Activities of Margaritis SCHINAS related to 2008/2025(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
2009 budget: First reflections on the 2009 PDB and mandate for the conciliation (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 4 a (new)
– Developing a common immigration policy with emphasis on common visa policy and integrated border management;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of safeguarding the stability of financial markets, especially in the light of the current financial crisis; notes the clear need for the EU to develop measures in order to increase investor transparency, enhance prudential supervision and establish better valuation standards;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. States its interest in cooperating closely with the Council and the Commission to find an effective agreement on the energy and climate change package soon; notes that the EU needs to continue to demonstrate that economic growth and development can be reconciled with a low-carbon economy;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. WelcomesPoints to the fact that the PDB maintains the substantial increase of the appropriations voted in 2008 for the Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX), but notes with some concern the rebalancing of the subsidy by shifting EUR 5,7 million from operational to administrative expenditure; calls for an increase in appropriations for 2009 for FRONTEX in order to enable it to sustain the commitment to permanent and uninterrupted missions, notably at the southern borders of the Union (Hera, Nautilus and Poseidon);
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Stresses that a European pact on migration policy should include issues related to tackling illegal immigration, managing legal immigration and strengthening border protection, taking fully into account the principle of solidarity; in that framework intends to introduce pilot projects and preparatory actions;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Notes that the EU should enhance its efforts to ensure the security of EU citizens, including through civil protection mechanisms as well as initiatives for tackling organised crime and trafficking in human beings, especially at the external borders of the Union;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 68
Paragraph 68
68. Deplores the fact that the Commission has still not presented to the budgetary authority the details of how it proposes to finance the two new agencies currently under discussion, one of which is already included in the PDB for 2009 with a pm entry, and urges the Commission to set out clearly further information on this issue, as soon as possible; has come to the conclusion that, in the situation of current margins, for the financing of new bodies, which fulfil in part administrative tasks, all possibilities granted by the IIA of 17 May 2006 should be explored;