4 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2018/2024(BUD)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the commitment to a renewed EU defence agenda, namely through the agreement on the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP), as a first stage of the European Defence Fund; believes that this shared commitment willcan contribute to achieving economies of scale and greater coordination among Member States and businesses, allowing the EU to retain its strategic autonomy and become a genuine world player; reiterates however its conviction that additional priorities need to be matched by additional resources and that military spending should not be to the detriment of programmes with a solely civilian purpose;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Remains committed to the fight against unemployment and against youth unemployment in particular; believes in this respect that the YEI should be further strengthened, in spite of the complexities involved in reprogramming YEI and ESF programmes in case of modifications of the YEI envelope; reiterates its position that the Union needs to step up its funding to achieve the Pillar of Social Rights; believes that the proposal for the European Labour Authority is an important first step in this direction, considers however that it needs to be financed by additional resources rather than redeployments from existing programmes in the area of social affairs;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Disapproves of the Commission’s proposal for the funding of the second tranche of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT); supports the continuation of the FRT, but maintains that, as also proposed by the Commission on 14 March 20186 , the EU budget should contribute to its financing to the sum of EUR 1 billion, with Member States contributing EUR 2 billion by means of bilateral contributions, in order to leave sufficient margins under the MFF special instruments for unforeseen events in the last two years of the current MFF, as well as the financing of other priorities; also maintains that as the FRT has been a new initiative within this MFF, it should be funded by fresh appropriations; notes with concern that the Parliament has not been involved in negotiations on the financing of the FRT and that some Member states seem to assume that the Parliament accepts whatever the Council agrees to; informs those Member states that the Parliament has every right to assume its role as one arm of the budgetary authority of the Union and that it will do so, as already announced on previous occasions; deplores that the Council was unable until now to find a common position on the financing of the FRT despite the humanitarian urgency; _________________ 6 OJ C 106, 21.3.2018, p. 4.
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Welcomes the creation of two new EU bodies to be considered as decentralised agencies, respectively the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Labour Authority (ELA); notes that appropriations corresponding to the ELA have been put into reserve pending the finalisation of the legislative procedure; notes that the EPPO has its seat in Luxembourg, and asks it to submit to the two branches of the budgetary authority all information on its buildings policy pursuant to the Financial Regulation; considers that new agencies have to be created by allocating fresh resources and new posts, while avoiding any kind of redeployment unless it is clearly demonstrated that certain activities are entirely transferred from the Commission or other existing bodies, such as Eurojust, to the new agencies; notes that Eurojust remains competent to deal with PIF cases, in close cooperation with EPPO, while being fully engaged in ensuring operational support to Member states in the fight against organised crime, terrorism, cybercrime and migrant smuggling; recalls the provisions laid down in the Common Approach for newly created decentralised agencies;