Activities of Roberts ZĪLE related to 2023/0201R(APP)
Shadow reports (1)
INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027
Amendments (6)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the fact that the revision must focus on addressing the manifold consequences of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, on safeguarding the Union’s strategic autonomy and sovereignty and on endowing the Union with adequate flexibility to respond to crises; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s proposal for a targeted revision as a first step in the right direction to ensure that the MFF can better address those challenges; emphasises that for some member states these challenges are of a direct and serious nature, caused inter alia by the influx of refugees, the aggravated security situation with imminent hybrid threats in particular, the profound changes in trade flows including important disruptions of local agricultural markets; expects the Union to assess and address these needs appropriately;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the proposed revision targets only the most pressing areas of concern in the existing framework; welcomes the fact that, in line with Parliament’s position, the proposal for revision does not lead to any downward revision of the pre-allocated national envelopes; emphasises that the agreement on the MFF for 2021-2027 and on the cohesion policy package was adopted late, and that coupled with the COVID-19 crisis this led to a slow start to the programming process and disruption to projects, but not because of the policy itself; calls on the Commission to ramp up administrative simplification efforts; underlines that the delayed start does not in any way call into question the pivotal role and added value of cohesion policy as an essential Union investment policy and convergence instrument;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reaffirms the importance of the horizontal principles concerning climate, biodiversity and gender equality that underpin the MFF and all related EU policies; calls on the Commission to take concrete action to ensure that the agreed targets are met;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines that, in order to deliver on the strategic objectives for STEP, financing should be increased, with further reinforcements of EUR 2 billion in current prices over and above the Commission proposal in Heading 1 and of EUR 12 billion in current prices over and above the Commission proposal in Heading 5;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Recalls its demands for an increase in the Flexibility Instrument and the SEAR and for an additional permanent special instrument to allow the EU budget to better adapt and quickly react to crises and their social and economic effects; understands that, in the absence of such an instrument, it will remain difficult for the Union to ensure its preparedness for unforeseen events, especially since, currently, 99.6 % of the Union’s budget is pre-allocated; stands ready to work to find pragmatic solutions in the short term, while reflecting on a more structural, streamlined solution in the next MFF;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 point iii
Paragraph 43 point iii
(iii) increase the ceiling of (iii) increase the ceiling of Heading 5 by EUR 1 billion in current Heading 5 by EUR 2 billion in current prices over and above the prices over and above the Commission Commission proposal; proposal;