8 Amendments of Hélène LAPORTE related to 2020/0371(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 4
Article 4
4. WelcomesTakes note that the increase of EUR 185 million on top of the levels of the first DB as modified by Amending letter No 1/2020 obtained in the conciliation negotiations correspond to Parliament’s main political priorities; notes that the increases include EUR 60,3 million for the Connecting Europe Facility - Transport, EUR 42 million for LIFE, EUR 25,7 million for the Digital Europe Programme, EUR 6,6 million for the Rights and Values Programme, of which EUR 4,8 million is for Daphne), EUR 2,7 million for the Justice programme, EUR 25 million for Humanitarian Aid, as part of the EUR 500 million reinforcement for the period from 2021 to2027 as agreed in the context of the MFF, EUR 10,2 million for UNRWA under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and EUR 7,3 million for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office; further notes that Amending letter No 1/2020 had already incorporated increases for the Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and EU4Health programmes to reflect the outcome of the MFF negotiations; asks to take into account the suspension of exchanges under the Erasmus+ programme due to the COVID 19 pandemic; calls for a review of the level of allocation of funds for the Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) programme and in this regard requests the allocation of these funds to SMEs;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the failure of European policies to prevent migration flows and trafficking in human beings; reiterates its concerns about the effectiveness of the decentralised agency Frontex in managing the effects of the migration and refugee crisis;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
8 a. Denounces and condemns Turkey's continued violations of international and EU law and democratic principles and values; demands that all funding for Turkey, in particular the budget line for civil society and NGOs which have failed in their assisted voluntary return missions, be immediately terminated; strongly condemns Turkey's provocations and repeated violations of Greek and Cypriot sovereignty;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 10
Article 10
10. WelcomeCondemns the creation of a total of 75 posts and the corresponding increase in appropriations for the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to ensure that they have sufficient resources and staff to enable them to fulfil their missions as well as possible and to function optimallyas a sign of violation of the adopted in 2014 revised Staff Regulations accompanied by a commitment by the institutions and bodies gradually to reduce the number of posts (officials and temporary staff) in their establishment plans by 5 % compared with the situation in 2012;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 12
Article 12
12. WelcomeCondemns the Commission proposal to increase the appropriations for EEAS in Budget 2021 due to new responsibilities in the governance of the European Peace Facility and for better operationality of the consular services; welcomnotes the budget- neutral transfer of Commission staff from the administrative sections of Union delegations to the EEAS in order to simplify and rationalise administrative and financial circuits and allow efficient and autonomous management of staff; welcomes the reinforcement of EUR 1 million to the budget line on Strategic Communication Capacity to fight disinformation;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
12 a. Is concerned about the EEAS's weak performance in view of its lack of coordination in the international role assigned to it by the EU, particularly in view of the diplomatic crisis with Turkey, for which only individual sanctions were imposed only last week;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Article 14
Article 14
14. ApprovesTakes note of the Council position on the second draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 as well as the Joint Statements annexed to this resolution;