Activities of Christian EHLER related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023- all sections
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Council and Commission to make sufficient funding available to reach the objectives of RePowerEU Plan; reminds that these investments should not come at the expense of investments in the broader competitiveness and strategic autonomy of the Unio; considers that the solidarity and cohesion objectives of RePowerEU naturally align its investment needs with instruments like the RRF, ERDF and Cohesion Fund; supports the Commission proposal to use allowances from the Market Stability Reserve to auction up to a value of €20 billion and thereby finance the necessary infrastructure needed to make us less dependent on Russian gas and oil;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considering that the Commission has stated several times that there is no requirement for Horizon Europe projects to comply with the do-no-significant-harm principle and that referencing it is purely voluntary; consdering specifically the text in the Horizon Europe Programme guide: "evaluators will not score applications in relation to their compliance with the DNSH principle"; notes the text in the draft versions of the 2023/2024 Work Programmes for Horizon Europe that refer to the need for projects to comply with the do-no-significant-harm principle; concludes that this text in the 2023/2024 Work Programme is an incorrect reflection of the policy of the Commission with regards to the do-no-significant- harm principle in Horizon Europe. Recognises that this creates uncertainty among applicants about the role of the do- no-significant-harm principle in the evaluation and selection of project; demands, therefore, that the Commission changes the texts in the draft Work Programme to accurately reflect its policy on the do-no-significant-harm principle;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for sufficient funding and staffing for all agencies and Union bodies in the policy areas of industry, research and energy, in particular for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the EU Agency for the Space Programme and the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes the momentum of the New European Bauhaus Initiative should be maintained by making Union funding available for concrete projects for the New European Bauhaus community; calls for 50 million EUR to be made available under Horizon Europe to fund these projects, of which 25 million EUR should be made available under both Cluster II 'Creativity, Culture and Inclussive Society' and Cluster V 'Climate, Energy and Mobility', respectively; furthermore, calls for the launch of a Coordination and Support Action under Horizon Europe to prepare a Horizon Europe Mission on the New European Bauhaus to be launched in 2025.
Amendment 42 #
6 b. Emphasises the importance of fighting disinformation and foreign information interference, in particular in the context of the Russian war against Ukraine and European values; considers therefore that, beyond the limited reinforcement proposed by the Commission, there is a need to address a political message to those involved in the activities of fact-checking, to researchers and civil society organisations active in this area; calls for additional funding for budget line '14 20 04 03 – Information policy and strategic communication for external action' to reinforce actionsin this context