8 Amendments of Anne-Sophie FRIGOUT related to 2024/2019(DEC)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that, as the Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery plan has been financed through the issuance of a joint debt on the markets, from 2028 the EU will have to pay interest on these loans, which could reach up to EUR 222 billion over the entire duration of the NGEU borrowing scheme, or 0.6 % of average annual EU GDP1 a; _________________ 1 a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/BRIE/2023/754286/IPOL_BRI(20 23)754286_EN.pdf
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of proper scrutiny of climate expenditure in the Union budget, and holds the Commission accountable for the implementation of a robust and reliable methodology, in line with the commitments undertaken in the MFF agreement and paragraph 16d of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources2; calls on the Commission to follow the Court’s recommendations in the relevant reports to better estimate climate spending under future funding instruments, to ensure adequate design of future funding instruments that are to support the climate and environmental objectives and targets, to enhance the performance of green transition measures and to ensure comprehensive, consistent, reliable and transparent reporting on climate spending under the RRF; _________________ 2 OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 28, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/ 2020/1222/oj
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Opposes the creation of new own resources and any increase in the Member States’ contribution; calls on the Commission to reorganise existing resources rather than create new ones and, where appropriate, to reduce the financial volumes allocated to certain European programmes;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Deplores the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 22/2023 on the failure to take sufficient account of the socio-economic and environmental impacts associated with the rapid development of offshore renewable energy, in particular offshore wind; notes with concern that this policy, in the absence of sufficient knowledge, can lead not only to the exclusion of fishers from areas used for offshore wind farms, and hence a demonstrable risk of job losses in this sector, but also to the deterioration of marine biodiversity and certain habitat types;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Deplores the fact that, in focusing solely on renewables to the detriment of nuclear, the Commission is persisting in its refusal to promote the principle of technological neutrality as a means of achieving its targets for reducing CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission to make every effort to facilitate the financing of the installation and maintenance of nuclear power plants in the EU;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that HERA, established in 2021, has continued in 2023 to grow the number of its staff and to expand its operations; welcomes the progress of HERA’s efforts in ensuring the Union’s preparedness and crisis response readiness for health emergencies as well as its involvement in collaborations with international partners to increase global preparedness, prevention and detection of health emergencies;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the Commission’s commitment to carry out a thorough review of the implementation of HERA’s operations by 2025 and to consider changing its structure and governance, including in order to transform it into a genuine agency with an autonomous budget;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is of the opinion, on the basis of the data and reports available, that discharge cannot be granted to the Commission in respect of expenditure in the areas of environment, climate action, public health and food safety for the financial year 2023.