15 Amendments of Pavel POC related to 2017/2052(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to structure the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) in a manner that clearly reflects the EU’s priorities for the coming years, particularly with respect to the resources needed to susfor the transition to the sustainability and to maintain the EU’s leading role in tackling climate change and its internal and external biodiversity commitments and goals;
Amendment 13 #
1a. Recognizing the difficulties that the EU and several Member States have in mainstreaming sustainable development in non-environmental thematic objectives of the current MFF, calls on the Commission to sustainability- proof the next MFF, in order to increase the efficiency of the Union spending and to improve coherence and balance of economic, social and environmental dimensions as required by the Treaty.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Believes that the next MFF should be a first mover, helping catalyse sustainable finance across the Union. Notes that several of the recent first recommendations of the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance are applicable to the MFF, including the need to ‘sustainability test’ all future EU financial regulations and policies, and for financial instruments to achieve greater policy steering effects.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the transition to a sustainable economy is the only way to ensure a healthy living environment and the long-term wellbeing of Union citizens and the European economy; considers that the EU should be the global frontrunner in the transition to a circular, low-carbon economy and a sustainable production- consumption system;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the next MFF should help the Union achieve not only its 2030 climate and energy framework objectives, but also multilateral commitments related to sustainable development and environment such as the Sustainable Development Goals or the Convention on Biological Diversity(CBD) and there specifically the Aichi Target; underlines that the EU should not finance projects and investments that are contrary to the achievement of these goals;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of programmes safeguarding biodiversity and protecting the environment, such as the LIFE Programme, being continued in the next MFF;and strengthened as standalone fund in the next MFF; in fact considers necessary to increase the funding for the LIFE programme to 1% of the next EU budget, given that LIFE is the only financial instrument under the EU budget wholly dedicated to the environment, nature conservation and climate change; calls on the Commission for a new financial mechanism for biodiversity conservation in to be included in the next MFF and to ensure that future financial instruments for agriculture, rural and regional development contain dedicated envelopes for biodiversity and management of the Natura 2000 network, under co- management by national and regional environmental authorities.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the potential offered by green infrastructure and nature based solutions to deliver services for the society in a cost efficient way; stresses the need to fairly consider these green alternatives for delivering services in the decisions under rural and regional funding, as well as calls for the creation of a dedicated instrument to establish the Trans- European Network of Green Infrastructure (TEN-G) to deliver biodiversity benefits.
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the need that the various funds should be more coherent and better work together to respond to national, regional and local challenges, such as to enable the just transition of coal dependent regions or to fight energy poverty.
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. consider necessary to ensure that the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is aligned with the EU’s environmental, biodiversity and climate goals and policies, rather than undermining them. To achieve this, the CAP must be reformed towards a fair, effective and efficient farming policy which has as its core objective to facilitate the transition towards sustainable food and farming systems in Europe.
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Calls, furthermore, for a greater focus on implementing research and innovation through joint undertakings and for supporting investment in key technologies to close the investment gap in innovation and thus make Europe the champion of major research, demonstration, and deployment; emphasises that the increase in funds must be coupled with a simplification of funding procedures and effective control mechanisms; welcomes the Commission’s efforts in this respect and insists that these should continue under the next programming period;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
75. Considers it essential to secure a sustainable and affordable energy supply in Europe; calls, therefore, for continuous support for investments ensuring the diversification of energy sources, increasing energy security and enhancing energy efficiency, including by CEF Energy; stresses in particular the importance of providing for comprehensive support, especially for carbon-intensive regions, energy transition, transition to a low-carbon economy, the modernisation of power generation and, improvement of cross- border interconnections and deployment of smart grids, carbon capture storage and utilisation technologies, and the modernisation of district heating; considers that the transformation of the energy sector in the light of the climate objectives should be supported by the creation of an Energy Transition Fund under the next MFF that would facilitate the structural changes in energy-intensive industries and carbon- intensive electricity production plants, and create incentives for low-carbon investments and innovative solutions;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Underlines the strategic importance of large-scale infrastructure projects such as, namely the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay (EGNOS), the Global Satellite Navigation System (Galileo) and the Earth Observation Programme (Copernicus) for the EU’s future competitiveness; considers, security and political power; points out that the financing of these large-scale projects shouldneeds to be secured in the EU budget but, at the same time, ring-fenced, so as to ensure that possible cost overruns do not threaten the funding and successful implementation of other Union policies, as was the caseexemplified in the previous MFF in certain individual cases; recalls that, for this purpose, the maximum amount for these projects is currently fixed in the MFF Regulation, and calls for similar provisions in the new regulation;
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80
Paragraph 80
80. Stresses the importance of the EU’s leading role in tackling climate change and its internal and external biodiversity commitments and goals; asks for appropriate financial resources to be provided to implement the Paris agreement and thorough climate mainstreaming of future EU spending; recalls that the next MFF should help the Union to achieve its 2030 climate and energy framework objectives and should contribute to transition to low-carbon economy by 2050; underlines that the EU should not finance projects and investments that are contrary to the achievement of these goals;
Amendment 654 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93
Paragraph 93
93. Believes that the next MFF must support the establishment of a European Defence Union; awaits, following the Commission’s announcements in this area, the relevant legislative proposals, including a dedicated EU defence research programme and an industrial development programme complemented by Member States’ investment in collaborative equipment; recalls that increased defence cooperation, the pooling of research and equipment and the elimination of duplications coulwill boost the strategic autonomy and competitiveness of Europe's defence industry, particularly with regards to SMEs and mid-caps, and lead to considerable efficiency gains, often estimated at around EUR 26 billion per year;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94
Paragraph 94
94. In the context of the increased attention given to security and defence in the Union, requests a reassessment of all external security expenditure; looks forward in particular to a reform of the Athena mechanism and of the African Peace Facility after the budgetisation of the EDF; welcomes the recent commitments by Member States under permanent structured cooperation and asks the High Representative and the Commission to provide clarification as regards its future financing and linkage to the EDIDP; calls for a successor programme for the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace focusing on crisis response and capacity building for security and development, while finding a legally sound solution for military capacity building;