4 Amendments of María MUÑIZ DE URQUIZA related to 2012/2016(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls that even 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 4 in the EU budget cannot be exempted from this politically difficult exercise must reinforce the role of the EU policy as a global partner; recalls its resolution on the budget 2013 guidelines and in particular paragraph 17 thereof; warns that the EU risks international marginalisation if its foreign policy remains underfunded; underlines, however, that there is room for making more efficient use of the existing resources by better targeting assistance funds to areas where the EU can bring added value such as democracy, good governance, peace-building, the rule of law and education;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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2. SupportUnderstands, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal to scale down programmes that are not implemented in a satisfactory way, but rejects its proposal to artificially increase, as compared to the financial programming, the margin under heading 4 in order to facilitate the upcoming budgetary conciliation; takes the view that, for the sake of budgetary discipline and sound financial management, all parties involved must face what the real financial needs of the Union’s external action areprovided only these cases will be affected; at any rate, the decrease in the appropriations should not be made across the lines: recalls the need for more coordination, coherence, transparency and visibility in the financing of external actions by the Union and its Member States to avoid overlaps;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes the proposal to contain increases for appropriations under the European Neighbourhood Instrument, addressing the needs of countries facing major political and economical changes; welcomes the focus on the Eeastern Partnership but rejects the 3.2% decrease for the Southern Partnership and considers the Commission’s reporting on the application of the ‘"more for more’" principle to be insufficient; rejects the decreases foreseen for the Guarantee Fund (EUR -104 millions), IPA (EUR -99 million), Macro- financial Assistance (EUR - 37.4 million), Development Cooperation Instrument (EUR - 28.6 million) and Instrument for Stability (EUR -41.4 million);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recalls that it is important for the EU that it promotes the Arctic and Northern dimension policies, and the relationships with Latin America and the countries generally referred as BRICS; reiterates its support to all existing mechanisms that serve to strengthen this cooperation;