Activities of Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021
Amendments (8)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RegDeplorets that the proposed commitment appropriations for the “Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme” at EUR 90 600 000 are much lower than initially requested by the Parliament; requests, in line with the first reading position of the Parliament adopted on 17 April 2019, that commitment appropriations are increased to EUR 265 000 000 and that a new budget line to “promote and protect Union values“ (EUR 120 000 000 in commitment appropriations) is created; calls, in line with the partial agreement reached with Council, to increase the commitment appropriations under the “Daphne” budget line to EUR 37 100 000 and to earmark EUR 27 300 000 of this amount for the fight against gender-based violence by creating a subline “Combating all forms of gender-based violence”; calls further for an increase of the commitment appropriations of the budget line “Promote citizens engagement and participation in the democratic life of the Union” to EUR 70 600 000, to rename the budget line “Promote equality and rights” to “Promote equality, rights and gender equality” and to earmark EUR 10 300 000 to “Promote gender equality and gender mainstreaming” by creating a new subline;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that the budget lines under AMIF should be separated to facilitate greater transparency regarding how the financial resources of the Fund are allocated to the different specific objectives of that Fund;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the proposal to increase the appropriations of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) by 11.5% whileand to leavinge the number of statutory staff unchanged; remindnotes that the Agency is requested to provide increased operational support to Member States and, upon request, that it has recently launched new initiatives such as the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre and the Innovation Lab which require additional funding; expects Agency; also notes that Europol’s tasks mighto be further extended in 2021 with the upcoming revision of the Agency mandate; considers, therefore, that EUR 184 900 000 should be provide and recalls that any possible extension of Europol’s mandate should tgo the Agency in line with its request; requests to add further 63 posts to the Agency establishment planhand-in- hand with increased parliamentary scrutiny;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of integrated border management to ensure the functioning of the Schengen area; highlights the important role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in this regard and calls for a significant budget increase for 2021 to EUR 838 000 000 to allowreminds that it is by large the Aagency to build and train its standhat has been receiving cmorps as well as to purchase own equipment, thereby allowing a successful deployment and operational support to the Member States at the external bordee significant budget increases in the last years;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the estimation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) that it will process information equivalent to 4,300 cases and 2,000 investigations in its first year of operation; expects the workload to increase further during the coming years; reminds that the EPPO is a prosecution office with mandatory competences; notes with concern the low funding level proposed in the Draft EU Budget 2021; stresses that a substantial funding increase to EUR 55 0500 000 will be required to allow the EPPO to meet its legal obligation to translate a huge volume of documents that are transmitted to judges at national level and to provide it with the requested 140 European Delegated Prosecutors and 219 staff members;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. RDeeply regrets the reduction of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)’ budget by 0.4%; requests insteadurges to increase the Agency’'s commitment and payment appropriations to EUR 24 600 000at least the Agency’s initial request (EUR 24 600 000) and to also take into account the considerable extra efforts made by FRA to closely monitor the impact of fundamental rights during the COVID-19; deplores the fact that the budget for FRA has barely increased in the last years, and underlines that this can affect the quality of work that FRA provides, which has proved to be extremely valuable for EU policy; calls for adding two AD6 and two cContractual agent function group IV posts to the Agency establishment plan; highlights that without adequate financial and staff resources, the Agency may not be able to implement projects that respond to identified needs;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the proposed increase of appropriations for the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) insufficient in light of the challenges faced by the Agency with regard to digitalisation and the continuously growing caseload; requests to provide the Agency with 17 additional posts and to increase its budget accordingly to EUR 43 800 000;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Urges the Commission, the Council and the Member States to implement gender budgeting in all public expenditure; recalls that gender budgeting should be an integral part of the budgetary procedure at all its stages and budget lines;