4 Amendments of Morten LØKKEGAARD related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for extra funding in 2019 to secure the work of Euranet Plus for the remainder of the MFF; insists, however, that the network’s current ‘hand-to-mouth’ existence is unsustainable and calls for a long-term financing basis in the next MFF; urges the Commission to conduct a full- scale review –- to be provided to Parliament –- of all activities under the ‘multimedia actions’ line to ensure that they deliver on their core aims and that the next MFF strikes the right funding balance across actions; recalls that ‘multimedia actions’ was established to fund general information to citizens on operations concerning the Union, for the purpose of increasing the visibility of the work of the Union institutions, the decisions taken and the stages in the building of Europe; urges the Commission, in this regard, to fund any current activities under this line that serve other purposes through other appropriate budget lines;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the value of Europe for Citizens in enhancing citizens’ understanding of the EU and fostering a sense of citizenship; reaffirms its commitment to proper funding levels for the programme; recalls that, for the 2018 budget and despite its opposition, the Commission reduced the Europe for Citizens budget by 740,000 EUR vis-à-vis the financial programming figure to boost the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI); deplores, therefore, that, according to the January 2018 financial programming update sent by the Commission, a further 2.5 million EUR (1.1 million EUR in 2019 and 1.5 million EUR in 2020) will be taken from Europe for Citizens to fund the revamped ECI, which, the update states, is provided for in the proposal for the new ECI Regulation; notes that neither the proposal itself nor the Legislative Financial Statement annexed to it make reference to any budgetary impact on the Europe for Citizens programme; recalls that Parliament must be in possession of all the facts when examining proposed legislation and reminds the Commission of its obligation to disclose those facts; stresses its commitment to an effective, properly resourced Europe for Citizens programme, its resolute opposition to the proposed budget reduction and its intention to reverse those cuts in the 2019 and 2020 budgetary procedures;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union poses particularly acute challenges for the European Schools, especially given the size of the English language section (around 21% of all pupils) and the prevalence of English as a second language (61% of all pupils in the 2016- 2017 school year); welcomes the progress achieved to date in the negotiations and notably the provisional agreement on a transition period, which would keep the UK inside the European Schools Convention until the end of the 2020-21 school year; notes, however, that important budgetary and educational questions remain with regard to the long- term provision of first-class English- language teaching and the continued recognition of the European baccalaureate in the UK, notwithstanding the provisions in article 120 of the draft withdrawal agreement; urges the Commission and the Board of Governors to report to the Committee on Culture and Education on its long-term plans to deal with the challenges of Brexit;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that the 2018 budget includes a requirement for the Commission to assess how the chief aims of the ‘New Narrative for Europe’ preparatory action can be effectively incorporated into the youth strand of Erasmus+; calls on the Commission to carry out this assessment in good time and to report to the Committee on Culture and Education on its findings;