Activities of Margarida MARQUES related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2022 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the priorities outlined in the European SemesterUnion’s recovery strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy, while allowing to deliver the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Supports the “whatever it takes” approach taken by European Institutions and Member States, supported by both monetary and budgetary tools; highlights that businesses and households have received needed financial support since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. The magnitude of the COVID-19-related emergency measures is sizeable, at an estimated 4% of GDP in both 2020 and 2021 in the Union as a whole, including emergency investment in health-care to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and other measures like transfers to firms and workers most hit by the crisis; considers that such support will remain necessary until the spread of the pandemic is not fully under control and in order to support Member States’ efforts to recover from the crisis and strengthen their economic and social resilience;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance ofCalls for sufficient resources for the coordination and surveillance of macroeconomic policies,of macroeconomic, social and environmental policies; highlights that the new framework for anti-money laundering, and countering financial crime and for enforcement of the economic governance frameworkwould require new resources to deliver adequate enforcement and supervision;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the necessity to boost sustainable economic growth, while pursuing reforms to modernise European economies and enhance their competitiveness, as well as facilitating access to finance for SMEs; recalls the challenges related to sustainable development during a climate crisis and highlights the opportunities generated by the European Green Deal; calls for the 2022 Union budget to facilitate access to funding that supports companies to achieve the Union objective of climate neutral economy;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the adoption of the InvestEU program which includes EUR 26 000 000 000 guarantee aiming at levelling up EUR 372 000 000 000 of investments and hope to fully enable further risk-taking in fulfilling the Union policy priorities; insists that in 2022, InvestEU Fund should prioritise a facilitated access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as financing social investment and skills to maximize the Fund's contribution to a sustainable recovery, oriented towards greening and digital transitions; stresses that InvestEU should strive to address regional disparities, namely those resulting from long-term investment deficits and geographical disadvantages, and enhance economic and social convergence and cohesion;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes the extension of the State Aid Temporary Framework until 31 December 2021 in the context of the COVID-19 crisis; calls for reinforced resources to ensure full and fast application of the Union competition policy; encourages Member States and the EU via its new recovery instrument, Recovery and Resilience Facility, to make full use of the State Aid Temporary Framework regarding the directly COVID-19-related financial needs; expects that the Commission would also monitor all schemes approved under the Temporary Framework and their impact on the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the budget to contribute to fulfilling economic policy priorities like the completion of the Capital Markets Union, with aim to improve fostering an investment environment and access to finance for all market participants, but particularly SMEs and start-ups, while granting further investment possibilities for retail investors, namely in sustainable areas;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for adequate financial and human resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their newly assigned tasks and powers deriving from the revision of the ESA Regulations (by Regulation (EU) 2019/2175); highlights that developments in the fields of sustainable finance, fintech, anti-money laundering, cyber resilience, payments and non-bank financial intermediation have or will entail new competences and tasks for the ESAs, which should be matched by adequate resources; points out in particular that the adoption of legislation pertaining to EU central clearing counterparties (CCPs) has resulted in upgraded mandates and tasks for the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), but has not been mirrored by additional budget, which could put a strain on ESMA’s ability to deliver on its CCPs supervisory and regulatory agenda; takes further note of the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) second mandate to build a database on anti-money laundering supervision, expected to be developed in 2021, and to enhance cooperation and exchange of information across European authorities and calls on resources to be adequately provided; highlights that both the ‘Regulation on Markets in Crypto Assets' (MiCA), the DLT pilot regime Regulation and the ‘Digital Operational Resilience Act' (DORA) would likely generate new competences for the ESAs;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that funding to accounting entities and tax authorities should continue, in particular to support them in the fight against tax fraud and tax evasion, and to promote transparency and certainty for tax payer. Those entities should be accountable to the European Parliament.
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the launch of the EU Tax and Financial Crimes Observatory as a preparatory action; considers such Observatory as a useful contribution to both the needed democratic debate and to decision makers; calls on the Commission to make proposals to perpetuate the Observatory after 2022;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recalls that the introduction of a basket of new own resources was integrated into the Interinstitutional cooperation on a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources; Insists that a carbon border adjustment mechanism and a digital levy should be adopted and implemented within a timeline allowing to contribute to NextGenerationEU; considers that a Financial Transaction Tax and a share of a future “Business in Europe, Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT)” should also rapidly be included into the new basket of EU own resources;