5 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2016/2047(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that adequate appropriations should be allocated to the trade-related budget lines to enable the Commission to pursue its ambitious trade agenda as outlined in the "Trade for all" strategy in spite of the far-reaching negative impact on the EU budget resulting from the elimination of significant amounts of EU own resources, in particular with the planned TTIP and CETA, which implies also a re-allocation of adequate resources in order to enable for better monitoring of the implementation of trade agreements;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the urgent need for a thorough reorganisation of the EU budget and its structure in the context of the review of the MFF and with regard to the trade policy agenda, and calls on the Commission to take the initiative on this vis à vis the Council and Parliament;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that international trade is an important foreign policy tool of the Union which can help to tackle migration causetool throughout EU foreign policy which, if it is underpinned with the necessary financial means, can contribute to the achievement of the SDGs and thereby to sustainable development, particularly in developing countries, by means iof it is underpinned with the necessary financial meanrelevant independent political, economic and trade policy strategies, thus enabling the EU to play an important active role in tackling migration causes;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) should be allocated sufficient budgetary resources, including in the field of economic and trade policy cooperation, so that adequate trade-related technical support and assistance can be made available to our close partners, especially those in the Eastern Partnership as well as the post- Arab-Spring countries, without condemning them to a fresh dependency mode which would result from debts and the corresponding repayment conditions arising from the MFA;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the increasing recourse to guarantees and financial instruments outside the Union budget to respond to multiple crises, financed in part from the Union budget through cuts of programmes under Heading IV; insists that such funding instruments must remain an exception and must be confirmed in advance by the European Parliament, and should eventually be included in the Union budget to allow for proper democratic control;