35 Amendments of Jean-Paul DENANOT related to 2017/2043(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that in its resolution of 15 March 2017, Parliament confirmed that growth, jobs and securitydecent, quality and stable jobs, socio-economic cohesion and convergence, security, energy transition, migration and climate change are the core issues and main priorities for the 2018 EU budget;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of agriculture and rural development in delivering a number of EU objectives, such as in the areas of food security, job creation, the environment and territorial balance, and the fact that agriculture and rural development constitute an important part of the overall EU budget; recognizes the role of the European Institutions in the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy; recalls that spending on agriculture has declined in relative terms and now accounts for around 38 % of the EU budget;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the Member States to fully exploit the programming tools available under the current financial period on behalf of agriculture and rural development; urges the Commission to further ensure the smooth implementation of these programs;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that in general terms the Commission proposal corresponds to Parliament’s view that the 2018 EU budget must enable the EU to continue to generate growth and jobs while ensuring the security of its citizen, decent jobs, socio-economic convergence and energy transition while ensuring the security of its citizens, facing the challenge of climate change and addressing the migration challenges;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that in general terms the Commission proposal corresponds to Parliament’s view that the 2018 EU budget must enable the EU to continue to generate growthsustainable growth, public investment and jobs while ensuring the security of its citizens;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. IStresses the important role of the crisis reserves; insists that any funds from the 2017 budget that are allocated to the agricultural sector crisis reserve through the financial discipline mechanism and are left unspent be made available in full as direct payments in the 2018 budget in accordance with Article 26(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the points covered by the 'omnibus package' make the implementation potential higher, and that these points should find appropriate reflection in the 2018 budget; highlights that the budgetary implementation has to meet with the improved potential of this simplification; calls for sufficient funds to be made available in order to implement all elements of the CAP simplification; stresses that the simplification of the CAP should also ensure the further reduction of error rates in the use of the funds, while the positive changes also have to mean end user simplifications; supports all steps made towards the performance based approach;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Insists that the initiatives targeting young farmers should be maintained, which supports innovation and generation renewal;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UHighlights the continuing imbalances in the food supply chain, in which the position of primary producers is considerably weaker than that of other actors; urges the Commission to incentivise the creation of producer organisations as one of several means of tackling unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, and recalls its repeated requests for EU legislation in this regard;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its firm conviction that in order to achieve sustainable growth and quality and decent job creation in the EU, investments in research, innovation, infrastructure, education and SMEs are key; welcomes in this respect the proposed reinforcements to Horizon 2020, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and Erasmus+ as these programmes will contribute directly to reaching these goals; regrets, however, that the proposed allocation for COSME is lower in comparison with the 2017 budget and points to the need to further reinforce SMEs, which are the main source of job creation in the EU and have a crucial role in reducing the investment gap and contributing to the prosperity of the EU; Underlines that a reinforced Youth guarantee would contribute to achieve sustainable growth and quality and decent job creation in the EU;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its firm conviction that in order to achieve sustainable growth, public investment and job creation in the EU, investments in research, innovation, infrastructure, education and SMEs are key; welcomes in this respect the proposed reinforcements to Horizon 2020, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) and Erasmus+ as these programmes will contribute directly to reaching these goals; regrets, however, that the proposed allocation for COSME is lower in comparison with the 2017 budget and points to the need to further reinforce SMEs, which are one of the main sources of job creation in the EU and have a crucialn important role in reducing the investment gap and contributing to the prosperity of the EU;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Insists that adequate amount of resources are provided for controls in food chain, with a particular attention to trade relations and the equal food nutrient contents throughout the EU;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that opportunities offered by ‘smart’ solutions should be further analysed and exploitedzed and exploited; notes that integrated 'smart' solutions - such as smart villages which cover precision farming, digitalisation, shared and circular economy, social aspects as well - can contribute to the overall well-being in rural areas; points out that villages need to be considered to ensure economically viable, attractive for living and environmentally sustainable rural areas; welcomes the existing and future projects which are targeting this approach; urges the Commission to plan reserve for the smart approaches in the light of the CAP reform and the Cork 2.0 Declaration;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Commends the role of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) in bridging the investment gap across the EU and between the EU's territories and