Activities of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importance of Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes for both social cohesion and economic development within the Union; deeply regrets that the proposal of the Commission did not follow the promises made regarding increases in the budget allocated to those programmes, namely tripling the budget for the Erasmus+ programme, or responding to the will of the European Parliament to double the budget for the Creative Europe programme, while the Council proposes further irresponsible cuts; takes the view that the Council's position, to further reduce the budget for the programmes proposed by the Commission, is unacceptable; takes the view that the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should not adversely affect investments of a social, educational and cultural nature;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Erasmus+ programme is a strategic investment thatin the Union's future, which supports education and, training opportunities and youth exchanges across Europe, and helps increase social cohesion and the building of a European sense of belonging and is therefore a crucial investment in the future of the Unto Europe; takes the view that priority should be given to promoting inclusion and increasing the number of participants in the next programme periond; insists on the fact that without tripling the budget available, no new initiatives can be taken on board, as the Parliament has already stateas sought by the Parliament, no new Commission initiatives for the Erasmus+ programme can be taken on board;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RDeeply regrets that the proposal of the Council on the Creative Europe programme is lower than the initial proposal of the Commission; recall and far from meets Parliament's expectations and those of the cultural and creative sectors; stresses that a doubling of the budget for the programme compared to the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework is necessary to provide targeted support to the cultural and creative sectors and to fully finance the ambitions and new priorities of the programme, as the sectors require proper investment to foster job creation and financing to complement national schemes;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that for the European Solidarity Corps programme, any reduction in funding compared to the Commission proposal impacts on the extent to which the programme can offer opportunities; insists on focusing on resourcing the core activities oftakes that view that it is necessary, especially in times of social and economic uncertainty, to provide young people with opportunities to get involoved in society, to develop on a personal level and to gain work experience; insists therefore that adequate funding be allotted to the programme;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insistsis concerned that the inclusion of the previous Europe for Citizens programme into the new Rights and Values programme, which itself suffers from considerable cuts under the proposal of the Council, may preventlead to a significant reduction in the budget dedicated to “Citizens engagement and participation” from remaining at the level already agreed to by Parliament.; insists that, under the next MMF, at least EUR 500 million need to be allocated to “Citizens engagement and participation”;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
(5 a) calls on the Commission to bring about more transparency in the allocation of funds under the various programme components and sub-programmes of the Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps support programmes, by creating new budget lines; also reiterates its request to the Commission to increase transparency in its use of the budget assigned to multimedia activities, in particular by creating a series of new budget lines in connection with the measures;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. reiterates its request to the Commission to improve its external communications and outreach activities; sees the need, in that connection, for greater diversification of the activities supported under the budget line for multimedia measures and to work with new or different cooperation partners with a view to providing citizens with independent and extensive information on the Union's affairs; deeply regrets that the Commission still has not responded to Parliament's call for a comprehensive review of the budget line for multimedia measures, particularly with regard to the framework contract with Euronews; calls on the Commission therefore to phase out its cooperation with Euronews and to invest instead in a new mix of information instruments;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. stresses that Europe's diverse cultural landscape has suffered considerably as a result of the measures introduced to curb the COVID-19 pandemic and that, without public investment and aid, the very existence of many companies and organisations in the cultural and creative sectors is at risk; stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many weaknesses in our education systems and that a coordinated investment plan is needed to improve those systems; calls on the Commission, accordingly, to give particular consideration to both the cultural and creative sectors and the education sector under the European Recovery Programme, and to support them with at least 5 percent of the funds assigned to the recovery programme;