4 Amendments of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2008/2334(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1.Welcomes the Commission European Economic Recovery Plan and related initiatives, and recalls that any new expenditure not foreseen in budget 2009 shall be financed with fresh money, in order not to compromise the commitments entered into under the current multi- annual financial framework (MFF) negotiated between the two branches of the budgetary authority; recalls, thereby, the possibilities offered by the provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006, including points 21 to 23;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the predominant role of the European Investment Bank in contributing to financing investments and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); points out that contributions by the EU budget to EIB operations have the potential to create a substantial leverage effect on investment and wishes to examine how the EU budget could contribute further to bringing about such effects, also with regard to the proposed new 2020 Marguerite fund for energy, climate change and infrastructure, either via specific legal and financial instruments or by increasing contributions via already existing financial programmes, but in any case accompanied by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission, the Council , the European Parliament and the EIB on the priorities for investment, ensuring that these are geared towards truly sustainable projects;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that the current crisis should not be used as a pretext to delay a much needed reorientation of spending towards "green" investments, but should rather be used as an extra incentive to press ahead with such reorientation and reiterates, in this context, the importance of the budgetary review planned for 2009, which should not be limited to a theoretical vision of what the budget could look like after 2013, but which should include bold proposals for a shift in programming at the time of the mid- term review of the multi-annual programmes to respond to the current crisis, promoting sustainable development and taking into account the challenges posed by climate change;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the decision on the proposal to invest in trans-European energy interconnections Points out that EU spending on energy projects, which under the current EU financial framework can only be limited, should focus on projects that cand broadband infrastructure projects wae started swiftly and which help to reach the EU´s 2020 targets ion vain because of lack of budgetary agreement within the Councilclimate change policies, notably energy savings and energy efficiency projects as well as investments in renewable energy networks;