Activities of Francisco GUERREIRO related to 2023/0264(BUD)
Plenary speeches (2)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections (debate)
2024 budgetary procedure: Joint text (debate)
Shadow reports (2)
REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024
REPORT on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the economic, social and environmental aspects of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs; stresses their vital role not only in ensuring food sovereignty and resilience of marine ecosystems and food systems but also in boosting the development of thea sustainable blue economy that develops within ecological limits and in contributing to the development and revitalisation of coastal areas, especially in the outermost regions; takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must go hand in hand with achieving the social, environmental and economic objectives set out in the common fisheries policy (CFP) as well as in the Green Deal and subsequent strategies;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that Russia’s military aggression has led to significant disruptions in trade flows and an increase in energy prices, which has hit small-scale fisheries particularly hard, requiring the use of European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) crisis measures; to mitigate the effects of inflation for fishers, producers and consumers;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that special attention must be devoted to the renewal of small-scale fishing fleets, in order to improve safety and on-board living conditions, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability while ensuring the social and economic resilience of the communities that depend on them; reiterates that fleet renewalthis can contribute to making the fishery sector more attractive and sustainable, and must not be confused with fleet expansion or increased fishing capacity;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to propose further actions to increase the global share of sustainable EU aquaculture production, which contributes to the supply of aquatic protein of high quality and with a low carbon footprint ; calls on the Commission to make full use of the financial resources available for the EMFAF in order to boost the growth of this sector’s share of global aquaculture production above its current 2 % by means of specific, acceptable and shared targets for 2030; urges Member States to earmark sufficient funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility to support the innovation, sustainability and resilience of a sustainable EU aquaculture sector, such as algae-based feeds for fish made from microalgae that require less water and energy to produce than traditional fish feed and have a lower carbon footprint, in addition to reducing the EU dependency on fish meal imports;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that, as a result of the Brexit, the EU fishing sector and in particular the small-scale sector is still experiencing considerable economic disruptions; calls on the Commission, therefore, as a matter of priority, to secure commensurate compensation to offset the damage suffered bypropose additional measures to support the sector and fishingcoastal communities; insists that Member States mustshall ensure that such compensation reaches fishersmeasures are implemented as soon as possible;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages Member States to monitor the implementation of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) and calls on the Commission to extend the deadline if necessary, thereby allowing fishers, especially small-scale fishers, to fully benefit from its resources; insists that the BAR should also be used to help the wholesale and processing sectors, which have been badly affected by this crisis;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of allocating more resources for mitigating climate change, its negative impacts, and preventing further biodiversity loss. Climate change has severe impacts on oceans and fisheries, hence the need for adequate funding for the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems that act as carbon sinks;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that generational renewal is one ofand job diversification are among the European fishing sector’s priorities; invites Member States to draw on the EMFAF to finance programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries or in the sustainable blue economy sector, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from underrepresented groups, particularly women, to join the sector; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to support the mobilisation of budgetary resources to improve the working conditions on board fishing vessels and to implement projects to support the creation of an association of young European fishers s;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68 – point d
Paragraph 68 – point d
(d) reminds the Bureau that proper information and consultation with the Committee on Budgets before adopting any major decision on building related issues is needed due to their important budgetary implications; welcomes the maintenance policy for Parliament’s buildings adopted by the Bureau on 8 March 2021 introducing so called “building passports”; asks the Bureau to explore savings opportunitiesmaintain the saving policies in place, explore further savings opportunities and increase on-site electricity production; calls for a pro- active building policy which must focus on the grdeenp renovation of the building stock and guarantee that Parliament strives to maximises energy efficiency gains and thereby reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions and the running cost of Parliament's facilities.