7 Amendments of Franziska Katharina BRANTNER related to 2010/2004(BUD)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced, in the context of the global economic slowdown, that the EU should concentrate its efforts on actively supporting innovative and in particular green technologies that are making an essential contribution to overcoming the economic crisis and establishing the EU as a leading sustainable and competitive economy;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a new
Paragraph 15 a new
15a. Bearing in mind, the important role youth will have to play in recovering from the current financial and economic crisis, believes that the promotion of equal opportunities and better facilitation of the transition from education to the integration into the labour market should be emphasised and enhanced also within the European Social Fund as the EU can no longer afford that especially the youth suffers from poverty, bad education systems and high unemployment;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission working document on the future ‘EU 2020’ strategy12, which identifies three key drivers for the EU’s future (creating value by 1 COM(2009)0647. 2 COM(2009)0647. basing growth on knowledge, empowering people in inclusive societies, and creating a competitive, connected and greener economy) and addresses the real challenges that the EU needs to face; underlines, however, in conjunction with the priorities set for the 2011 budget, that clear, proactive measures have to be taken to endow EU 2020 with more substance and resources,, especially in the field of climate change, the environment and social policies, accompanied by adequate financing proposals and firmly asserts that this strategy should not turn into another vague and purely indicative scoreboard for the Member States; refuses to duplicate the frustrating experience of the Lisbon Strategy, with the Council making systematic cuts to the lines supporting efforts consistent with the agreed strategy;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Recalls the constant, almost unbearable pressure on the financing of the EU’s activities as a global player, with its room for manoeuvre caught between low financial margins, the unpredictable crises in third countries and an ever-growing desire to affirm its prioritieand ever increasing crises and challenges of globalisation the EU is confronted with and its responsibilities for protecting its citizen as well as to promote stability, power eradication, good governance and human rights on the world stage;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a new
Paragraph 40 a new
40 a. Points out that it remains of utmost importance that more adequate flexibility instruments are established in the field of external action and expects the Commission to incorporate the necessary proposals in the mid-term review;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Points out that, following an amending budget for 2010, 2011 will be the first fully operational year for the European External Action Service (EEAS); intends to provide the EEAS with the necessary means to fulfil its mission, especially with regard to the civil crisis management capabilities of the EEAS but recalls that, under the treaty and in full accordance with the common intention to increase the EP’s involvement in the shaping and management of the EU’s external relations, it will fully exercise its scrutiny over the budget and budgetary control of EEAS;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Recalls that the issue of the financing of ‘banana accompanying measures’, following the Geneva Agreement on trade on bananas, was not dealt with during the conciliation for the 2010 budget; expresses its strong opposition to the proposal to use heading 4 margins for such financing (EUR 25 million per year), which was not foreseen in the MFF and demands that in the future such use of heading 4 will be foreclosed entirely;