Activities of Alexis GEORGOULIS related to 2022/2046(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on upscaling the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges
Amendments (19)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Believes that the importance of culture for our identity, democracy, society and economy is not adequately reflected in the current multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, particularly in light of the long-lasting consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic which the cultural and creative sectors will continue to be suffering from for many years to come;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Stresses that a broad revision of the current MFF is needed as it was already pushed to its limits in its first year; points to the multiple crises and challenges that the Union has been facing, striking substantially the Cultural and Creative Sectors;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) have demonstrated flexibility in response to recent global challenges; is convinced, nonetheless, that when emergency situations inspire new political priorities, these need to be agreed upon by the co-legislators and regrets that this has not or not sufficiently been the case;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers there to be a long-term and overall structural lack of EU funding for education, youth, sports and culture, especially in the face of new priorities, the slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of the Russian war against Ukraine, inflation and price hikes; requests that this be addressed when deciding on any programme adjustments to ensure adequate funding for the CCS against any crises in the future;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to conduct an in-depth review of the current MFF and to proceed with a legislative proposal for an updated, comprehensive, and ambitious MFF revision, that would safeguard increasing or at least stable funding amounts for Creative Europe, Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programmes, as soon as possible and no later than the first quarter of 2023;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Strongly suggests the conduction of an in-depth review to evaluate the absorption levels of the past and current MFF;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates its deep regret and incomprehension that - despite repeated calls by the European Parliament1a with overwhelming majority - the Recovery and Resilience Facility investments fail to reflect the enormous economic and social significance of the cultural and creative sectors which account for 4.4% of the EU’s GDP and about 8.7 million jobs in the EU, leaving these sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and to support the recovery and resilience of the European economy; _________________ 1a e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Is worried that the proposed massive budget cut of the Creative Europe programme - the proposed 2023 annual budget foresees a 20% reduction compared to the previous year2a - will bring further harm to the cultural and creative sectors that are only slowly starting to blossom again and will thus have a long-lasting negative impact on our European cultural ecosystem and its diversity; _________________ 2a 325.3 million EUR (2023 proposal) after 406.5 million EUR (2022 budget)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that more funding than agreed in the objectives of the Erasmus+, ESC and Creative Europe programmes be made available to support the EU’s actions in response to the Russian war against Ukraine; emphasizes that such additional funding cannot come at the expense of other objectives of these programmes but must derive from other budget sources;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to rebalance the commitment appropriations for Erasmus+, making more funding available as sooner rather than later as possible and no later than January 2023, while ensuring that the best possible inclusion measures derive from any additional funding, as well as the programme's greening and digitalisation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to adapt the multiannual financial framework by increasing the overall Creative Europe budget 2021-2027 by at least 720 million EUR3a in order to allow for a stable continuation of the funding and thus avoid any annual budget reductions; _________________ 3a Plus inflationary adjustment
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to examine the reallocation of unused funds from other policy areas to the Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to support the co-legislators’ commitment to ensuring that the 2022 European Year of Youth leaves a lasting legacy, including by extending the EYY to 2023 in order to give more time for the organisation of youth events of social nature that were not possible in 2022 due to the pandemic;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests an overall increase in funding for the ESCuropean Solidarity Corps to better address the challenges arising from the Russian war against Ukraine;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned that the structure of the cCultural and cCreative sSectors and industries (CCSI), which cover many micro- organisations, as well as mostly women and youth, has made them particularly vulnerable to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, decimating both organisations and employment opportunities, and explains their very slow and incomplete economic recovery; therefore, requests more support for the CCSI, especially authors, performers, artists and all workers employed by these sectors as well as micro-organisations and non-for-profit associations;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. AsksCalls on the Commission to propose, without delay, a European Status of the Artist; that fully reflects the Parliament's demands from its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU1a; _________________ 1a OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 88–98.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its call for a permanent EU news media fund and urges the Commission to take immediate action, especially in light of journalists affected by any restrictions of freedom of expression; highlights in this context the importance of the independence of journalism as well as the fight against disinformation;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Reiterates its long-standing position that new policy commitments, objectives and priorities need to be matched with fresh money, and are not to be financed at the expense of other already existing Union policies, programmes and priorities, including and especially culture;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the regulation establishing Horizon Europe to be amended as part of the next revision in order to create a New European Bauhaus (NEB) mission; calls on the Commission to propose a new standalone EU NEB programme by the start ofin due time to be implemented with the next multiannual financial framework.