10 Amendments of Franziska Katharina BRANTNER related to 2012/2016(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that at a time when the national budgets of all Member States are subject to severe austerity measures, the 2013 budgetary procedure must be part of the general effort to reduce expenditures; takes the view that, for the sake of exemplarity and solidarity, the EU must show a commensurate commitment to scale down or control increases in program funding; maintains that heading 4control public spending; takes the view that external relations are a field where common action at Union-level can create synergies that allow Member States to make savings at national level; is of the opinion that resources well spent at Union-level can therefore help reduce overall public expenditure in the EU as a whole; moreover, maintains that, in the light of the increased tasks entrusted by Member States to the Union in foreign affairs, a moderate overall increase of expenditure under heading 4 seems appropriate; this notwithstanding, takes the view that targeted spending cuts should be made in the EU budget cannot be exempted from this politically difficult exerciseading 4 where expenditure proves inefficient, ineffective or not in line with political priorities;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NotWelcomes the proposal to containmoderately increases for appropriations undefor the European Neighbourhood Instrument, addressing the needs of countries facing major political and economical changes; welcomes the focu in order to respond to the new challenges in both the southern and eastern neighbourhood, which have direct implications for the security and prosperity of the Union and its citizens; recalls that the countries oin the Eastern Partnership but considers the Commission’s reporting on the application of the ‘more for more’ principle to be insufficientsouthern neighbourhood face political and economical challenges of historic proportions following the Arab Spring, while political and economic developments in the eastern neighbourhood require renewed attention;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the substantial expenditure savings achieved by the External Action Service in 2012, and the continuation of this trend in 2013 as projected in the Estimates; takes the view, in this context, that while the phasing-in of the Service can justify an expenditure increase proportionally greater than that foreseen by the other Institutions, a variation of +5.7 %, relative to Budget 2012 does not tally with the savings to be implemented at operational and administrative levels throughout the whole EU budget.questions remain about the high number of costly management positions at high grade levels; therefore requests the EEAS to provide additional information in particular regarding the significant increase (+9.2%) in AD 14 posts proposed in the draft budget; is likewise concerned by large increases in proposed appropriations for security and surveillance of buildings (+57.2%) and asks the EEAS to provide further explanations;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is convinced that prevention and mediation are among the most cost- efficient ways to manage conflicts by preventing them from escalating into violence; welcomes, therefore, the proposal to introduce a budget line amounting to EUR 500 000 for Conflict Prevention and Mediation Support Services in the EEAS budget, following the successful completion at the end of this year of a preparatory action proposed by the European Parliament;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. measures aimed at involving women into green collar jobs and ecological transformation
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. measures aimed at developing indicators to benchmark the state of implementation of ‘The Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life’ against its objectives.
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets that the contribution to Youth on the Move Flagship Initiative is slightly reduced compared to last year; highlights in this context the added value of the Lifelong Learning, Erasmus and Erasmus Mundus programmes which, against a modest financial dimension, have a great return in terms of effective implementation and positive image of the Union vis-à-vis its citizens; in many EU countries young people are significantly hit by the economic and financial crisis, in this context adequate funding and targeting of educational and mobility schemes and life long learning programmes are significant in modernising education and training system, raising levels of skills, mobility and adaptability of young people and thereby overall contributing to an innovative, knowledge-based, smart and inclusive Europe; to this end, strongly supports the promotion of equal opportunity in order to enable young people no matter their educational background to profit from the EU´s various youth programmes and policies; opposes therefore to the proposed reduction by EUR 10,2 million as compared to the Budget 2012 for Lifelong Learning and, in line with its established position in the last budgetary procedures and the excellent performance rates of this programme, intends to reinforce commitment appropriations for the corresponding budget line;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 a (new)
Paragraph 62 a (new)
62a. Takes the view that questions remain about the high number of costly management positions at high grade levels among the staff of the European External Action Service; therefore requests the EEAS to provide additional information in particular regarding the significant increase (+9.2%) in AD 14 posts proposed in the draft budget; requests likewise further information on the large increases in proposed appropriations for security and surveillance of buildings (+57.2%);
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62 b (new)
Paragraph 62 b (new)
62b. Is convinced that prevention and mediation are among the most cost- efficient ways to manage conflicts by preventing them from escalating into violence; welcomes therefore the proposal to introduce a budget line amounting to EUR 500 000 for Conflict Prevention and Mediation Support Services in the EEAS budget, following the successful completion at the end of this year of a preparatory action proposed by the European Parliament;