Activities of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 budget - Section III
Amendments (13)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the need to ensure that sufficient resources are allocated in the 2021 budget to allow the Union to rapidly take the concrete actions needed to address the climate, biodiversity and environment emergency; insists that the next budget should helpmust enable the Union to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement, ishould be fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 °C, and should contributes to reversing the decline in biodiversity;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that if the Union is to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the latest, as endorsed by the Commission's European Green Deal, then an ambitious and binding climate-related spending target for the 2021-2027 MFF is essential; in this regard calls for a target of at least 50%;
Amendment 26 #
3. Points out that climate and biodiversity-related action shouldexpenditure must be tracked using more robust methodology, based on internationally established methodologies, particularly in order to avoid the risk of overestimation of the allocated funds; recalls its position in support of a biodiversity spending target of 10 % in the next MFF, transparent and comprehensive methodology including reformed performance indicators for defining ex-ante and ex- post tracking and accounting, which are needed in order to avoid the risk of overestimation of the allocated funds; recalls its position in support of a clear spending target for biodiversity mainstreaming of at least 10 % in the next MFF, in addition to the target for spending on climate mainstreaming, which should be reflected in the 2021 Union budget;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Demands that the planning of climate and biodiversity spending take place during the development of MFF programmes and not simply as an accountancy exercise ex-post as part of the annual budgetary procedure;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to report annually, on the basis of actual expenditure rather than estimates, to what degree the mainstreaming targets for climate and biodiversity are being met; Calls on the Commission to put forward a correction mechanism in case climate and biodiversity spending falls below the foreseen targets;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that Article 2-1(c) of the Paris Agreement compels parties to 'make financial flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development'; Calls on the Commission to insert the do-no harm principle into the MFF-OR regulation and to ensure its implementation in the sectorial programmes;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Insists that the MFF 2021-2027 exclude any direct or indirect support for fossil fuels and fossil-fuel related infrastructure, in the EU or abroad;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Calls on the Commission to provide horizontal guidance on climate and biodiversity proofing to guide all policy planning documents for the next MFF;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive and detailed legislative proposal on tracking, accounting and proofing for the climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets by July 2020, and requests that the Parliament is closely involved in the development of these methodologies;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Is particularly worried that the contribution of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to climate spending has been grossly overestimated and is unrealistic, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors; reiterates its call for the CAP to be fully in line with the EU's increased climate and biodiversity ambition; Calls on the Commission to analyse to what extent the current CAP reform proposal contributes to these commitments and for it to come forward with the necessary changes to ensure that the CAP and its implementation are coherent with, and contribute to, the Union's increased climate and biodiversity ambitions;
Amendment 44 #
3i. Demands that all infrastructure investments are resilient to adverse climate change impacts and are in line with the Energy Efficiency First Principle as well as the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 C; Calls for the integration of GHG emissions into the mandatory cost-benefit analysis of the project over the entire lifecycle of the project using the most likely baseline in order to avoid stranded assets;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the 2021 Union budget should pave the way to the full and efficient implementation of the ambition outlined in the Commission's communication on the European Green Deal;