9 Amendments of Catherine GUY-QUINT related to 2008/2334(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 (new)
Paragraph - 1 (new)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 a (new)
Paragraph - 1 a (new)
- 1a. Stresses that some elements proposed in the Recovery Plan are too vaguely formulated; asks the Commission to supply the two branches of the budgetary authority without delay with all the detailed information they need to take a decision; also stresses that several elements included in the Recovery Plan require a modification of the existing multi-annual programmes; recalls in this regard that these changes must be made in full compliance with the powers of the European Parliament;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 b (new)
Paragraph - 1 b (new)
- 1b. Stresses that as a result there is a risk that the implementation of the Recovery Plan as proposed by the Commission will take a considerable time and urges all the institutions concerned to adopt the necessary decisions as quickly as possible, given the very difficult economic situation the European Union is currently in;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 c (new)
Paragraph - 1 c (new)
- 1c. Stresses that most of the Community measures proposed by the Commission are based on a budgetary redeployment of allocations already programmed and not on the mobilisation of new budget resources; calls on the Commission to draw all the necessary conclusions from the very bad economic forecast it published in January 2009 and to reassess it budget proposals in the light of these new forecasts;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the predominant role of the European Investment Bank in contributing to financing investments and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); notes that more than 50 % of the Community measures proposed in the Recovery Plan fall within the sphere of the EIB; expresses concern at the growing tendency in the Council of Ministers and the Commission to confer on the EIB and the EBRD many extra duties without having first provided all the necessary economic and financial guarantees that the EIB and EBRD will be able to carry out these duties successfully;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the Commission proposes to increase the financial instruments put in place by the EIB under the 2007-2013 multi-annual financial framework (research facility, TEN-T guarantee fund, loans to SMEs); asks the Commission to supply a first evaluation of the activities already undertaken and to state its intentions regarding their future actions, in particular regarding a possible contribution from the EU budget to reinforcing these instruments;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the Commission proposes to give the EIB new financial instruments so as to support initiatives such as the green cars initiative, the factories of the future initiative, the energy-efficient buildings initiative or its participation in the 2020 fund for energy, climate change and infrastructure; asks the Commission to indicate to the two branches of the budgetary authority the extent to which these new instruments will require intervention from the EU budget; further notes that the increase in the tasks conferred on the EIB and the EBRD poses significant questions with regard to the democratic scrutiny of the projects being financed, when funds from the EU budget are at stake;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission, however, to take into account the budgetary and regulatory difficulties in the implementation of actions such as JASMINE, JASPERS and JEREMIE and to find solutions to them; recalls that the implementation of these programmes follows on from pilot projects and preparatory actions adopted by the European Parliament in the framework of the annual budgetary procedure and that Parliament gives them particular importance; stresses that their contribution to the recovery of economic activity in the European regions could be decisive;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls that the Commission estimates the contribution of the European Fund for Rural Development to the measures to combat climate change at EUR 3 000 000 000; asks the Commission to provide more details of this contribution taking account of the place of climate change issues in the Recovery Plan;