6 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2016/2323(BUD)
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that investments in research and innovation represent a pre- condition for achieving genuine competitiveness in the EU; regrets the fact that, as a result of an alarmingly low success rate of applications, fewer high- quality projects in the field of research and innovation are receiving EU funding; calls in this respect for an adequate level of appropriations to be ensured for Horizon 2020; highlights in this context the special importance of an improved support for future key technologies as the space and sky technologies, nano and material science, security technologies or medical, biological and life science; underlines that an enhanced budget for Horizon 2020 should not be at the expense of other research programs;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Is convinced that, under the current circumstances, where the ceiling in Heading 3 is too low, the EU budget has maximised its impact infor dealing with the effects of the migratory and refugee crisis as well as with the challenges in the security area such as increasing international terrorism and organized crime; points out, however, that a sustainable solution must be found to this issue, as it has been shown by the repeated mobilisation of special instruments, such as the flexibility instrument, that the EU budget was not initially designed to address crises of such magnitude;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) in addressing the effects of the migratory and refugee crisis, and calls for adequatestrengthened budgeting in the coming years for these funds; welcomes also the role of EU agencies in the area of justice and home affairs, such as Europol and the European Border and Coast Guard, and calls, in this context, for their mandate to be executed through adequateenhanced budgeting and staffing; is convinced that the EU needs to invest more in strengthening its borders, enhancing cooperation between law enforcement agencies, fighting terrorism and radicalisation andorganized crime, promoting deradicalisation and prevention as well as ensuring sound return operations;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. underlines that the current budget of ISF of about 700 millions in commitments is not sufficient for tackling the security challenges stemming from international terrorism; therefore calls to reinforce the financial resources to raise the security infrastructure to a more adequate and modern level;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reaffirms its conviction that in order to tackle the root causes of the migratory and refugee crisis, the EU needs to step up its role through investments in the countries of origin of the refugees and migrants; stresses that a more strategic adjustment of all instruments of development policy inside and outside the EU budget including the several financial tools of the member states is necessary to ensure steady economic and social development in peace and security; notes that investments in infrastructure, housing, education, medical services and support for SMEs are part of the solution to tackle the root causes of migration; welcomes therefore the External Investment Plan as a coherent and coordinated framework to promote investments in Africa and the Neighbourhood countries;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. highlights to encourage common ways of security cooperation and to achieve synergy effects in the area of defence; calls the member states to ensure adequate budgeting to tackle external challenges in a more congruent way;