Activities of Paul RÜBIG related to 2013/2017(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on 2014 Budget - Mandate for the Trilogue
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deeply regrets that the Council has cut EUR 38 billion in Heading 1a, under which main EU policies on innovation, research, infrastructure, SMEs, youth and education, needed to address the current economic crisis and important societal challenges, are financed; believes that an appropriate capping of CAP payments would make it possible tothe release of further budget resources for Heading 1a should be made possible;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to address the problems faced by SMEs through an ambitious COSME programme; in view of the particularly difficult situation for accessing finance, calls for the allocation of at least 60% of the COSME budget to the financial instruments; insists that the MFF should continue to provide for microfinancing programmes (such as the European Progress Microfinance Facility and the JASMINE); calls in addition for closer networking of existing and future tools for the promotion of entrepreneurship, e.g. the European Social Fund, the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the Youth Guarantee and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, with a view to generating incentives and synergies at national and local levels;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that thefunding packages for major EU infrastructure projects (such as Galileo and, Copernicus) must be financed outside and above the MFF budget and insists that no EU funds must be used to cover additional cost overruns or to cover the costs of the ITER project and ITER) should be above the MFF ceiling so that, where necessary, additional appropriations can be released by the Member States;