Activities of Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA related to 2020/2058(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal (debate)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe, as the EU’s main education, volunteering and culture programmes, play a key role in fostering education in the skills needed forto access the labour market and to cultivate the values of the green transition, raising awareness of environmental issues, volunteering to protect the environment, and developing creative, inclusive and accessible solutions to tackle environmental challenges;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that under the investment plan, funding can be dedicated to thematic projects in the fields of education, volunteering and culture; calls on the Commission to step up the synergies between the Green Deal and Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe in order to complement and cross- fertilise their specific methods of tackling environmental issueissues of sustainability and competitiveness;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to introduce financial incentives in the investment plan to complement the Erasmus+, and European Solidarity Corps andprogrammes in order to allow more people to take advantage of them, and to support the Creative Europe programmes in the shift towards more environmentally friendly, sustainable means of transport, while alsoerms of project design, so that geographical distance and transport costs do not discourage people from participating in these European programmes and so that these programmes promotinge inclusion and accessibility; takes the view that such incentives should be supported with an ambitious and dedicated budget within the investment plan;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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4. Is concerned about the situation resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, especially that of the most vulnerable individuals and sectors and that of minorities, who face an even more precarious situation than before the crisis, such as the self- employed and entrepreneurs whose businesses and jobs are under threat or families facing the ills of unemployment; calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to adapt the proposal for the Green Deal investment plan to develop an approach coordinated with emergency measures, such as the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative and the proposed SURE scheme, and recovery instruments, and requests that investment in the fields of culture, education, youth and sport be considered strategic in order to foster the green transition promoted through the Green Deal.
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Wishes to see it ensured that funding from the SEIP, at EU and national level, goes towards the policies and programmes with the highest potential to contribute to the fight against climate change, to a more competitive Europe and to job creation and looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming climate tracking methodology using appropriately the criteria established by the EU taxonomy;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that public and private finance should adhere to the EU taxonomy and to the Do Not Significantly Harm (DNSH) principle, in order to ensure that EU policies and financing, including the EU budget, the programmes financed through Next Generation EU, the European Semester and EIB financing do not contribute to objectives, projects and activities that significantly harm social or environmental objectives, undermine economic competitiveness or result in job losses;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fact that, in order to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the EU’s contribution to the climate objectives should be underpinned by an ambitious share of climate-related expenditure in the EU budget, going beyond the levels of targeted spending shares of at least 25 % over the MFF 2021- 2027 period and of 30 % as soon as possible and at the latest by 2027, provided that these objectives are in line with the new social and economic crisis conditioned by the COVID-19 fallout;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. SupportUnderstands the Commission’s innovative approach in stating that the EU budget willmay contribute to achieving climate objectives also through its revenue side;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reaffirms its previous position regarding candidates for new own resources, and calls on the Commission to propose new own resourcecarry out a study of possible new tax arrangements which correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; asks, therefore, for an impact assessment study of the introduction of new own resources based on the auction revenues of the Emissions Trading System, a contribution on non- recycled plastic packaging waste, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base or a precursor based on operations of large enterprises, a tax on digital companies, and a financial transaction tax;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports a renewed sustainable finance strategy; underlines the need for an EU eco-label for financial products, for an EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), and for more reliable, comparable and accessible sustainability data obtained by harmonising sustainability indicators and creating a public sustainability data register;
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Invites the Commission to revise the Energy Tax Directive and coordinateexamine the possibility of a kerosene tax that could also feed into the EU budget;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Wishes it to be ensured that all contribute equitably to the post-corona recovery and the transition to awards a competitive and sustainable economy; seeks an intensified fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning; calls on the Commission to create a blacklist of EU Member States facilitating tax avoidance; calls for EU-level coordination to avoid aggressive tax planning by individuals and corporates; seeks in this context an ambitious strategy for business taxation for the 21st century, while consistently respecting the fiscal autonomy of the Member States;