8 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2015/2353(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to be adapted to achieve the goals set in Paris, in the context of the Horizon 2020 strategy, given that adaptation of the European economies to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change will be one of the main challenges the European Union will have to face in the coming years;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In light of the urgency of global action and to show Union leadership, calls upon the Commission to increase the climate spending in the Union budget from 20 to 25% and to introduce an effective method of tracking such spending;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure Union financial resources do not contain subsidies that are harmful for the climate, or lock in fossil fuel infrastructure;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Given that the added value of the ecosystems and biodiversity of the European environment must be ensured, considers that the MFF should recognise this value by allocating sufficient resources, i.e. at least 10% of the total financing, in the upcoming budgets to preserve this biodiversity, mainly in rural areas;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to introduce an effective method of tracking biodiversity spending in the Union budget and to ensure Union financial resources do not contain subsidies that are harmful to biodiversity;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the MFF should provide an adequate budget and financing for the Natura 2000 network, in particular through at a level of at least €750 million annually, in particular through increasing the resources of the LIFE programme which aims to promote implementation of environment and climate objectives and their integration into other policies and Member State practice;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. On the basis of available evidence considers it very likely the Common Agricultural Policy - representing nearly 40% of the Union spending - will fail to deliver on its sustainable management of natural resources objective; therefore calls for the Commission to start a Fitness Check of the CAP as soon as possible, on the basis of the five fitness check questions: EU value added, relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and policy coherence;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers that for the Common Agricultural Policy to prove its Union added value, CAP financing must be aligned to contribute to Union environmental policy objectives, inter alia air quality, water, biodiversity and climate policy goals;