1 Amendments of Marc TARABELLA related to 2015/2132(BUD)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the proposed cuts of EUR 2 million for the school milk programme from EUR 77 million in the 2015 appropriation to EUR 75 million in the DB for 2016; recalls Parliament’s request for an increase of EUR 20 million a year, which would provide an annual budget for thise milk scheme totalling EUR 100 million; welcomes the small increase in the school fruit scheme to EUR 150 million a year; stresses that both programmes have proven to be useful and efficient within the Member States and underlines their importance given the current crisis and levels of child malnutrition in the Union, where they benefit nearly 30 million children a year, and underlines their importance at the present time, when children are consuming smaller quantities of fruit, vegetables, and milk, and childhood obesity is rising;