget contributes to the Green Deal, in particular through the implementation of the do no significant harm principle; stresses that the guidance published for the RRF should be seen as the standard for all other expenditures of the same nature, in particular must serve as a basis for the partnership agreements; reminds that the implementation of the principle as regards biodiversity must go beyond the full respect of relevant EU acquis; calls on the Commission to assess whether the national recovery and resilience plans collectively put the Union on track towards achieving the 7,5% biodiversity spending target by 2024 and to report the assessment to Parliament;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Insists that gender mainstreaming be better reflected in the drafting and implementation of the budget, including through targeted incentives; calls for the systematic and comprehensive collection of data in the context of all EU policies and programmes in order to measure the impact on gender equality; expects the Commission to develop a methodology to measure the relevant expenditure at programme level in the MFF 2021-2027, as soon as possible;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Underlines the importance to enhance the protection of the Union budget and NGEU against fraud and irregularities; welcomes the introduction of standardised measures to collect, compare and aggregate information and figures on the final beneficiaries of Union funding, including on beneficial owners of the recipients and contractors; calls on the Commission to ensure full application of these new measures on all levels of budget implementation and to monitor closely their effectiveness in view of detecting fraud;
Amendment 29 #
5. Takes note, in this context, of the recent initiative on a European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA); expresses deep concern over Parliament's exclusion from the decision-making procedure for establishing such an authority and the lack of proper oversight for its activities, and is strongly opposed to any financing architecture that would redeploy funds away from key objectives and actions initially planned under Horizon Europe, EU4Health and RrescEU which would hinder the implementation of other foreseen activities in the area of health set under these programmes including for example Europe's Beating Cancer Plan; underlines that the timing of such an initiative has not made it possible for Parliament to take it into account in its reading on the 2022 budget; calls for this issue to be addressed during the budgetary conciliation on the 2022 budget;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to restore the level of the DB for the financing cost of the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI) to avoid giving a negative signal towards the financial markets, pending any reassessment of forecasted needs by the Commission in conciliation; is of the opinion that any savings should be reallocated in line with the top-ups as defined by the EP; reiterates the European Parliament’s long standing position that the interests of the NGEU should be over and above the MFF ceilings;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that for emergency situations, including those connected to the increasingly severe impact of climate change and in particular extreme weather events such as heat waves, draught, fire or floods, enough resources must be mobilised in the European budget; underlines that fresh allocations need to be made available in the case that the planned resources are not sufficient;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that a successful research programme is essential for the Union’s future prosperity; stresses that Horizon Europe, which has very high European added value, will make a critically important contribution to the Green Deal and efforts towards a climate-neutral economy and to tackle climate and biodiversity crisis especially via innovative research in the cluster ‘Climate, Energy and Mobility’ and the cluster ‘Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment’, to a successful digital transition and to the recovery of the Union economy from the pandemic; highlights in particular the need to bolster Union investment in health research, including funding for cancer research; increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon Europe over the level of the DB by EUR 305 million in commitment appropriations;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes that the Digital Europe Programme is a vital tool in increasing rates of digitalisation in the Union, thereby leading to significant productivity gains, and in helping to bolster investments in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence; emphasizes the need for additional budgetary appropriations required to finance enhancement of women's digital literacy and skills as well as equal access; recalls the need to support businesses, especially innovative digital SMEs; proposes therefore to increase the amount allocated to the programme by just over EUR 71 million;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Supports increases to the various strands of the Single Market Cluster by a total amount of just over EUR 37 million in commitment appropriations above the level of the DB; draws particular attention to the need to significantly increase the line dedicated to improving the competitiveness of enterprises and their access to markets, in particular considering the severe and long-lasting consequences of the health crisis on SMEs and startups as well as supporting SMEs, which form the backbone of the European economy, with the tremendous challenges of the dual green and digital transitions;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its long-standing request for a dedicated budget line and allocation for tourism, particularly considering the severe contraction that the sector has experienced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; acknowledges that several EU programmes contribute to the long-term competitiveness and sustainability of the sector, but strongly believes that an EU tourism programme would ensure more coordinated, visible, sustainable and transparent action;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Decides to create a reserve conditional on further improvements in the governance of the International Accounting Standards Board operating under the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation in line with the demands contained in the European Parliament resolution of 7 June 2016 (2016/2006(INI)); decides to create a reserve for the European Banking Authority (EBA) in light of the serious deficiencies and shortcomings identified by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in its Special Report 13/2021 as regards the lack of sufficient action in the area of anti-money laundering / counter terrorist financing until the ECA recommendations are fully complied with;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reinforces the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), in line with the identified needs of this agency, to ensure it can adequately fulfil its role in supporting the transition towards the decarbonisation of transporta comprehensive modal shift towards rail, ensuring among others the completion of rail missing links, particularly cross-border, and its full decarbonisation also for segments where direct electrification is complex, and to overall ensure a level playing-field with other modes;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights the relevance of increasing the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (rescEU) by EUR 10 million, in particular in relation to the natural disasters in Europe, to enhance the protection of EU citizens and strengthen preparedness in the event of future disasters due to climate change, which are likely to occur more often and in a more sever manner due to climate change; stresses therefore the need to invest in climate mitigation and adaptation for particularly vulnerable regions and build back better;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Proposes, further, a reinforcement to the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme by EUR 10 million to support Europe’s cultural and creative sectors and creative industry, particularly hit by the COVID-19 crisis, in the recovery;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the crucial role of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme to strengthen European citizenship and democracy, equality and gender equality and the rule of law in the Union, as well as to support victims of gender-based violence, and insists that additional appropriations are required to support these objectives; increases the Justice Programme to offset the proposed cut to finance increased tasks for