26 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2017/2286(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas negotiations on the 2019 Union budget, the last under the current legislativeparliamentary term, will run in parallel with the beginning of the negotiations on the next mMultiannual fFinancial fFramework (MFF) regulation and onand the reform of the EU own resources decisionsystem; whereas 2019 will mark the sixth year of the 2014-2020 multiannual framework (MFF);
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the two arms of the budgetary authority mustshould endeavour to avoid taking any decision on the 2019 budget that could hinder the setup of an ambitious future MFFreach in conciliation an ambitious and comprehensive agreement on the 2019 budget, in order to positively influence the parallel negotiations and enable an agreement on the post-2020 MFF and own resources by the end of this parliamentary term;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas following the December 2017 agreement to launch itsthe second phase of negotiations, the Brexit process should not have a direct impact on the 2019 budget; whereas Brexit, s, as according to the Joint Report of the EU and the UK1a, the UK will contribute to, and participate in, the implementation of the Union annual budgets for March 2019, would nevertheless impact on the positions of different actors;the years 2019 and 2020 as if it had remained in the Union; __________________ 1aJoint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TFEU on the United Kingdom's orderly withdrawal from the European Union, TF50 (2017) 19 – Commission to EU 27, 8 December 2017.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. wWhereas years of austerity policies have reinforced the mistrust of citizcoordinated efforts at European level have been done to put Europe on the path of economic recovery and stimulate jobs, growth and investment; whereas around EUR 250 billion of investments towards the EUwere stimulated by EFSI until the end of 2017;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Council has repeatedly contradicted itself over the last few years, by presenting new political priorities for the EU but showing itself unwilling to provide for fresh appropriations to finance them; whereas new political priorities and upcoming challenges for the EU should be financed by fresh appropriations and not by decreasing existing successful programmes;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the slow recovery from the consequences ofEU´s and Members States efforts to create growth and jobs after the financial, and economic and social crisis has fallen short ofcrisis can already be seen, but stresses the need for further consolidation in influencing positively the day-to-day lives of EU citizens, while and reducing social inequalities keep on growing;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that, contrary to populist narrative, EU citizens expect the Union to do more, and to protect them from the consequences of global competition,Believes that EU citizens expect the Union to fulfill their tasks and responsibilities and do more to positively stimulate their present and future lives, but also to protect them against an unfair trade and economic practices in the global market, to tackle challenges of climate change and international security threats; believes that in order to fulfil these expectations, the EU must, within the remit of its competences, perform better, so as to support the creation of sustainable growth and jobs, narrow the gap in living standards between EU citizens, to prepare the European economy and EU citizens to face up to the challenge of digitalisation, to manage migration flows, and to put aprofit of the potential of digitalisation, but face up to the challenge of it; considers as additional important challenges in the year 2019 to tackle migration and the root cause of migration eand to diminish various kinds of discrimination, such as discrimination against women or LGBTI people, while fully adhering to the EU 2020 strategy and UN Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the 2019 EU budget must primarily answer to the challenges the EU youth is facingshould react to current challenges;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Main priorities of the budget 2019
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that, at the strong request of Parliament, the result of the conciliation on the 2018 EU budget was to increase the originally proposed specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) by EUR 116.7 million of fresh appropriations, bringing its total amount to EUR 350 million in 2018; expects the 2019 budget to demonstrate great ambition to fight youth unemployment; notes the Special report of the Court of Auditors on Youth employment2a;underlines the importance of the YEI, but insists on the Member States and the Commission to follow the recommendations of the Court of Auditors concerning the matching of offers of employment, education or training and participants profiles and labour market demand, in order to lead to sustainable employment; __________________ 2aSpecial Report 5/2017: Youth unemployment - have EU policies made a difference?
