4 Amendments of Helga TRÜPEL related to 2014/2040(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in 2015, the multiannual programmes in the fields of education, training, youth, sport, culture, media and citizenship enter into their second year; underscores the need for sufficient commitment and payment appropriations in order to ensure that theall programmes reach the intended number of beneficiaries and thus impact; points out that – as a high number of citizens are directly concerned by these programmes – it is crucial for the EU not to reproduce stops of payments, which in recent years have already had a large impact, for example on Erasmus mobility grants;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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3. Considers it regrettable that the Commission has proposed a lower level of commitment appropriations for the Creative Europe Programme than in 2014, despite its important role in supporting the cultural and creative industries and despite the necessity of organising the future guarantee facility with promised measures as training of financial intermediaries;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls that the total financial envelope for the Europe for Citizens programme for 2014-2020 was cut by roughly 20% compared to 2007-2013; criticises the fact that the Commission Draft Budget 2015 provides for a lower level of commitment appropriations than those reached in 2014; recommends a special consideration of this programme which remains unique in the contact to the citizens and the support of their bottom-up actions; points out that the present level of funding is far too low and is even counterproductive to the image of the Union;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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5. Underscores that the Union communication policy is an important tool to explashould be improved in order to become an important tool for citizens to better understand and participate in the Union’´s functioning, policies and processes to its citizens; ; highlights the needurgency to foster cooperation between the Union´s institutions in matters of communication in order to maximise the impact of the funds invested.