helping to implement strategic, transformative and productive investments that provide a high level of added value to the economy, the environment and society, and supports its extension until 2020; underlines its position in the on-going legislative negotiations that no further cuts should be incurred on existing EU programmes in order to finance this extension;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Points out that active organizations in rural development (such as Local Action Groups) might face difficulties in accessing bank guarantees, which is a prerequisite for benefits from advance payments on running and animation cost; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure the smooth implementation of the community based approaches;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the creation of new market observatories for crops and sugar; considers that new observatories coveringwhile recognising the Commission's effort to continue the reform aiming at further boosting the fruits and vegetables would be beneficial to thosesector, considers that producers groups and observatories covering this sectors and, together with the milk and meat sectors might be beneficial; notes that market observatories, would can make agricultural markets more transparent by giving a more precise overlook on sectors;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the EU initiatives in the field of defence research, which will contribute to achieving economies of scale in the sector and thus lead to greater coordination among Member States in the field; stresses, however, that this activity should be endowed with fresh resources, as it is a new political initiative with a significant impact on the EU budget;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of pilot projects to the Committee and, on behalf of the agricultural and the rural development sectors in recent years and asks for continued support, especially for those ongoing projects that have proved very successful;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recognises the role of financial resources in alleviating any impacts resulting from price volatility; notes also that a sector specific income stabilisation tool based on a mutual fund is an appropriate approach; insists further that some specific agricultural sub-sectors and initiatives, such as bee-keeping and the school milk and fruit programmes are in need of staying in focus;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that the Commission has not followed up on Parliament’s request to put forward an assessment and relevant proposals for an ‘18th Birthday Interrail Pass for Europe’; is convinced that this proposal has the potential to boost European consciousness and identity and can serve as a concrete example of European added value; strongly reiterates its previous call on the Commission to put forward relevant proposals in this regarunderlines, once more, that without additional resources, such new expenditures cannot be considered;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks that sufficient funds be earmarked for EU veterinary and phyto- sanitary actions; stresses that the current appropriation of EUR 20 million may not be sufficient to cover an increased number of epidemics such as avian influenza, lumpy skin disease and fresh outbreaks of Xylella fastidiosa.; notes that other risk management tools, in case of environmental incidents, market related hazards or revenue variations have also to be further maintained;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RegretsTakes note that the Commission has not followed up on Parliament’s request to put forward an assessment and relevant proposals for an ‘18th Birthday Interrail Pass for Europe’; is convinced that this proposal has the potential to boost European consciousness and identity and can serve as a concrete example of European added value; strongly reiterates its previous call on the Commission to put forward relevant proposals in this regard;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that the draft budget 2018 includes an additional allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), responding thus to Parliament’s previous calls for the continuation of the programme, but highlights that this amount is clearly insufficient for the YEI to reach its goals; notes, in parallel, the proposal for draft amending budget 3/2017 that integrates the provision of EUR 500 million in commitments for YEI, as agreed upon by Parliament and the Council in the 2017 budgetary conciliation; is convinced that while the proposed amounts alone will not be sufficient to tackle youth unemployment, YEI will continue to contribute to the Union’s priority objective of growth and jobs; underlines that YEI canneeds to be further improved andin order to become more efficient;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that the draft budget 2018 includes an additional allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), responding thus to Parliament’s previous calls for the continuation of the programme; notes, in parallel, the proposal for draft amending budget 3/2017 that integrates the provision of EUR 500 million in commitments for YEI, as agreed upon by Parliament and the Council in the 2017 budgetary conciliation; is convinced that while the proposed amounts alone will not be sufficient to tackle youth unemployment, YEI will continue to contribute to the Union’s priority objective of growth and jobs; calls for the generalisation of YEI to all NEETs in the EU; underlines that YEI can be further funded, improved and become more efficient;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that in 2018, cohesion policy programmes are expected to reach cruising speed and emphasises Parliament’s commitment to ensuring adequate appropriations for these programmes that represent one of the core policies of the EU; is however preoccupied by the unacceptable delays in the implementation of operational programmes at national level; calls on Member States to ensure that the designation of managing, auditing and certifying authorities is concluded and implementation is accelerated;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Is particularly concerned at the possible reconstitution of a backlog of unpaid bills towards the end of the current MFF period, and recalls the unprecedented amount of EUR 24.7 billion reached at the end of 2014; welcomes the fact that the