Activities of Mikuláš PEKSA related to 2022/2046(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on upscaling the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges
Amendments (4)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its utter concern as regards the significant delay in the implementation of cohesion policy for the 2021-2027 period, as well as its call for the Commission and the Member States to speed up the adoption of the partnership agreements and programmes, without undermining their quality and while respecting the EU’s political priorities and the applicable principles; reiterates the need for special consideration to be given to less-developed regions and islands in this context;
Amendment 19 #
3. Underlines the necessity of providing the regions with timely and appropriate financial means in order to deal with the waves of migration caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its multifaceted consequences; emphasises the need to address the grave difficulties that the current rise in energy costs is causing for the regional and local authorities, for the citizens and the social and economic actors, and to identify suitable financial instruments to deal with them at a regional and local level;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Draws its attention to the worrying findings of the special report 09/2022 of the European Court of Auditors, which indicates that the Commission unduly recorded around €72 billion as climate spending in the 14-20 programming period and that the likely share of the EU budget that is climate-relevant amounts at around 13% (approximately €144 billion) rather than 20 %; acknowledges the bigger ambition on the 30% spending target on climate set out in the current Multiannual Financial Framework and some amendments to the current tracking methodology by the Commission; encourages, however, this latter to establish guidelines applicable to all policy areas relevant to climate spending, and to clearly disclose a coherent basis for reporting, and consistent treatment of similar projects(e.g. same climate coefficient) across the EU budget and the NextGenerationEU;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the need for a swift approval of the European Parliament and of the Council of the Commission’s proposal on the three new categories of own resources (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the revised Emission Trading System, the minimum corporate tax); considers that the expected additional revenues are necessary but not sufficient for an updated and really ambitious MFF which should be able to tackle the multidimensional challenges that the EU as a whole will have to face in the coming months, such as the investment gap for the transition, the socio-economic consequences of Russian aggression to Ukraine, the digital connectivity throughout the EU, the need to increase citizen-driven energy actions that contribute to the clean energy transition; calls therefore on the European Commission to advance the expected new proposal on additional Own Resources, scheduled at the end of 2023, to the coming months;