10 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2019/2028(BUD)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Strongly believes that it is imperative to rise to the climate challenge in a way that promotes prosperity for all, builds sustainable growth, boosts employment and, strengthens competitiveness and addresses a range of social needs including education, health, social protection while tackling poverty; welcomes the powerful calls for action made by EU leaders at the recent UN climate change summit and the commitments made recently by several Member States to ramp up spending in areas such as energy efficiency and transport and energy infrastructure;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Proposes, therefore, a 2020 Union budget that makes an important contribution to tackling environmental challenges and climate change and offsets as much as possible the existing backlog towards reaching the target of 250 % of climate-related Union expenditure for the end of the period 2014-2020; proposes a significant reinforcement by more than EUR 2 billion above DB levels for budget lines across different Headings, and predominantly in Subheading 1a, which make a high contribution towards the climate- expenditure target; carefully targets those reinforcements towards lines that have an excellent implementation rate and the operational capacity to absorb the additional appropriations in 2020;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Proposes further targeted reinforcements to other budget lines related to Parliament’s priorities, in areas such as SMEs, digitalisation, cancer research, security and justice cooperation, migration and external policy;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers that an efficient fight against corruption, tax evasion and tax avoidance practiced by multinational companies and the richest individuals would make it possible to return to the national budgets of the Member States an amount estimated by the Commission at EUR 1 trillion per year; notes that there is in this matter a real deficit of action from the EU; stresses in this regard the urgent need to establish a European authority empowered to combat tax fraud and fiscal evasion;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that Horizon 2020 provides very strong European added value and makes a vital contribution to the development of green technology and climate- and environment-friendly innovation, so as to lay the foundations for a decarbonised future and reductions of emissions to match committments of the Paris Agreement; stresses, moreover, the importance of the programme for other significant areas of European research such as digitalisation and cancer research; significantly increases, therefore, the allocation of Horizon 2020 over the level of the DB by EUR 737,8 million in commitment appropriations; furthermore, in accordance with Article 15(3) of the Financial Regulation, makes available the entire amount of EUR 280,7 million in commitment appropriations de-committed in 2018 as a result of non-implementation of research projects, for the budget lines of Horizon 2020 that are most relevant to climate-related research projects;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls for the EU to increase its efforts to boost cohesion and social convergence in Europe; proposes that the European Social Fund budget, and notably the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) be doubled to overcome poverty in Europe;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Considers that sufficient means should be provided in the EU budget for the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion in the outermost regions of the European Union (OR) as well as for specific measures in these regions provided for by Article 349 TFEU, in line with the objectives and principles set out in the Commission communication of 24 October 2017 (COM(2017)0623) on ‘A stronger and renewed strategic partnership with the EU’s outermost regions’;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Proposes, following the agreement on the appointment of the new European Chief Prosecutor, to endow her office with significant financial means and staff so that the EPPO be fully operational as it takes office in 2020;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Proposes a sizeable increase on the line 'Human development', which should aim at compensating the recent decision by the USA to cut funding for global development, especially for NGOs working in the field of reproductive health;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – point c
Paragraph 39 – point c
c) in relation to the European Ombudsman, to add two AD posts above the 2020 budget, combined with minor cuts to three budget lines, in order to balance the amounts restored to two other lines;