8 Amendments of Göran FÄRM related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the alarming youth- related problemssituation young people face across the EU, including an unprecedentedly high unemployment rate, increasing poverty and educational challenges, existing across the EU requirequires a particular effort. Therefore asks to mainstream measures a particular effortnd adequate budgetary support programmes to keep the new generations bound to the EU values of peace, democracy and human rights, economic prosperity and social justice, among others, through EU programmes with an adequate budgetary support;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms, in this context, its position in favour of a significant increase - notably through the Connecting Europe Facility - in the funding available for the Union programmes in the fields of competiveness, SMEs, entrepreneurship and infrastructures, which are at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy; strongly believes that further cuts with respect to the Commission proposal will seriously jeopardise the EU’s credibility and its political commitment in favour of growth and jobs;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the serious challenges that young people in the EU face with the economic crisis; considers that participation, employment, education, training, mobility and the social inclusion of young Europeans are issues of strategic importance for the development of the EU and European society; insists on mainstreaming and prioritising these issues in all relevant policies and programmes financed from the EU budget, alongside the concrete youth- relatedspecific instruments proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Recalls that the EU’s education, youth, media and culture programmes are close to the citizens, enjoy high implementation rates, produce noticeable leverage and spillover effects including significant economic results, and generate clear and proven European added value by pooling resources, encouraging mobility and active citizenship and enhancing cooperation among different sectors and stakeholders;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its position that the new responsibilities conferred on the EU by the Treaties will require appropriate additional funding compared to MFF 2007-2013, so as to allow the Union to fulfil its role as a global actor whilst upholding the undertakings it has already given, notably the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015; stresses that the Commission proposals for "Global Europe" and the European Development Fund must be considered the bare minimum to achieve Europe's ambitions in the world; underlines the complementary nature of EU assistance to that provided by the Member States, and its catalyst effect in terms of intervening in regions where bilateral assistance is not delivered; is particularly supportive of joint programming between Member States and EU actions;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Points to the significant savings that could be made if the European Parliament were to have a single seat; urges the budgetary authority to raise this issue in the negotiations on the next MFF 2014-2020;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Stresses, equally, the need to introduce a global MFF margin for payment appropriations, enabling the carry-over of margins left under the payment appropriations ceiling to following years and mobilised in the framework of the annual budgetary procedure; encourages in this regard a discussion on how to make the actual level of payment appropriations in the next MFF more equally distributed over the MFF period to avoid, to the extent possible, the risk of hampering the implementation of EU programs due to lack of payment appropriats at the end of the financial framework;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52 a. All decisions related to the strengthening of the economic and monetary union should be taken on the basis of the Treaties and involve the relevant institutions; underlines that any departure from the community method and increased use of intergovernmental agreements will only divide and weaken the European Union, including the euro area;