11 Amendments of Mario FURORE related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that in its resolution of 19 June 2020 on general guidelines for the preparation of the 2021 budget, Parliament stressed that the primary focus of the 2021 budget should be to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and support the recovery, built on the European Green Deal and digital transformation; stresses the importance of a rapid and effective answer to the needs of European citizens that are suffering the most important economic crisis in the last 70 years; calls the Institutions for a fast agreement in order to start a real economic recovery of the situation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas transport will be key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050at the earliest and by 2050 at the latest and any significant contribution from the transport sector to this goal will require enormous financial investments;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. [02 03 01] Reiterates the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in fostering the development of a high-performance trans-European network (TEN-T) that is sustainable and interconnected across the areas of transport, energy and digital services infrastructure and in achieving the goals of the Green Deal; asks that the planned revision of TEN-T projects must take in consideration the ECA special report 10/2020 and the budget will be set accordingly; Considers unacceptable the drastic reductions in commitments for the Energy and Digital branches of the CEF and the global reduction of the CEF budget resulting from these cutes; Considers that the increase in the CEF transport budget is the step in the right direction but insufficient in view of the needs of the sector; Therefore requests a budget in line with the European Parliament position on MFF1 ; _________________ 117,746 bn euros for 2021-2027 in 2018 prices (an average of 2,542 billion euros per year).
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Asks that, in order to ensure continuous progress towards the achievement of climate neutrality, any transport infrastructure projects financed by the EU budget must, upon independent assessment, be deemed consistent with the 2030, 2050 and possibly 2040 climate objectives and coherent with the EU objective of building a fully renewables- based, highly resource and energy- efficient, climate-neutral and circular economy;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deeply regrets thatTakes note of the new commission’s proposal for MFF foresees a 75 % reduction in commitments for military mobility under the transport pillar, limiting de facto this new policy objective of the Union to merely symbolic actions ; requests the initial level to be restored and the level of commitments for 2021 to be set accordingly;
Amendment 32 #
7. Reiterates the importance of a simpler, more efficient own resources system able to bring a substantial reduction in the proportion of GNI-based contributions and to guarantee the adequate funding of Union spending; in particular stresses the importance to introduce a new own resource for the EU budget based on the European Union emissions trading system to promote mitigation and adaptation efforts in the Member States and to incentivize the reduction of emissions in line with the proposals of the Green Deal and the Paris accords;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls the request to propose new own resources, in particular related to the internal market, in order to progressively reduce the direct contribution from the Member States by easing the pressure on their budgets; invites the Commission to work towards the establishment of a financial transaction tax acceptable to all EU members as a potential basis for a new own resource for the EU budget; invites the Council to open a discussion to this issue and to set up a realistic roadmap;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. [02 10 03] RegretsTakes note of the decrease in the budget 2021 of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) whose role is crucial to achieving a lasting shift from road to rail; notes that such a decrease is particularly unfortunate sincerecalls that 2021 will be the European year of Rail; Therefore requests that the ERA budget be re- established in its 2020 level and that the percentage increase planned in the Draft budget for the following years apply from that limit;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the crucial role of the Connecting Europe Facility in fostering the development of a high-performance trans- European network, supporting energy projects in the shift towards a climate- neutral economy with security of supply, and buttressing the digital transition, including the up-skilling and re-skilling of Union workers; proposes therefore major increases, in particular for the transport and energy strands and calls for a comprehensive analysis of the financed projects in order to establish what are the effective priorities and not to finance projects with negative environmental impact;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Regrets that the Commission did not propose the creation of a dedicated line for tourism due to the current situation; calls for a quick direct and undirect support to this sector, in particular to SMEs;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63 a. Regrets the continuous increases in the Parliament budget; considers necessary, in order to give a signal to the European citizens, to identify savings in the administrative expenditures; calls for a serious revision of the priorities due to the current situation and invites the General Secretary to identify more source of savings for the 2021;