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that, in the light of the celebration of its 30th anniversary, Erasmus+ remains the leading programme to foster youth mobility and inculcate key European values in young people, together with the EU’s culture programmes; believes that the 2019 Erasmus+ budget should be sufficient to answer positively to all eligible demandsneeds to be further extended to meet the demand for this programme;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends providing EU companies, especially SMEs, with a favourable environment for innovation, by properly financing the EU’s research programmes, such as Horizon 2020, and programmes that support SMEs, such as COSME; stresses the importance to design SME programmes according to their specific requirements and considering their low administrative resources; urges the necessity to provide additional funding to successful programmes, which have far more applicants than successful candidates, who receive funding; considers this to be necessary in view of the rapidly changing and highly competitive world and the profound changes in all sectors brought on by digitalisation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. 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
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Recognises the fact that SMEs remain the backbone of the European economy and will continue to play a decisive role in creating jobs and growth across the EU; calls in this respect for COSME appropriations to be increased in 2018, taking into account the success of this programme;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) guarantee fund has been financed partly at the expense of Horizon 2020 and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); reiterates Parliament’s long-standing position that any new initiatives should be financed by new appropriations and not by redeploying other successful programmes;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expects the negotiations on the 2019 budget to lead to realisticadequate operational and administrative funding of the EU agenciesfast growing EU agencies with enlarged competences or an increased workload, enabling them to accomplish their growing tasks of fighting organised crime, terrorism and border management;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that the 2019 budget, at a time when key actors are unwilling to implement should tackle their commitments to fight climate change under the Paris Agreement, must place the EU squarely at the forefront of this fightnsequences of climate change by providing additional financial support to initiatives such as the LIFE Climate Action program, Ecopotential or Clean Sky;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the Member States’ strong social protection systems and their and EU’s efforts to create growth and jobs have helped them to mitigate the consequences of the crisis; believes that the EU can support the Member States, while fully respecting their competences subsidiarity principle, by budgeting properly programmes which set out to fight inequalities, alleviate the worst forms of poverty, including child poverty, and overcome the negative effects of digitalisation on working conditions and social protection system and poverty, as well as to create sustainable growth and jobs; underlines the potential of digitalisation, but supports efforts to mitigate the negative effects by giving access to internet to a maximum of people and by qualifying them to positively benefit of the access;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that gender-related discrimination, notably on the labour market, is not only incompatible with the values of the EU, but also constitutes a serious impediment to economic growth; expects the 2019 budget to support investment in helping to secure better access to the labour market for women, for instance through infrastructure which supports the reconciliation of private and professional lives; calls to support women’s entrepreneurship and to ensure and encourage access for women to EU funding such as COSME and Horizon2020;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that both the EU and the Member States should demonstrate solidarity towards migrants arriving in Europe in facing up to this challengein accordance with the Geneva conventions towards refugees and legally entering migrants arriving in Europe in facing up to this challenge; underlines, however, that return is a necessary instrument in cases of economic migrants having irregularly entered the EU; believes that EU agencies and policies involved in or relating to the management of migration flows should be adequately financed to meet this challenge and. Underlines that the EU, in order to mitigate the cost in the long term and by acting in a manner befitting its values, should also demonstrate solidarity in creating conditions for peace and prosperity in the countries of origin by placing greater emphasis on development policies; recalls that the redepits external solidarity by providing further assistance and support, increasing investments and tackling humanitarian challenges in the countries of origin; emphasizes that new political priorities and upcoming challenges for the EU, such as security and defence, should be financed by fresh appropriations and not by cutting existing successful and important policies and programmes such as develoypment of funding from development to security and defence objectives must be avoidedand humanitarian aid or neighbourhood policy; furthermore, strengthens that security and development policy are mutually influencing each other and that security is an important condition to build up a functioning State;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines that one of the conditions for preserving stability and prosperity in the EU is a stable EU Neighbourhood; calls on the Commission therefore to ensure that priority is given to investments in the EU Neighbourhood in order to support efforts to tackle the main issues that this area is facing: the migration and refugee challenges in the Southern Neighbourhood and Russian aggression and subsequent instability in the Eastern Neighbourhood; reiterates that supporting countries which are implementing association agreements with the EU is key to facilitating political and economic reforms;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses that the Instrument for Pre Accession Assistance (IPA) should primarily alleviate political and economic reforms in enlargement countries. In this context invites the Commission to further evaluate IPA funds in its proposal for 2019 budget, taking into account deteriorating political situation in Turkey as well as urgent need to tackle growing radicalisation in the Balkan states.