Commission, on the occasion of the MFF mid-term revision, provided a payment forecast until 2020 for the first time, but stresses that this needs to be duly updated every year, in order to allow the budgetary authority to take the necessary measures in time; warns of the severe consequences that a payment crisis would have especially in the field of humanitarian operations and on beneficiaries of the EU budget such as students, universities, SMEs, researchers, NGOs, local and regional authorities and other relevant entities; is convinced that the credibility of the EU is also linked to its ability to ensure an adequate level of payment appropriations in the EU budget that will allow it to deliver on its commitments;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Reiterates that citizens' security and safety is an EU priority which concern the preservation of peace and border security as well as food security and energy security; questions therefore the proposed cuts in Heading 3 compared to the 2017 Budget which do not seem to be in line with the EU pledge to enforce security and tackle terrorism;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that while growthsustainable growth, public investment and jobs should remain the underlying priority of the EU budget, obtaining sustainable progress in these fields will be impossible if the citizens feel unsafe or insecure; emphasises, moreover, that the unprecedented mobilisation of special instruments has shown that the EU budget was not initially designed to address the magnitude of the migration and refugee crisis; believes that moving to a post-crisis approach is premature given the volatility of the situation in the EU Neighbourhood and the terrorist threat within the EU; questions therefore the proposed cuts in Heading 3 compared to the 2017 Budget which do not seem to be in line with the EU pledge to deal in an efficient manner with the migration and refugee crisis, enforce security and tackle terrorism and radicalisationnot safe;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Emphasises, moreover, that the unprecedented mobilisation of special instruments has shown that the EU budget was not initially designed to address the magnitude of the migration and refugee crisis; believes that moving to a post-crisis approach is premature given the volatility of the situation in the EU Neighbourhood and the terrorist threat within the EU; questions therefore the proposed cuts in Heading 3 compared to the 2017 Budget which do not seem to be in line with the EU pledge to deal in an efficient manner with the migration and refugee crisis, enforce security and tackle terrorism and radicalisation;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms that tackling the root causes of the migratory and refugee crisis represent thea long-term sustainable solution, along with stabilisation of the EU neighbourhoods, and that investments in the countries of origin of migrants and refugees are key to achieving this objective; stresses, moreover, that a possible reform of the Dublin Regulation could require additional budgetary means; notes therefore with surprise the decreases in Heading 4 which cannot be fully justified in the framework of past budgetary increases or low implementation rate; is convinced that the EU cannot enter in a post-migratory crisihallenges scenario yet and that the efforts to address the instability in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood must be enhanced;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the increase proposed for the eastern component of the European Neighbourhood Instrument responding to Parliament’s previous calls; is convinced that in order to counter the activities of an increasingly aggressive Russian Federationstabilise this neighbourhood and to reaffirms the inviolability of the borders, the EU’s support, especially for the countries that have signed Association Agreements, is essential;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the draft budget 2018 leaves very limited margins or no margin under the MFF ceilings throughout Headings 1a, 1b, 3, 4 and 5; considers this as a logical consequence of an undersized overall level of the current MFF, which has been effectively reduced compared to the previous programming period, and the significant new initiatives taken since 2014 (EFSI, migration-related proposals, and lately defence research and the European Solidarity Corps), which have been squeezed within the MFF ceilings agreed in 2013; calls, once again, for the introduction of new genuine own resources in the EU budget; recalls also that the MFF, in particular, once its revision is finalised by the Council, provides for flexibility provisions which, albeit limited, should be used to their fullest in order to maintain the level of ambition of successful programmes and tackle the new challenges; expresses Parliament’s intention to further mobilise such flexibility provisions as part of the amending process;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes note of the Commission’s proposal to set up a European Solidarity Corps (ESC); notes, however, with concern that, despite Parliament’s warnings, the legislative proposal adopted on 30 May 2017 envisages that three fourths of the ESC budget would be financed by redeployments from existing programmes, and mainly from Erasmus+ (EUR 197.7 million); is concerned by the risk that this situation would pose to those EU programmes; recalls its position that new priorities should be financed through additional resources;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to fund the continuation of the Youth Employment Initiative and notes the proposed mobilisation of EUR 233.3 million from the global margin for commitments; expresses its intention to further reinforce this programme in the 2018 budget; recalls that any increase in the dedicated allocation for YEI should be matched with the corresponding amounts from the European Social Fund (ESF);
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Takes noteRegrets of the overall decrease of financing for Heading 4, amounting to EUR 9.6 billion (-5.6 % compared with the 2017 budget) in commitment appropriations; notes that the decreases in the main Heading 4 instruments are largely linked with past reinforcements, approved in the 2017 budget, for the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT) and the New Partnership Framework under the European agenda on migration;