7 Amendments of Monika BEŇOVÁ related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission REPowerEU Plan to accelerate the green transition and to increase the Union’s energy independence; highlights that accelerating the implementation of the European Green Deal will reduce the Union dependency from third countries; reminds that the revival of coal power plants in some Member States is a direct threat to the union objective of reducing greenhouse gases emissions by 55% in 2030;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the importance of achieving climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets in the Union budget and the European Union Recovery Instrument expenditures; recalls the biodiversity-related spending targets of 7.5% from 2024 and 10% from 2026 onwards of the Multiannual Financial Framework; stresses that all efforts should be made to reach 10% biodiversity- related spending from 2023 onwards; in this regard insists on the need to track climate and biodiversity-related expenditure and welcomes the biodiversity tracking methodology upgraded by the Commission in view of the Union budget 2023; calls on the Commission to address the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors regarding overstated climate spending1 ; calls on Member States to ensure the integration of biodiversity in partnership agreements and operational programmes; _________________ 1 Special report of the European Court of Auditors: Climate spending in the 2014- 2020 EU budget
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need to ensure that the do-no-significant-harm principle is mainstreamed in all Union activities through the budgetary implementation according to the Commission proposal for amending the Financial Regulation in line with the Union’s commitment to sustainable financing and the green transition and sustainable food systems;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the frontloading of EUR 45 million for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; stresses nevertheless the importance of assigning adequate funding between 2024 and 2027, ensuring that the Union can respond together to emergencies such as pandemics, fires, floods and other unforeseen events such as the ongoing challenges, to the EU and global food security;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds the importance of taking due account of the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic regarding public health and affordable and accessible health and care services; in this regard calls for increasing the level of support to the European Health Union in addition to the EU4Health Programme in the 2023 Union budget; calls for a specific action on mental health within the framework of the EU4Health Programme in order to tackle the mental health problems of the population and particularly those derived from the COVID-19 pandemic following a One Health and health in all policies approach, especially considering, that a substantial part of EU4Health is already committed to HERA; stresses that new emerging strains of SARS-CoV-2 pose a challenge to public health in the union and therefore, sufficient resources should be allocated to prevention, preparedness, and protection; stresses the importance of a long term, coherent and coordinated strategy for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, comprising from both medical and non-medical counter measures; calls for a specific action on mental health within the framework of the EU4Health Programme to tackle mental health. Particularly those derived from the COVID-19 pandemic; calls for further action and funding to address issues related to AMR; stresses that sufficient resources should be allocated for increasing investments in research and development in the area of health;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of a system of own resources capable to contribute to the Union’s goals on the climate, the environment and health; highlights the need to assess the impact of inflation on the union budget.