the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) under the e- CODEX proposal;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Deems it necessary to increase appropriations for the Turkish Cypriot Community budget line for the purpose of contributing decisively to the continuation and intensification of the mission of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, the wellbeing of Maronites wishing to resettle and that of all enclaved persons as agreed in the 3rd Vienna Agreement, and of supporting the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, therebywith the aim of promoting trust and reconciliation between the two communities;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Recalls the important role played by the decentralised agencies active under this Sub-heading; decides to increase funding for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) and the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) in line with the identified needs of those agencies; decides, also, to apply targeted reinforcements to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) to allow the body to fulfil its duties in line with the requirements to fulfil its mandate; increases, further, staffing levels for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), FRA, Eurojust and EPPO; emphasizes also the importance to further assess and possibly further increase the needs of EU agencies dealing with the impacts of the health crisis in the future, in particular of the European Centre for Disease Prevention (ECDC) in light of the updated founding regulation;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. RStresses the urgent need to act on climate change as underlined by the latest IPPC report published on 9 August 2021; recalls, the importance of the LIFE programme in supporting and underpinning climate action and environmental protection; calls for the level of in the Union; reinforces budgetary support for LIFE to be increased across the various programme strands by 25% above DB; highlights that any annual reinforcement for the LIFE programme will imply progress towards the mainstreaming targets and ambitions in the areas of climate and biodiversityby EUR 171 million (25% above DB) across the various programme strands;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the need to significantly increase the budget of the European Environment Agency to provide sufficient financial and staff resources to enable full implementation of the European Green Deal and its related polici, the Fit for 55 package and the Biodiversity 2030 Strategy and their related policies and to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; underlines that the reinforcement for the European Environment Agency should not be financed from the LIFE programme, which has not been intended by the co-legislators for such purposes;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Strongly objectReverses tohe Council’s cuts to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) as the agency must be adequately equipped to enable it to deliver in all areas of responsibility falling under its new mandate; decides, however, to place EUR 90 000 000 into the reserve subject to the recruitment of the remaining 20 fundamental rights monitors at AD grade, the recruitment of the three deputy executive directors and the adoption of a procedure for the implementation of Article 46 of Regulation 2019/18969 ; _________________ 9Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624 (OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1).
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Emphasises that at a time when external challenges and matters of international politics are gaining importance in international politics, the Union must ensure that the external dimension of its budget is appropriately funded and prepared to respond without delay to current, emerging as well as future challenges, including those connected to climate change and health crises; insists on focussing supporting on agreed priorities under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI-Global Europe) and Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III); stresses the need for sufficient funding to facilitate the planning and implementation of the EU’s global connectivity agenda; emphasises the importance of including concrete connectivity projects and investments in the programming process for the 2021- 2027 MFF; underlines the need to increase funding to UNRWA in light of the crucial role it plays in protecting and ensuring the essential needs and human development of Palestine refugees; emphasizes that the proposed increase is dedicated to ensure the predictable funding to UNRWA;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Expresses deep concern about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan; believes that the humanitarian aid budget for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries should be significantly increased to support and protect vulnerable Afghans and their families;, in particular women and girls, as well as internally displaced people and refugees, and to enhance resettlement; demands that, unless the respect for human rights and especially the rights of women and girls can be guaranteed, insists that development assistance to the Afghan regime remains suspended and is redirected towards and limited to independent development and humanitarian organisations in line with EU external action objectives, given the expected needs to be financed by the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve, both internally and externally, that might lead to financial shortcomings, decides to reinforce the funding of the humanitarian aid by 20%;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Stresses the need to support developing countries in improving their health systems and accessing COVID-19 vaccines, particularly through the COVAX initiative; decides, therefore, to earmark the amount of EUR 1 billion under the emerging challenges and priorities cushion of NDICI-Global Europe to this effect, as well as a further EUR 100 million under the line “People - Global Challenges”; requests that Member States fulfil the COVAX pledges already made and invites them to commit additional EUR 2 billion, either to COVAX or in vaccine doses, inby the first semester of 2022;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Highlights the Union’s global support efforts for refugees and recalls the important role played by Turkey and the other host countries in welcoming refugees from Syria; reaffirms that the Union and its Member States must continue to provide effective and monitored aid to Syrian refugees in host countries; emphasises that the future funding for the needs of the Syrian refugees was not factored in the MFF or NDICI-Global Europe negotiations and should therefore not be borne by the programmed instruments, including the NDICI-Global Europe cushion, as the package in favour of refugees from Syria is not responding to a new crisis or unforeseen needs; requests that any successor of the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT) shall be financed by fresh appropriations and by additional contributions from the Member States and should be accompanied by the corresponding revision of the MFF regulation to increase the ceiling of Heading 6 in order to reflect the actual financial needs for the EU external actions; calls for greater transparency regarding human rights-related provisions in financing agreements and a clarification of the mechanism and criteria for the suspension of such agreements in the event of a breach of human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law and in serious cases of corruption; calls on the Commission to strictly refrain from using budget support to third countries’ governments as an operational modality in countries witnessing widespread violations of human rights;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Stresses that, given the new legislative proposals and strategic initiatives arising from the European Green Deal goals, such as the Fit for 55 package, the Biodiversity Strategy, Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and increased Union spending due to NGEU and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, some services, in particular the Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), will need staff reinforcements; asks the Commission as honest broker to reassess these needs promptly and to propose thesadequate reinforcements in its Amending letterduring the conciliation, without undermining the actual human resources level in its other services;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49 a. Stresses the need to dedicate more capacity for mandatory trainings and initiatives to foster gender equality and fight gender bias, including harassment;