Activities of Maxette PIRBAKAS related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections (continuation of debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the economic, social and environmental aspects of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs; stresses their vital role in boosting the development of the blue economy and their contribution to developing and revitalising coastal areas and overseas territories;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU budget for 2021 should include enough commitment and payment appropriations to meet the financing needs of the common fisheries policy; asserts that, for fisheries and aquaculture to continue to be viable, increased funding for these industries is needed, given the harsh impact on them of COVID-19 and, in all likelihood, Brexit; believes that the budget for this sector must be fully consistent with the EU’s new goals, particularly those set out in the Green Deal, the new industrial strategy, the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries sector must be go hand in hand with achieving these goals;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of putting right the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard; considers that the serious health situation and its economic consequences call for excepadditional financial support to be made available immediately;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the action taken by Parliament and the Council to amend Regulations (EU) No 508/2014 and (EU) No 1379/2013 as regards specific measures to mitigate the economic and social impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak in the fisheries and aquaculture sector; believes that the Commission must assess in real time how the health and economic situations unfold and, if necessary, consider extending these measures beyond 31 December 2020 if the pandemic continues;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the Commission’s prompt and ambitious response to the economic crisis, specifically the far- reaching economic recovery plan that it proposed on 27 May 2020; also welcomnotes the Commission’s proposal to increase the 2021-2027 budget for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, fisheries and aquaculture by EUR 530 million over its initial proposal; stresses, however, that this increase will still leave the budget far below the amount called for by Parliament;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Criticises the fact that the implementation rate for the 2014-2020 EMFF is still far too low – only 35% – six years after it was adopted; stresses that this poor rate is partly due to national and EuropeanEuropean and national red tape;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that the policy of reducing staff numbers at all EU agencies that has been pursued in recent years must be assessed; rRecalls that the budget implementation rate for the EFCA is more than 99%;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; considers that Member States should draw on the EMFF and the European Structural Funds to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under-represented groups,women in particularly women, to join the industry;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to provide substantial support for disadvantaged coastal areas and European outermost regions.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to provide substantial support for disadvantaged coastal areas and European outermost regions.