Activities of Sven GIEGOLD related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Calls for the 2022 Union budget to deliver on the ambition of the European Green Deal and to be aligned with the Union climate commitments under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the 2022 budget to contribute to the fulfilment of the key priorities outlinf the green and digital transition as outlined in the Recovery and Resilience Facility and reflected in the European Semester;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the EU budget should continue to support the sustainable and inclusive economic recovery in the European Union after the COVID-19 pandemic and to support EU priorities in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of sufficient resources for the coordination and surveillance of macroeconomic policies, anti-money laundering, countering financial crime and for enforcement of the economic governance framework; stresses in particular the need, in light of the findings of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report 13/2021, to immediately allocate adequate resources to strengthen the capacity of the Commission to ensure the effective implementation and enforcement of the existing AML/CFT legislation across the Union; believes that additional budgetary resources should be put on reserve until the Commission has complied with all the relevant ECA recommendations in this regard;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the necessity to boost a sustainable and inclusive economic growthrecovery, while pursuing reforms to modernise European economies and enhance their resilience, cohesion and competitiveness, as well as facilitating access to finance for SMEs;
Amendment 36 #
5. Calls for the budget to contribute to fulfilling economic policy priorities like the completion of the Capital Markets Union, with aim to improve fostering an long term and sustainable investment environment and access to finance for all market participants, but particularly SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for adequate financial and human resources for the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in view of their newly assigned tasks and powers deriving from the revision of the ESA Regulations (by Regulation (EU) 2019/2175); in light of the shortcomings identified by the ECA in its Special Report 13/2021 as regards EBA action in the area of AML/CFT, considers that a part of the budget should be put in reserve until the EBA ensures full compliance with the recommendations outlined in the ECA report and adopts of a clear strategy to effectively use all its tools for AML/CFT in its 2022 work plan;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the need for adequate resources for producing and disseminating high-quality statistics in Europe; stresses that, despite some progress, important weaknesses and gaps still exist in terms of usability, coverage and accessibility in the statistics produced and prompt action is required; considers therefore that part of the budget should be put on reserve until Eurostat has put forward an ambitious action plan to substantially increase the user friendliness of its website, ensure the accessibility to data and information in all EU official languages and develop new statistics and indicators contributing to the implementation of Union policies and priorities;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines the importance of adequate resources to support the development of robust and reliable financial and non-financial reporting and auditing standards globally and across the Union; believes however that part of the allocated budget should be put on hold until the IFRS Foundation and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) have adequately followed up on the relevant demands made by the European Parliament in its resolution of 7 June 2016 on IAS evaluation and the activities of the IFRS Foundation, EFRAG and PIOB1a; _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5201 6IP0248&from=EN
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Recalls that the introduction of a basket of new own resources is essential to meet the financial needs of supporting the Union sustainable recovery and the green transition; calls on Member States to swiftly adopt the upcoming Commission legislative proposals for a redesigned digital levy, the carbon border adjustment mechanism and the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and conclude the negotiations on a financial transaction tax under the enhanced cooperation procedure by the end of 2022.